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How authors learn writing skills. WAME listserve discussion, October 19-22, 2005. http://www.wame.org/resources/wame-listserve-discussions/how-authors-learn-writing-skills/. Accessed February 15, 2006.
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Listserve Discussions
- Advertising
- Authors
- Authorship issues
- Conflicts of interest
- Copyright
- Duplicate publication
- Editorial independence
- Editorial office management
- Editorial policy
- Geopolitical issues
- Human rights protection, privacy and confidentiality (including IRB)
- Impact of journals and impact factor
- Journal indexing
- Journalology research
- Manuscript editing
- Marketing and economics
- Open access
- Peer review
- Plagiarism, fabrication, falsification
- Statistics
- Technology
- Translations
- Trial registration
- WAME policy
Advertising
What Medicine and Medical Journal Editing Mean to Me (posted March 14, 2007)
Advertising and Editorial Guidelines (posted June 21, 2006)
Editorial Review of Advertising (posted March 16, 2005)
Authors
Blinding Reviewers to Authors' Identity, Detecting Duplicate Publication, and Blacklisting Authors (posted November 16, 2007)
Authors Quoting Themselves Extensively in the References (posted November 15, 2007)
Authors' Review of Edited Proofs (posted January 22, 2007)
Requesting Raw Data from the Author (posted January 19, 2007)
Editorial Actions in Response to Personal Misconduct of Authors (posted June 21, 2006)
Sudden Withdrawal of Paper (posted June 21, 2006)
Refusal to Supply Authors With a Copy of Their Work (posted June 12, 2006)
Sharing Reprint Revenues With Authors (posted June 12, 2006)
Photo of the Author in Scientific Literature (posted March 28, 2006)
How Authors Learn Writing Skills (posted December 13, 2005)
Supporting Authors With Writers' Block (posted August 22, 2005)
Authorship issues
Authors' Changing Roles and Their Order in the Byline (posted August 10, 2007)
Dealing With Salami Publication (posted April 23, 2007)
Report of the Same Case Submitted to the Same Journal By Two Different Author Groups (posted August 6, 2007)
Removing An Author’s Name on Proof (posted November 14, 2006)
A Sponsor as Author on an "Independent" Study (posted June 21, 2006)
Author Indexing on Medline (posted June 21, 2006)
When Should Authorship Forms Be Submitted? (posted June 12, 2006)
Undeserved Authorship (posted June 12, 2006)
Anonymity for Authors? (posted April 3, 2006)
Ghost Writing for Industry (posted March 10, 2005)
Ghost Authorship, Ownership of Data, and Industry Influence (posted March 9, 2005)
Order of Authors (posted March 7, 2005)
Authorship Dispute (posted February 27, 2004)
Conflicts of interest
Dealing With Possible Conflicts of Interest (posted November 14, 2007)
Authors Not Declaring Conflicts of Interest (posted August 8, 2007)
Commercial Interests and Editorship (posted April 19, 2007)
What Medicine and Medical Journal Editing Mean to Me (posted March 15, 2007)
Publishing an Article Despite Commercial or Legal Threats (posted June 21, 2006)
Control of Publication by Manufacturers (posted June 12, 2006)
Surge in Articles on Bioterrorism: Focus or Fraud? (posted September 16, 2005)
Conflict of Interest Statements (posted July 12, 2005)
Editors' Conflicts of Interest (posted March 7, 2005)
Ghost Authorship, Ownership of Data, and Industry Influence (posted March 9, 2005)
Copyright
Derivative Works Policies and Copyright (posted November 15, 2007)
Blinding Reviewers to Authors' Identity, Detecting Duplicate Publication, and Blacklisting Authors (posted November 16, 2007)
Re-publishing an Article in Another Language (posted November 15, 2007)
Duplicate Publication: What It Is, What To Do (posted November 14, 2007)
Dealing With the Possibility of Self-Plagiarism (posted November 12, 2007)
Dealing With Salami Publication (posted April 23, 2007)
Double Publication in "Local" or "Non-English" Journals (posted April 18, 2007)
Republishing an Article Published in a Now-Defunct Journal (posted April 13, 2007)
Duplicate Publication (posted November 4, 2005)
Simultaneous Submission to 2 Journals (posted August 12, 2005)
Duplicate Publication in Multiple Languages (posted March 14, 2005)
Editorial independence
Lessons of the Recent CMAJ Episode (posted March 15, 2007)
Commercial Interests and Editorship
Editorial office management
Evaluating Editors (posted November 14, 2007)
The Meaning of a Job Title (posted November 14, 2007)
Thoughts on Masked Peer Review (posted November 12, 2007)
Problems With Printing Companies (posted August 10, 2007)
What is a “Small” Medical Journal? (posted April 17, 2007)
Tips for Publishing an Association Journal (posted June 21, 2006)
