Research misconduct policies of social science journals and impact factor

Accountability in Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-84

  Resnik, David B ^a   Patrone, Daniel ^b   Peddada, Shyamal ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Impact factor; Misconduct policies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SOCIOLOGY;

EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 77949544615     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989621003641181     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). (1999). Joint Consensus Conference on Misconduct in Biomedical Research-28th and 29th October, 1999: Consensus Statement. Available at: http://publicationethics.org/static/2000/2000pdf5.pdf. Last accessed September 26, 2009.
2. Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). (2006). A Code of Conduct for Editors of Biomedical Journals. Available at: http://www.publicationethics.org.uk/guidelines/ code. Last accessed: September 26, 2009.
3. Council of Science Editors. (2006). White Paper on Promoting Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications. Available at: http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/editorial_policies/white_paper.cfm. Last accessed September 26, 2009.
4. Garfield, E. (1972). Citation analysis as a tool in journal evaluation. Science, 178: 471-479.
5. Grzybowski, A. (2009). The journal impact factor: how to interpret its true value and importance. Medical Science Monitor. 15, 2: SR1-SR4.
6. LaFollette, M. (1996). Stealing into Print: Fraud, Plagiarism, and Misconduct in Scientific Publishing. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
7. National Academy of Sciences. (2002). Integrity in Scientific Research: Creating an Environment that Promotes Responsible Conduct. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences.
8. Resnik, D., Peddada, S., and Brunson Jr, W. (2009). Misconduct policies of scientific journals. Accountability in Research, 16: 254-267.
9. Shamoo, A., and Resnik, D. (2009). Responsible Conduct of Research. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press.
10. Wager, E., Fiack, S., Graf, C., Robinson, A., and Rowlands, I. (2009). Science journal editors' views on publication ethics: Results of an international survey. Journal of Medical Ethics, 35: 348-353.