Abstract
To assess the pattern of instructions regarding the ethical requirements given to authors in various Pediatric Dental Journals. A cross-sectional survey of 'instructions for authors,' for analysis of guidelines on ethical processes, was done. Instructions to authors in journals of pediatric dentistry across the globe were reviewed for guidelines with regards to fourteen key ethical issues. Descriptive statistics were used, and results were expressed in percentages as well as numbers. Of the 18journals of pediatric dentistry, all 14 ethical issues were covered by the instructions to authors in only three journals with only 50% of these providing clarity about authorship using ICMJE guidelines. Furthermore, COI declaration was found to be present as mandatory in about 44% of the journals. 38.9% of the sampled journals mentioned guidelines on research misconduct, publication issues such as plagiarism, overlapping/fragmented publications, and availability of raw research data from authors. Guidelines on handling of complaints about editorial team was provided to authors by slightly over 33% of the selected pediatric dentistry titles while handling of complaints about authors and reviewers were mentioned in 16.7%and 55.6% of the journals respectively. A significant proportion of Journals of Pediatric Dentistry did not provide adequate instructions to authors regarding ethical issues.
Highlights
Ethics in biomedical research and publications have always been a topic of deliberation
Any inadequacy in following ethical principles during the conduct of a research and its reporting may affect the field of research and practice immensely
In order to formulate guidelines for transparent and ethical research conduct, the Declaration of Helsinki was formulated by the World Medical Association whichincluded32 principles covering informed consent, data confidentiality, vulnerable population and protocol requirement for conducting research and ethics committee approval [1]
Summary
Ethics in biomedical research and publications have always been a topic of deliberation. In order to formulate guidelines for transparent and ethical research conduct, the Declaration of Helsinki was formulated by the World Medical Association whichincluded principles covering informed consent, data confidentiality, vulnerable population and protocol requirement for conducting research and ethics committee approval [1]. These guidelines are revised periodically, and the most recent revisions took place in year 2013 suggesting the addition of five more principles which included use of placebo, post-trial provisions, trial registry, publication & dissemination of results and application of unproven interventions in clinical practice [2]. These recommendations are developed to review best practice and ethical standards in the conduct and dissemination of research
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