Abstract
This article describes the position of the Journal on the major ethical principles of academic publishing. Academic publishing depends, to a great extent, on trust. Editors trust peer reviewers to provide fair assessments, authors trust Editors to select appropriate peer reviewers, and readers put their trust in the peer-review process [1,2]. Publication of ethically uncertain research occurs albeit well-published guidelines set forth in documents such as the Declaration of Helsinki (http:// whqlibdoc.who.int/euro/1994-97/EUR_ICP_CEH_212.pdf). Such guidelines exist to aide editorial staff in making decisions regarding ethical acceptability of manuscripts submitted for publication, yet examples of ethically suspect and uncertain publication exist [3,4]. The editor of any medical Journal has to be aware of the ethical and legal framework within which medical research is conducted [5]. With an Open Access Journal, we are committed to the widest possible dissemination of Research outputs observing the highest ethical publication practices [6,7,8].
Highlights
The theft or misappropriation of intellectual property includes the unauthorized use of ideas or unique methods obtained by a privileged communication, such as a grant or manuscript review [4]
Concerning studies in humans: the authors must indicate that the study was approved by an institutional review committee and that the subjects gave written informed consent [9]
All studies that involve humans have to adhere to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki
Summary
4. The material in the manuscript has been acquired according to modern ethical standards and does not contain material plagiarized from anyone else without their written permission. Plagiarism includes both the theft or misappropriation of intellectual property and the substantial unattributed textual copying of another’s work. The theft or misappropriation of intellectual property includes the unauthorized use of ideas or unique methods obtained by a privileged communication, such as a grant or manuscript review [4]. 5. The material that derives from previously published papers is properly attributed to the prior publication by proper citation.
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