ethical misconduct is not a new issue in the history of science and literature. however, ethical misconducts in science have grown considerably in the modern era which is due to emphasis on the scientific proliferation in research institutes and gauging scientists according to their publications. in the current case series, several misconducts occurring over the previous years in mashhad univer...

Academic publishers have different definitions of multiple authorship and ghost/guest authorship. When a scientific paper is submitted to journal, the general assumption that its ethics authorship-related rules been respected. Copyright transfer central issue in flow information. To familiarize more academics with this topic, we examine copyright from authors publisher. A key argument potential...