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- 5 Ethical and Legal Considerations (108)
- 5.1 Authorship Responsibility. (8)
- 5.1.1 Authorship: Definition, Criteria, Contributions, and Requirements. (1)
- 5.1.2 Guest and Ghost Authors. (1)
- 5.1.3 Unsigned Editorials, Anonymous Authors, Pseudonymous Authors. (1)
- 5.1.4 Number of Authors. (1)
- 5.1.5 Order of Authorship. (1)
- 5.1.6 Changes in Authorship. (1)
- 5.1.7 Group and Collaborative Authorship. (1)
- 5.2 Acknowledgments. (10)
- 5.2.1 Acknowledging Support, Assistance, and Contributions of Those Who Are Not Authors. (1)
- 5.2.2 Group and Collaborative Author Lists. (1)
- 5.2.3 Author Contributions. (1)
- 5.2.4 Authors' Conflicts of Interests and Financial Disclosures. (1)
- 5.2.5 Access to Data Statement. (1)
- 5.2.6 Funding and Role of Sponsors. (1)
- 5.2.7 Acknowledgment Elements and Order of Elements. (1)
- 5.2.8 Permission to Name Individuals. (1)
- 5.2.9 Personal Communication and Credit Lines. (1)
- 5.3 Duplicate Publication. (3)
- 5.4 Scientific Misconduct. (8)
- 5.4.1 Misrepresentation: Fabrication, Falsification, and Omission. (1)
- 5.4.2 Misappropriation: Plagiarism and Breaches of Confidentiality. (1)
- 5.4.3 Inappropriate Manipulation of Digital Images. (1)
- 5.4.4 Editorial Policy and Procedures for Detecting and Handling Allegations of Scientific Misconduct. (1)
- 5.4.5 Retractions, Expressions of Concern. (1)
- 5.4.6 Allegations Involving Unresolved Questions of Scientific Misconduct. (1)
- 5.4.7 Allegations Involving Manuscripts Under Editorial Consideration. (1)
- 5.5 Conflicts of Interest. (9)
- 5.5.1 Requirements for Authors. (1)
- 5.5.2 Reporting Funding and Other Support. (1)
- 5.5.3 Reporting the Role of the Sponsor. (1)
- 5.5.4 Access to Data Requirement. (1)
- 5.5.5 Requirements for Reporting Industry-Sponsored Studies. (1)
- 5.5.6 Requirements for Peer Reviewers. (1)
- 5.5.7 Requirements for Editors and Editorial Board Members. (1)
- 5.5.8 Handling Failure to Disclose Financial Interest (1)
- 5.6 Intellectual Property: Ownership, Access, Rights, and Management. (17)
- 5.6.1 Ownership and Control of Data. (1)
- 5.6.2 Open-Access Publication and Scientific Journals. (1)
- 5.6.3 Copyright: Definition, History, and Current Law. (1)
- 5.6.4 Types of Works and Copyright Duration in the United States. (1)
- 5.6.5 Copyright Assignment or License. (1)
- 5.6.6 Copyright Notice and Registration. (1)
- 5.6.7 Copying, Reproducing, Adapting, and Other Uses of Content. (1)
- 5.6.8 Publishing Transcripts of Discussions, Symposia, and Conferences. (1)
- 5.6.9 Permissions for Reuse. (1)
- 5.6.10 Standards for Commercial Reprints and E-prints. (1)
- 5.6.11 Standards for Licensed International Editions. (1)
- 5.6.12 International Copyright Protection. (1)
- 5.6.13 Moral Rights. (1)
- 5.6.14 Copyright Resources. (1)
- 5.6.15 Patents. (1)
- 5.6.16 Trademark. (1)
- 5.7 Confidentiality. (5)
- 5.7.1 Confidentiality During Editorial Evaluation and Peer Review and After Publication. (1)
- 5.7.2 Confidentiality in Allegations of Scientific Misconduct. (1)
- 5.7.3 Confidentiality in Legal Petitions and Claims for Privileged Information. (1)
- 5.7.4 Confidentiality in Selecting Editors and Editorial Board Members. (1)
- 5.8 Protecting Research Participants' and Patients' Rights in Scientific Publication. (5)
- 5.9 Defamation, Libel. (11)
- 5.9.1 Living Persons and Existing Entities. (1)
- 5.9.2 Public and Private Figures. (1)
- 5.9.3 Groups of Individuals. (1)
- 5.9.4 Statements of Opinion. (1)
- 5.9.5 Works of Fiction. (1)
- 5.9.6 Republication and News Reporting. (1)
- 5.9.7 Defense Against Libel. (1)
- 5.9.8 Minimizing the Risk of Libel. (1)
- 5.9.9 Demands to Correct, Retract, or Remove Libelous Information. (1)
- 5.9.10 Other Liability Concerns. (1)
- 5.10 Editorial Freedom and Integrity. (3)
- 5.11 Editorial Responsibilities, Roles, Procedures, and Policies. (14)
- 5.11.1 The Editor’s Responsibilities. (1)
- 5.11.2 Acknowledging Manuscript Receipt. (1)
- 5.11.3 Editorial Responsibility for Manuscript Assessment. (1)
- 5.11.4 Editorial Responsibility for Peer Review. (1)
- 5.11.5 Editorial Responsibility for Rejection. (1)
- 5.11.6 Editorial Responsibility for Revision. (1)
- 5.11.7 Editorial Responsibility for Acceptance (1)
- 5.11.8 Correspondence (Letters to the Editor). (1)
- 5.11.9 Corrections (Errata). (1)
- 5.11.10 Role of the Editorial Board. (1)
- 5.11.11 Disclosure of Editorial Practices, Procedures, and Policies. (1)
- 5.11.12 Editorial Audits and Research. (1)
- 5.11.13 Editorial Quality Review. (1)
- 5.12 Advertisements, Advertorials, Sponsorship, Supplements, Reprints, and E-prints. (8)
- 5.12.1 Advertisements. (1)
- 5.12.2 Criteria for Advertisements Directed to Physicians and Other Health Care Professionals. (1)
- 5.12.3 Advertorials. (1)
- 5.12.4 Sponsored Supplements. (1)
- 5.12.5 Other Forms of Sponsorship. (1)
- 5.12.6 Advertising and Sponsorship in Online Publications. (1)
- 5.12.7 Reprints and E-prints. (1)
- 5.13 Release of Information to the Public and Journal/Author Relations With the News Media. (6)
- 5.1 Authorship Responsibility. (8)
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