Author misconduct: Not just the editors' responsibility

Medical Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-89

  Brice, Julie ^a,c   Bligh, John ^a,b  

^a Editorial Office   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Tamar Science Park ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Editorial policies; Professional misconduct *ethics; Publishing *ethics standards; Research design

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; DUPLICATE PUBLICATION; HUMANS; MANUSCRIPTS, MEDICAL; PERIODICALS; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 12444275560     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2004.02027.x     Document Type: Review

References (12)

1. Boswell J. Life of Samuel Johnson. London: Wordsworth Classics 1999.
2. Bence V, Oppenheim C. The role of academic journal publications in the UK research assessment exercise. Learned Publishing 2004; 17: 53-68.
3. White C, ed. The COPE Report 2003. Annual Report of the Committee on Publication Ethics. London: BMJ Books 2004.
4. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. http://www.Mededuc.Com/Doclib/Vancouver%20Guidelines%20Oct%202001.Pdf [Accessed 6 May 2004.]
5. Flanagin A, Carey LA, Fontanarosa PB, Phillips SG, Pace BP, Lundberg GD, Rennie D. Prevalence of articles with honorary authors and ghost authors in peer-reviewed medical journals. JAMA 1998;280:222-4.
6. Rennie D, Yank V, Emanuel L. When authorship fails: a proposal to make contributors accountable. JAMA 1997;278:579-85.
7. Smith R. Authorship is dying: long live contributorship. BMJ 1997;315:696.
8. Bligh J. What happens to manuscripts submitted to the journal? Med Educ 1998;32:567-70.
9. Bligh J, Brice J. Medical Education journal policy. Med Educ 2004;38:109-11.
10. Das SK. Plagiarism in higher education: is there a remedy? http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2003/oct/opinion_031020.html. [Accessed 7 May 2004.]
11. Riis P. The ethics of scientific publication. In: Maisonneuve H, Enckell PH, Polderman AKS, Thapa R, Vekony M, eds. Science Editors' Handbook. West Clandon, UK: European Association of Science Editors 2003.
12. Smith R. Editorial misconduct: medical editors need effective self-regulation. BMJ 2003;326:1224-5.