Editorial: Citations and Ethics

Editorial independence and ethics of research publication.

Journal Self-Citation XII: The Ethics of Forced Journal Citations

Citations that Count, An Editorial Address to the ISCO Membership

Publications in biomedical science follow a vicious circle. The better the papers that are published in a journal, the more they are cited, the higher the impact factor of that journal will be, and thus the more attractive it is for authors of good papers to submit their manuscripts to that journal. Many members of ISCO are facing situations where impact factors of journals in which they publis...

Publication ethics: clinical chemistry editorial standards.

In the last decade there has been increasing adverse publicity regarding the ethics of researchers, and in some cases journals, for not presenting research data and conclusions in an honest and transparent manner. As editors, we acknowledge our responsibility in making efforts toward reversing this trend. Therefore, on the first anniversary of Clinical Chemistry’s new editorial team, we want to...

The ethics and editorial challenges of internet-based research

The internet has opened up vast possibilities for research. An increasing number of studies are being conducted using the internet as both a source of data and a venue for research. Use of the internet in research has created many challenges, not just for those conducting and reviewing the studies, but also for editors publishing this work. Two key issues raised by internet-based research are e...