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Recently, a re-evaluation of two journals from Korea indexed in PubMed Central (PMC) for their ethical and scientific integrity was conducted by the staff of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM). The first case dealt with an ethical issue involving Archives of Plastic Surgery, published by the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. The editor of Archives of Plastic Surgery received an email from PMC staff on September 1, 2017 stating that NLM staff had recently identified a number of concerns about the enforcement of ethics policies in Archives of Plastic Surgery, as well as concerns about whether the journal adhered to its posted policies regarding human and animal rights based on a sampling of articles. The editor replied that he would recheck those articles. On October 20, 2017, a notice was sent announcing that the journal would be re-evaluated to assess its adherence to the scientific quality standards of PMC over the course of a 12-week period starting at the end of October; furthermore, it was announced that PMC XML uploading would be temporarily put on hold during the review period. Subsequently, the editorial office of the journal confirmed these ethical issues indicated by the NLM staff and published corrigenda on October 24, 2018. Corrections were issued for eight articles, redescribing Institutional Review Board approval, the provision of informed consent, and permission from the Animal Ethics Committee [1]. Furthermore, an editorial on ethical issues involving animal experiments and identifiable photographs was published on October 30, 2017 to explain the background of the corrigenda [2]. The re-evaluation by the NLM of the journal’s ethical and scientific integrity was resolved on December 16, 2017 with the comment that PMC journals should meet the NLM’s quality standards [3] and deposition of XML files to PMC was allowed again. The second case dealt with ethical issues involving another PMC journal published by a scholarly society in Korea. The editor of the journal received an email in May 2018 from PMC expressing concern about the incomplete anonymization of images of patients with or without informed consent. After receiving a response from the editor, PMC notified the journal in July 2019 that it would be re-evaluated for 12 weeks. The editor of the journal published an erratum to correct a case report that included an image of a patient’s face in which the eyes were masked, but without informed consent. The second case is still under review, so the results of this process will be of interest for other editors in Korea. Publishing images of the face is an essential component of articles in certain fields, especially aesthetic surgery, dermatology, otorhinolaryngology, and ophthalmology. Although the patient was anonymized to some extent by masking the eye region, the image could be identified by the patient herself or himself, as well as by his or her family. Furthermore, other parts of the body besides the face can be identified by the patient or his or her family. Therefore, the author of an article including a photo of any part of a patient’s body is recommended to obtained informed consent [4]. Archives of Craniofacial Surgery

Strengthened research ethics, including patient anonymity and informed consent, in MEDLINE and PubMed Central journals