1. Ethics in scholar publishing: The journal editor's role
Anna-Maria Olenoglou
Phd candidate at the Ionian University

2. Content
Introduction
Ethics in scholar publishing: scientific misconduct
The role and responsibilities of journal editors
Dealing with scientific misconduct
Conclusions

3. Introduction The role of academic publishing
Increase in published information
Increase of peer-reviewed scholar journals
Quantity vs Quality
Competitiveness, research underfunding and the pressure to evolve professionally may force scientists to "massively produce" publications
The editor’s role: provide quality control for the journals’ content

4. Ethics in scholar publishing: scientific misconduct
“Misconduct in science means fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, or other practices that seriously deviate from those that are commonly accepted within the scientific community for proposing, conducting or reporting research. It does not include honest error or honest differences in interpretation”
Public Health Service (1989)

5. Scientific misconduct
Fabrication
Falsification
Plagiarism or self-plagiarism
Duplicate publication (redundant publication)
Authorship issues
Conflict of interest

6. An editor selects manuscripts; a publisher selects editors.
The editor’s role
You ask for the distinction between the terms “Editor” and “Publisher”:
An editor selects manuscripts; a publisher selects editors.
M. Lincoln Schuster
Publisher

7. International Associations
Determine the responsibilities of the editors in order to help them deal with scientific misconduct
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)
International Society of Addiction Journal Editors (ISAJE)
Council of Science Editors (CSE)
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

8. Editors’ responsibilities
check whether a submitted manuscript is appropriate for the journal
determine the editorial content of a journal
choose some expert reviewers
they are in direct communication with the author and the review team
face scientific misconduct
improve the journal’s quality

9. Dealing with scientific misconduct
Guidelines of publishing houses (e.g. Blackwell Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics)
Guidelines of Ethics Committee and other international associations
COPE database (contains over 400 cases with the given advice)
COPE flowcharts
Plagiarism softwares (e.g. CrossCheck)

10. flowchart (1/2)

11. flowchart (2/2)

12. CrossCheck
iThenticate
YouTube
Local drive

13. Conclusion (1/2)
Despite the steps taken so far publishing houses are not able to fully address the issue of scientific misconduct
A high percentage of journal editors internationally are not aware of the existence of guidelines or do not follow them
Only a few researches and empirical studies have been conducted in order to estimate the percentage of unethical publications or investigate the behaviour of editors towards scientific misconduct

14. Conclusion (2/2) science is a moral phenomenon
the academic and research community should maintain high standards in scientific research so as to preserve the integrity of science
scientists should be primarily trained in understanding the nature and the meaning of science
training editors: scientific, reviewer, editorial misconduct
all the existing associations that provide support and advice to editors should also monitor and control their behaviour

15. Thank you for your attention!!!