ORI GIN AL PA PER Publication Ethics in Biomedical Journals from Countries in Central and Eastern Europe

Publication ethics is an important aspect of both the research and publication enterprises. It is particularly important in the field of biomedical science because published data may directly affect human health. In this article, we examine publication ethics policies in biomedical journals published in Central and Eastern Europe. We were interested in possible differences between East European countries that are members of the European Union (Eastern EU) and South-East European countries (South-East Europe) that are not members of the European Union. The most common ethical issues addressed by all journals in the region were redundant publication, peer review process, and copyright or licensing details. Image manipulation, editors’ conflicts of interest and registration of clinical trials M. Broga Department of Ethical Didactics, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Studentų st. 39, LT-08106 Vilnius, Lithuania e-mail: [email protected] G. Mijaljica Psychiatric Hospital Ugljan, Zadar, Croatia G. Mijaljica University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia M. Waligora (&) Department of Philosophy and Bioethics, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Michalowskiego 12, 31-126 Krakow, Poland e-mail: [email protected] A. Keis Department of Public Health, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia e-mail: [email protected] A. Marusic Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia 123 Sci Eng Ethics DOI 10.1007/s11948-013-9431-x