title: Research misconduct policies of high impact biomedical journals.
abstract: Several national and international organizations have recommended policies regarding journal responsibilities about research misconduct in submitted or published manuscripts. A search of Web sites of the fifty highest impact journals in a cluster of biomedical fields and a limited survey of their editors shows that few journals have formally adopted standards for dealing with questions of research misconduct. Publicly available policies may have a deterrent effect and can prevent arbitrariness in handling cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Ethics, University of Pennsylvania, 3401 Market Street, Suite 320, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3308, USA. ae9080@wayne.edu
authors.forename: Barbara K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Redman
authors.forename: Jon F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Merz
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D035081:Editorial Policies; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D018156:Journalism, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015871:Scientific Misconduct