PROJECTED AUTHORS' PUBLICATION ASSOCIATION.

Quality of Publication Ethics in Instructions to Authors

Quality of Publication Ethics in the Instructions to the Authors of Iranian Journals of Medical Sciences

Providing a perfect instruction to authors can prevent most potential publication ethics errors. This study was conducted to determine the quality of ethical considerations in the instructions to the authors of Iranian research scientific journals of medical sciences (accredited by the Commission for Accreditation and Improvement of Iranian Medical Journals) in October 2011. Checklist items (n=...

Publication: a dialogue between authors and editors.

Soon after we took over as editors of Sexually Transmitted Infections in 2003 we were alerted by a reader to a potential overlap of content between material published in Sexually Transmitted Infections and in The Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. We investigated this and took our concerns to The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We subsequently published a Notice of...

Responsible research publication: international standards for authors.

The research being reported should have been conducted in an ethical and responsible manner and should comply with all relevant legislation. Researchers should present their results clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation. Researchers should strive to describe their methods clearly and unambiguously so that their findings can be confirmed by ...

Hurdles of publication: to authors to overcome

The experience of work in BioImpacts and direct involvement in whole the process of publication inspired us to tackle here the dimensions which we recognize as problematic areas in publication, namely, scientific setbacks, language and technical issues. Authors besides readers as competent future authors are urged not to neglect the significance of well-writing either through considering the la...