RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH PUBLICATION: INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR EDITORS

Abstract

Summary

• Editors are accountable and should take responsibility for everything they publish.
• Editors should make fair and unbiased decisions independent from commercial consideration and ensure a fair and appropriate peer review process.
• Editors should adopt editorial policies that encourage maximum transparency and complete, honest reporting.
• Editors should guard the integrity of the published record by issuing corrections and retractions when needed and pursuing suspected or alleged research and publication misconduct.
• Editors should pursue reviewer and editorial misconduct.
• Editors should critically assess the ethical conduct of studies in humans and animals.
• Peer reviewers and authors should be told what is expected of them.
• Editors should have appropriate policies in place for handling editorial conflicts of interest.

Reference

Kleinert S and Wager E (2011), Responsible research publication: international standards for editors. A position statement developed at the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity, Singapore, July 22-24, 2010. Chapter 51 in: Mayer T and Ste-neck N (eds). Promoting Research Integrity in a Global Environment. Imperial College Press / World Scientific Publishing, Singapore (pp 317-28). (ISBN 978-981-4340-97-7).