Elizabeth Loder reports on a panel discussion held at the International Publication Planning Association meeting in St Louis, Missouri. […]
Tag: publication ethics
Liz Wager: Does the Wakefield et al case mean we should demand public access to raw data?
The latest chapter in the sad saga of the Wakefield et al paper on the MMR vaccine raises some difficult questions about access to individual patient data. It is possible […]
Elizabeth Loder on making publication ethics matter to authors
These are heady times for the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Its membership has broadened considerably in recent years. It now boasts over 6000 member journals and is no longer […]
“Just doing my job,” by Liz Wager
Determining the appropriate authorship of publications causes all sorts of problems (in part, I believe, because none of the available guidelines apply in all situations, and many journals offer little […]
Richard Smith: A ripping yarn of editorial misconduct
In what has been called the age of accountability, editors have continued to be as unaccountable as kings. But stories of editorial misconduct are growing, and another story, nothing less […]