background: this study was done to determine the prevalence of publication misconduct among iranian authors. methods: data were collected through an email survey of corresponding authors of papers published in iranian journals indexed in scopus during 2009-2011. using the double list experiment, these individuals were indirectly questioned about committing one of the five misconducts including ...

this descriptive-survey study aims to identify the problems of publishing scientific journals in state universities and islamic azad universities. statistical population includes all academic journals the data of which is registered in www.magiran.com. required information were collected using a questionnaire. results of this research indicate that the problems of publishing scientific journals...

ethical misconduct is not a new issue in the history of science and literature. however, ethical misconducts in science have grown considerably in the modern era which is due to emphasis on the scientific proliferation in research institutes and gauging scientists according to their publications. in the current case series, several misconducts occurring over the previous years in mashhad univer...

background: medical journals are scientific resources where utilization of knowledge is availed and create an environment of competitiveness. to speed up the growth and increase scientific production and in order that the rank of iranian journals be defined regionally and globally, journal standardization is necessary. this study was done to evaluate the country's medi­cal journals from 2004-20...