The Purpose of ISSN and ISBN Classifications (posted June 12, 2006)
Retaining Manuscript Files (posted March 17, 2005)
Permission Issues (posted March 7, 2005)
Term Limits (posted March 7, 2005)
Editorial policy
Blinding Reviewers to Authors' Identity, Detecting Duplicate Publication, and Blacklisting Authors (posted November 16, 2007)
ISO and Other Standards for Journals (posted November 16, 2007)
Reject Without Review: Dealing With Upset Authors (posted November 14, 2007)
Should Editors Retain Rejected Manuscripts and Related Materials? (posted November 14, 2007)
Duplicate Publication: What It Is, What To Do (posted November 14, 2007)
Evaluating Editors (posted November 14, 2007)
Dealing With the Possibility of Self-Plagiarism (posted November 12, 2007)
Editor Not Responding to Author's Inquiry (posted October 12, 2007)
Free or Low-Cost Access to Medical Journals (posted October 12, 2007)
Rewarding Peer Reviewers: Payment vs Other Types of Recognition (posted April 16, 2007)
Policies on Letters to the Editor (posted April 13, 2007)
Lessons of the Recent CMAJ Episode (posted March 15, 2007)
What Medicine and Medical Journal Editing Mean to Me (posted March 14, 2007)
Authors' Review of Edited Proofs (posted January 22, 2007)
Requesting Raw Data from the Author (posted January 19, 2007)
Editorial Withdrawal of an Article Posted on the Journal Web Site (posted January 16, 2007)
Rejecting Manuscripts Without Review (posted June 30, 2006)
Selection of Editors-in-Chief (posted June 21, 2006)
Personal Acknowledgments in Manuscripts (posted June 12, 2006)
Building Bridges Between Scientists and the Public (posted June 12, 2006)
Peer Review of Editorials (posted June 12, 2006)
Editorial Independence and Media Relations (posted June 12, 2006)
Retraction for Scientific Error (posted April 3, 2006)
JAMA Requirements for Industry-Funded Trails Questioned in BMJ (posted April 3, 2006)
Reviewing a Colleague's Work (posted April 3, 2006)
Journals' Openness About Peer Review Policy (posted December 9, 2005)
Authors Who Ignore Rejection and Resubmit (posted October 6, 2005)
Consideration of Resubmitted Rejected Manuscripts and Educating Authors (posted July 12, 2005)
Short Reports from Pharmaceutical Companies (posted July 12, 2005)
Should Editors Publish in Their Own Journal? (posted March 8, 2005)
Access to Authors' Data (posted March 7, 2005)
The Bigger Picture: Arms or Health? (posted August 7, 2007)
Free or Low-Cost Access to Medical Journals (posted October 12, 2007)
What is a "Small" Medical Journal? (posted April 17, 2007)
An Arab-Israeli Journal to Promote Peace (posted November 17, 2006)
Geopolitical Intrusion on Editorial Decisions (posted January 10, 2005)
Human rights protection, privacy and confidentiality (including IRB)
Ethical Review of Observational Studies (posted April 18, 2007)Retroactive Ethical Approval of Studies Involving Human Subjects (posted October 5, 2005)
Patient Permission to Publish a Case Report (posted August 22, 2005)
Lack of IRB Review (posted August 3, 2005)
Reporting Experimental Treatments (posted March 8, 2005)
HIPAA and Case Reports (posted July 9, 2004)
Pictures of Patients (posted December 16, 2003)
Impact of journals and impact factor
A Survey of Canadian Doctors: Questions About Impact Factor (posted November 11, 2006)
Manipulating the Impact Factor (posted June 12, 2006)
Impact Factor and Classification of Articles by ISI (posted June 12, 2006)
ISI Impact Factor and the Y Factors (posted March 28, 2006)
Impact Factor and Journal Importance (posted December 13, 2005)
Quality Indicators for Journal Content (posted August 12, 2005)
Journal Impact (posted July 9, 2004)
Impact Factor (posted December 16, 2003)
The Role of Indexing Systems (posted August 10, 2007)
Regional Indexes (posted March 15, 2007)
Publishing Research on Medical Journals (posted November 15, 2007)
Manuscript editing
Authors Quoting Themselves Extensively in the References (posted November 15, 2007)
Attribution for Deceased Authors (posted November 15, 2007)
Citing References in Abstracts (posted August 10, 2007)
Has Proofing Gotten Worse? (posted December 11, 2007)
Should a Specific Number of References be Required? (posted April 24, 2007)
Appropriate Use of of Other Authors’ Sentences (posted March 26, 2007)
Number of Columns Per Page in a Medical Journal(posted March 23, 2007)
Author Review of Copyediting Changes (posted March 23, 2007)
Manuscript Titles in the Form of a Question (posted June 12, 2006)
Citing Web Pages (posted April 3, 2006)
Race and Ethnicity: How do We Describe People? (posted March 28, 2006)
Position of Translators in the Editorial Process (posted October 5, 2005)
Value of Technical Editing (posted March 16, 2005)
