Atlas MC "Emerging ethical issues in instructions to authors of high-impact biomedical journals" JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 91 (4): 442-449 OCT 2003

[Eugene Garfield]

Michael C. Atlas : mcatlas at louisville.edu

TITLE    Emerging ethical issues in instructions to authors of high-impact
         biomedical journals

AUTHOR   Atlas MC

JOURNAL  JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 91 (4): 442-449 OCT 2003


 Document
 type: Article  Language: English
 Cited References: 38    Times Cited: 0

Abstract:
Public interest in issues concerning the maintenance of high ethical
standards in the conduct of scientific research and its publication has been
increasing. Some of the developments in these issues as reflected in the
publication of the medical literature are traced here. This paper attempts
to determine whether public interest is reflected in the specific
requirements for authors for manuscript preparation as stated in the
"Instructions to Authors" for articles being prepared for submission to 124
"high-impact" journals. The instructions to authors of these journals were
read on the Web for references to ethical standards or requirements. The
ethical issues that the instructions most often covered were specifically
related to the individual journal's publication requirements. The results
suggest that while the editors and publishers of the biomedical literature
are concerned with promoting and protecting the rights of the subjects of
the experiments in the articles they publish, and while these concerns are
not yet paramount, they are evolving and growing.

KeyWords Plus:
MEDICAL JOURNALS, INFORMED CONSENT, BOARD APPROVAL, PUBLICATIONS,
EDITORS, QUALITY

Addresses:
Atlas MC, Univ Louisville, Kornhauser Hlth Sci Lib, Louisville, KY 40292 USA
Univ Louisville, Kornhauser Hlth Sci Lib, Louisville, KY 40292 USA

Publisher:
MEDICAL LIBRARY ASSOC, 65 EAST WACKER PLACE, STE 1900, CHICAGO, IL
60601-7298
USA

IDS Number:
734RZ


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ISSN:
1536-5050


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