Publication Ethics in Biomedical Journals from Countries in Central and Eastern Europe

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 99-109

  Broga, Mindaugas ^a   Mijaljica, Goran ^b,c   Waligora, Marcin ^d   Keis, Aime ^e   Marusic, Ana ^c  

^a VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b Psihijatrijska bolnica Ugljan   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Ethical criteria; Publication ethics; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EASTERN EUROPE; ETHICS; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH ETHICS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; COPYRIGHT; EDITORIAL POLICIES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; EUROPE, EASTERN; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 84894414108     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-013-9431-x     Document Type: Article

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