Ethical issues

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Science and research have made tremendous progress in the last century. Unfortunately, some of the studies conducted earlier were not governed by ethical norms and have caused…

In academic journals, there have been several ethical issues with respect to authorship. This is notably the case with articles having multiple authors. For example, a study done…

A referee is someone who has been given the responsibility of evaluating the suitability of a doctoral thesis and the candidate for the award of a Ph.D. degree. This degree is the…

You have just completed manuscript submission process for your target journal. The next steps would be initial review by the editor followed by the peer review by the invited…

Primary research findings are typically published in academic journals as articles. However, even after passing peer-review, retractions in academic journals can follow, even many…

Scientific misconduct is not only deplorable from a moral standpoint; it can have serious consequences on a researcher’s future. At the least a record of misconduct will hang over…

One basic element of publication ethics requires that an author give proper credit to those who contributed to the research. There are two ways to violate this guideline: not…

You have an article ready to go and you’re anxious to get it published. You know that if you submit to one journal, it could potentially take over a year for it to be published.…

In the daily lives of people working in academia, the maxim publish or perish can mean different things depending on where you are in your academic career. For graduate…