Open AccessPublication ethics: whose problem is it?
Author(s) -
Elizabeth Wager
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
insights
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2048-7754
DOI - 10.1629/2048-7754.25.3.294
Subject(s) - misconduct , engineering ethics , information ethics , ethical issues , political science , focus (optics) , scientific misconduct , research integrity , applied ethics , public relations , sociology , law , engineering , medicine , physics , alternative medicine , optics , pathology
Discussions about publication ethics often focus on misconduct by authors, such as data fabrication and plagiarism. However, this article focuses on the roles of editors, publishers, academic societies and research institutions. All these players have ethical responsibilities and should carefully consider the effects of their policies and actions. If people believe that publication ethics is ‘somebody else's problem’, little progress will be made and problems will persist