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Is It Time to Standardize Ethics Guiding the Peer Review Process?
Author(s) -
Bosetti Francesca,
Toscano Christopher D.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/s11745-007-3134-5
Subject(s) - engineering ethics , peer review , process (computing) , research ethics , ethical standards , scientific integrity , political science , computer science , engineering , law , operating system
While most scientific journals have well defined ethics requirements for authors, very few journals explicitly specify the ethics standards that govern the actions of editors, editorial board members, and reviewers. We believe it is time to create a standardized policy for all medical and scientific journals that guides the ethical conduct of all stakeholders in the peer review process.