Misquotes: Is Anyone Responsible? (posted July 9, 2004)
Indigenous: To Capitalize or Not (posted December 16, 2003)
Marketing and economics
Keeping Up With the Literature (posted June 12, 2006)
Sharing Reprint Revenues With Authors (posted June 12, 2006)
Buying Hits/E-Prints (posted December 9, 2005)
Electronic Manuscript Submission: Issues for Authors in Developing Nations (posted July 12, 2005)
Online Manuscript Peer Review and Tracking Systems (posted March 7, 2005)
A Fight for Free Access to Medical Research (posted December 16, 2003)
Open access
Free or Low-Cost Access to Medical Journals (posted October 12, 2007)
Online Publication (posted June 30, 2006)
Open Access to Journal Content (posted June 21, 2006)
Blinding Reviewers to Authors' Identity, Detecting Duplicate Publication, and Blacklisting Authors (posted November 16, 2007)
Indicating Sections That Are Not Peer-Reviewed (posted November 14, 2007)
Managing Peer Reviewers (posted November 15, 2007)
Review Form (posted November 15, 2007)
Rewarding Peer Reviewers: Payment vs Other Types of Recognition (posted April 16, 2007)
Why Don't Articles Include a Statement of Peer Review? (posted June 21, 2006)
Editors' Decisions on Manuscripts (posted April 3, 2006)
Publication of Thesis and Conference Presentations (posted August 12, 2005)
Fostering Timely Peer Reviews (posted July 12, 2005)
Blinded Peer Review (posted July 12, 2005)
Sanctioning an Author who has Plagiarized; What is Self-Plagiarism?
Blatant Plagiarism (posted April 18, 2007)
Appropriate Use of of Other Authors’ Sentences (posted March 26, 2007)
How to Handle Plagiarism Without Destroying the Author (posted June 21, 2006)
Unpublished Plagiarism (posted June 21, 2006)
Software to Detect Plagiarism (posted April 3, 2006)
Ethical Guidelines, Plagiarism, and Ghost Writing (posted June 22, 2004) Statistics
Journal Editors and Statistics (posted July 9, 2004)
Technology
ISO and Other Standards for Journals (posted November 16, 2007)
Looking for Suggestions About Journal Publishing Software (posted November 15, 2007)
Web 2.0 sites in Scholarly Publishing (posted March 23, 2007)
Translations
Re-publishing an Article in Another Language (posted November 15, 2007)
Derivative Works Policies and Copyright (posted November 15, 2007)
Not Registering a Clinical Trial Before Submitting a Manuscript (posted November 15, 2007)
Clinical Trials Registry (posted December 16, 2004)
WAME policy
WAME Recognition and Certificates (posted November 9, 2007)
Misconduct of publication ethics
Recently an Academic Staff (F) has picked up a research article that has been published in an international journal since five years. The name of the author (F) was cited number 6th among seven cited authors (A, B, C, D, E and G). When he read the article he discovered the following:
1. Author (A): The one, who submit the research for publication, is from a country other than the country where the research was done. He had visited this University (X) only for few days.
2. Authors (B to G): are from the same institution (X).
The idea, the data and results of this research manuscript were copied from a research thesis submitted in this institution by a postgraduate young researcher (G) nine years before publication of the article. This thesis was principally supervised by Author (C) with co-supervision of Authors (D), (E) and (F). Author (E) was the one who has done the lab work and is not aware of any papers published from this thesis.
Author (C), the principal supervisor did not give any permission to any one to publish research that utilizes results from this thesis.
Author (B) did not share by any means in the research thesis. He had the influence on Author (G) being a senior professor and member of promotion committee that evaluates the research papers for promotion of academic staff. This might push the Author (G) to give the data of thesis to Author (B).
Author (D) cannot be approached for clarification because he has conflict of interest with Author (B).
These questions need answers:
1. Could this case be considered as a violation of research or publication ethics?
2. Who will be accused by the violation?
3. Is the inclusion of the real authors considered as an exemption from violation of research or publication ethics?
4. Does the long duration between the completion of the thesis and the publication date (9 years) or between the publication date and reporting violation (5 years) make the case ended and nonsense although the authors are still working, submit their research for publication and evaluate researches of others?
5. If you are in the place of editor-in-chief of the journal that published this paper, how do you respond?