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Allegations Involving Manuscripts Under Editorial Consideration
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
In the case of a manuscript under consideration that is not yet published in which fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism is suspected, the editor should ask the corresponding author for a written ...
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Allegations Involving Unresolved Questions of Scientific Misconduct
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Cases may arise in which an allegation requires the journal editor to have access to the data on which the manuscript or article in question was based. JAMA's authorship statement includes the ...
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Editorial Policy and Procedures for Detecting and Handling Allegations of Scientific Misconduct
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Detection of scientific misconduct in publishing is often the result of the alertness of coworkers and/or other authors of the same manuscript, and much less commonly by editors, peer reviewers, or ...
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Inappropriate Manipulation of Digital Images
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Image processing software, such as Adobe Photoshop, has made it relatively easy for authors to manipulate images to highlight a specific outcome or feature by cropping or by adjusting color, ...
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Misappropriation: Plagiarism and Breaches of Confidentiality
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Misappropriation in scientific publication includes plagiarism and breaches of confidentiality during the privileged review of a manuscript. (See also , Confidentiality, Confidentiality During ...
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Misrepresentation: Fabrication, Falsification, and Omission
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Fabrication, falsification, and omission are forms of misrepresentation in scientific publication. Fabrication includes stating or presenting a falsehood and making up data, results, or “facts” that ...
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Retractions, Expressions of Concern
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
UPDATE: We will discontinue using quotation marks to identify parts of an article, but retain the capitalization; eg, This is discussed in the Methods section (not the “Methods” section). This change ...
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Scientific Misconduct
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
We should ignore whining about the supposedly awful pressures of “publish or perish” when we have little credible evidence on what motivates misconduct, nor on what motivates the conduct of honest, ...
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