Sir, the recent publication on “Publication Ethics” is very interesting (1). The article by Fazly Bazzaz and Sadeghi demonstrated many interesting cases of misconducts. Indeed, the misconducts can be seen in many ways. As mentioned in the present publication, both author and editor can perform publication misconducts. Nevertheless, the problem has many more facets. Sometimes, the misconducts ar...

I n March 2005, we announced the appointment of an external advisory committee " to advise us on individual cases for which we are concerned about competing interests or broader ethical questions " [1]. Two years on, what has the committee achieved and how has it helped to shape policies at the journal? The committee is a " virtual " one, with seven members in two countries— the United States a...

Discussions about publication ethics often focus on misconduct by authors such as data fabrication and plagiarism. However, the roles of editors, publishers, academic societies, and research institutions should not be ignored. All these players have ethical responsibilities and should carefully consider the effects of their policies and actions. If people believe that publication ethics is 'som...

In the last decade there has been increasing adverse publicity regarding the ethics of researchers, and in some cases journals, for not presenting research data and conclusions in an honest and transparent manner. As editors, we acknowledge our responsibility in making efforts toward reversing this trend. Therefore, on the first anniversary of Clinical Chemistry’s new editorial team, we want to...

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS) in partnership with Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) UK organized a two day Second International Congress on Publication Ethics at Shiraz from December 4-5th 2014. It was held in collaboration with Iranian Medical Journals Commission, Iranian Society of Medical Editors and National Committee for Ethics in Medical Research Dr. Behrooz Astaneh Ch...

With the development in field of research and academics, publishing has become one most important aspect for further technological sciences. The authors must always take care their writings publications. Publications draw inferences from data which can be manipulative or fabrication leads to detrimental researchers. Good papers encourage new Unluckily, these days led unethical practices This pa...