Erschienen in:
03.11.2020 | Editorial
Publishing improprieties – a new awakening needed
verfasst von:
Om Prakash Yadava
Erschienen in:
Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Ausgabe 1/2021
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Excerpt
Pari-Passu with explosion of science, and as a corollary thereof, of scientific and medical publications, there has been an increase in scientific improprieties and frauds—both quantitative and qualitative. Committee on Publishing Ethics (COPE) guidelines on ethical publication are thwarted, either by design or by default, in myriad ways. Unfortunately, all the focus has been on the authors and sufficient attention has not been paid to the flip side of the coin, that is, the publishers and the editorial office. Statements on ethical compliances are made mandatory for submission of a manuscript from the authors’ side, but no similar statement is sought from the handling editors and peer reviewers. Just as the authors can have a conflict of interest, so can the editorial office. It is presumed that the editors and peer reviewers will voluntarily recuse themselves from handling/reviewing a manuscript, when there is a conflict of interest, but no formal and binding statement or certification is mandated from either of them. …
