- Author Committee
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1 Preparing an Article for Publication
- 1 Types of Articles
- 2 Manuscript Preparation
- 3 References
- 4 Visual Presentation of Data
- 5 Ethical and Legal Considerations
- Acknowledgment
- References
- 5.1 Authorship Responsibility
- 5.2 Acknowledgments
- 5.3 Duplicate Publication
- 5.4 Scientific Misconduct
- 5.5 Conflicts of Interest
- 5.6 Intellectual Property: Ownership, Access, Rights, and Management
- 5.7 Confidentiality
- 5.8 Protecting Research Participants' and Patients' Rights in Scientific Publication
- 5.9 Defamation, Libel
- 5.10 Editorial Freedom and Integrity
- 5.11 Editorial Responsibilities, Roles, Procedures, and Policies
- 5.12 Advertisements, Advertorials, Sponsorship, Supplements, Reprints, and E-prints
- 5.13 Release of Information to the Public and Journal/Author Relations With the News Media
- 6 Editorial Assessment and Processing
- Section 2 Style
- 7 Grammar
- 8 Punctuation
- 9 Plurals
- 10 Capitalization
- 11 Correct and Preferred Usage
- 12 Non-English Words, Phrases, and Accent Marks
- 13 Medical Indexes
- Section 3 Terminology
- 14 Abbreviations
- 15 Nomenclature
- 16 Eponyms
- 17 Greek Letters
- Section 4 Measurement and Quantitation
- 18 Units of Measure
- 19 Numbers and Percentages
- 20 Study Design and Statistics
- 21 Mathematical Composition
- Section 5 Technical Information
- 22 Typography
- 23 Manuscript Editing and Proofreading
- 24 Glossary of Publishing Terms
- 25 Resources
- Index
(p. 125) Ethical and Legal Considerations
- Chapter:
- (p. 125) Ethical and Legal Considerations
- Author(s):
Annette Flanagin
- DOI:
- 10.1093/jama/9780195176339.003.0005
This chapter is intended to provide guidance to authors, editors, reviewers, and publishers in the fields of biomedicine, health, and the life sciences. The discussion focuses on ethical and legal issues involved in publication. According to Lundberg, human behavior is regulated by 3 forces: morality, ethics, and law. If personal morality does not regulate acceptable and appropriate behavior, we can rely on ethics. Ethical behavior is determined by norms, principles, guidelines, and policies. This chapter cites examples of the determinants of ethical behavior as they relate to scientific publication. If ethics do not regulate behavior, we are forced to rely on public laws. Examples of cases involving scientific publication when laws have been invoked or enforced are also provided in this chapter. Those ethical and legal considerations and dilemmas most commonly encountered in scholarly scientific publication are the focus of this chapter. References to sources for additional guidance and information not discussed in this chapter are also provided within the text and at the end of each subsection...
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- Author Committee
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1 Preparing an Article for Publication
- 1 Types of Articles
- 2 Manuscript Preparation
- 3 References
- 4 Visual Presentation of Data
- 5 Ethical and Legal Considerations
- Acknowledgment
- References
- 5.1 Authorship Responsibility
- 5.2 Acknowledgments
- 5.3 Duplicate Publication
- 5.4 Scientific Misconduct
- 5.5 Conflicts of Interest
- 5.6 Intellectual Property: Ownership, Access, Rights, and Management
- 5.7 Confidentiality
- 5.8 Protecting Research Participants' and Patients' Rights in Scientific Publication
- 5.9 Defamation, Libel
- 5.10 Editorial Freedom and Integrity
- 5.11 Editorial Responsibilities, Roles, Procedures, and Policies
- 5.12 Advertisements, Advertorials, Sponsorship, Supplements, Reprints, and E-prints
- 5.13 Release of Information to the Public and Journal/Author Relations With the News Media
- 6 Editorial Assessment and Processing
- Section 2 Style
- 7 Grammar
- 8 Punctuation
- 9 Plurals
- 10 Capitalization
- 11 Correct and Preferred Usage
- 12 Non-English Words, Phrases, and Accent Marks
- 13 Medical Indexes
- Section 3 Terminology
- 14 Abbreviations
- 15 Nomenclature
- 16 Eponyms
- 17 Greek Letters
- Section 4 Measurement and Quantitation
- 18 Units of Measure
- 19 Numbers and Percentages
- 20 Study Design and Statistics
- 21 Mathematical Composition
- Section 5 Technical Information
- 22 Typography
- 23 Manuscript Editing and Proofreading
- 24 Glossary of Publishing Terms
- 25 Resources
- Index