Despite the fact that there are more than twenty thousand biomedical journals in the world, research into the work of editors and publication process in biomedical and health care journals is rare. In December 2012, the Esteve Foundation, a non-profit scientific institution that fosters progress in pharmacotherapy by means of scientific communication and discussion organized a discussion group ...

INTRODUCTION Our aim was to investigate if: (a) authors of Biochemia Medica meet authorship criteria given by International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), (b) authorship violations are more frequent in submissions containing some type of scientific misconduct. MATERIALS AND METHODS Self-reported authorship contributions regarding the three ICMJE criteria were analysed for all s...

EDITORIALCOMMUNICATIONS shouldbe senttotheEditor:ThomasP.Haynie,MD,The JournalofNuclearMedicine, OfficeofSpecial Publications,The Universityof TexasM. D. AndersonHospital,1515HolcombeBoule yard,Houston, TX77030(713)762.6015. Books andmonographscoveringtheuseofnuclear medicineanditsallieddisciplineswill be re viewedas space is available.Sendreview copies to the Edltor@ BUSINESSCOMMUNICATIONS con...

In June 2015, invitations were sent by email to 151 APAME journals to participate in an online survey with an objective of gaining insight into the common publication misconduct encountered by APAME editors. The survey, conducted through SurveyMonkey over a 20-day-period, comprised 10 questions with expansions to allow anecdotes limited to 400 characters, estimated to take less than 10 minutes ...

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,...

991022.html 2. PHS policy on instruction in the responsible conduct of research (RCR). July 17, 2000. Available at: http://ori.dhhs.gov/TheRCRPolicy.htm 3. Code of Federal Regulations 50.102 4. Commission on Research Integrity. Integrity and misconduct in research. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, 1995:13 5. Friedman PJ. Advice to individuals involved in misconduct ac...

INTRODUCTION AND AIM To present the basic principles and standards of scientific communication and writing a paper, to indicate the importance of honesty and ethical approach to research and publication of results in scientific journals, as well as the need for continuing education in the principles and ethics in science and publication in biomedicine. METHODS An analysis of relevant material...

The recent Stapel fraud case came as a shattering blow to the scientific community of psychologists and damaged both their image in the media and their collective self-esteem. The field responded with suggestions of how fraud could be prevented. However, the Stapel fraud is only one among many cases. Before basing recommendations on one case, it would be informative to study other cases to asse...