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Publication Ethics (publication + ethics)

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Medical Sciences80%

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PUBLICATION ETHICS AND THE GHOST MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL PUBLICATION

BIOETHICS, Issue 6 2010
SERGIO SISMONDO
ABSTRACT It is by now no secret that some scientific articles are ghost authored , that is, written by someone other than the person whose name appears at the top of the article. Ghost authorship, however, is only one sort of ghosting. In this article, we present evidence that pharmaceutical companies engage in the ghost management of the scientific literature, by controlling or shaping several crucial steps in the research, writing, and publication of scientific articles. Ghost management allows the pharmaceutical industry to shape the literature in ways that serve its interests. This article aims to reinforce and expand publication ethics as an important area of concern for bioethics. Since ghost-managed research is primarily undertaken in the interests of marketing, large quantities of medical research violate not just publication norms but also research ethics. Much of this research involves human subjects, and yet is performed not primarily to increase knowledge for broad human benefit, but to disseminate results in the service of profits. Those who sponsor, manage, conduct, and publish such research therefore behave unethically, since they put patients at risk without justification. This leads us to a strong conclusion: if medical journals want to ensure that the research they publish is ethically sound, they should not publish articles that are commercially sponsored. [source]

Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics: a Publisher's Perspective

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE, Issue 2007
Chris Graf
Summary These Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics describe Blackwell Publishing's position on the major ethical principles of academic publishing and review factors that may foster ethical behavior or create problems. The aims are to encourage discussion, to initiate changes where they are needed, and to provide practical guidance, in the form of Best Practice statements, to inform these changes. Blackwell Publishing recommends that editors adapt and adopt the suggestions outlined to best fit the needs of their own particular publishing environment. [source]

Publication Ethics: Copyright and Self-Plagiarism

JOURNAL OF OBSTETRIC, GYNECOLOGIC & NEONATAL NURSING, Issue 2 2003
Nancy K. Lowe Editor
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

Committee on Publication Ethics , Seminar 2005

OBESITY REVIEWS, Issue 1 2005
9.30-5pm BMA House, Friday March 11th 200, London
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EDITORIAL: Publication Ethics and The Journal of Sexual Medicine

THE JOURNAL OF SEXUAL MEDICINE, Issue 10 2009
Jason Roberts PhD Managing Editor
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Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE): guidelines on good publication practice

BJU INTERNATIONAL, Issue 1 2000
Article first published online: 10 DEC 200
First page of article [source]

How to address publication ethics

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, Issue 1 2010
Neil Blair Christensen
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

,Bad Science' and publication ethics

INTERNATIONAL NURSING REVIEW, Issue 3 2009
Editor, Jane J.A. Robinson FRCN
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

PUBLICATION ETHICS AND THE GHOST MANAGEMENT OF MEDICAL PUBLICATION

BIOETHICS, Issue 6 2010
SERGIO SISMONDO
ABSTRACT It is by now no secret that some scientific articles are ghost authored , that is, written by someone other than the person whose name appears at the top of the article. Ghost authorship, however, is only one sort of ghosting. In this article, we present evidence that pharmaceutical companies engage in the ghost management of the scientific literature, by controlling or shaping several crucial steps in the research, writing, and publication of scientific articles. Ghost management allows the pharmaceutical industry to shape the literature in ways that serve its interests. This article aims to reinforce and expand publication ethics as an important area of concern for bioethics. Since ghost-managed research is primarily undertaken in the interests of marketing, large quantities of medical research violate not just publication norms but also research ethics. Much of this research involves human subjects, and yet is performed not primarily to increase knowledge for broad human benefit, but to disseminate results in the service of profits. Those who sponsor, manage, conduct, and publish such research therefore behave unethically, since they put patients at risk without justification. This leads us to a strong conclusion: if medical journals want to ensure that the research they publish is ethically sound, they should not publish articles that are commercially sponsored. [source]