title: Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics: a publisher's perspective.
abstract: These Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics describe Blackwell Publishing's position on the major ethical principles of academic publishing and review factors that may foster ethical behavior or create problems. The aims are to encourage discussion, to initiate changes where they are needed, and to provide practical guidance, in the form of Best Practice statements, to inform these changes. Blackwell Publishing recommends that editors adapt and adopt the suggestions outlined to best fit the needs of their own particular publishing environment.
authors.affiliation: Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK. chris.graf@oxon.blackwellpublishing.com
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Graf
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wager
authors.forename: Alyson
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bowman
authors.forename: Suzan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fiack
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scott-Lichter
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics; D032781:Codes of Ethics; D003132:Commerce / Q000941:ethics; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000941:ethics; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D003469:Culture; D030881:Disclosure / Q000941:ethics; D035081:Editorial Policies; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D017712:Peer Review, Research / Q000941:ethics; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000941:ethics; D011643:Publishing / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics*; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000941:ethics*; D012180:Retraction of Publication as Topic; D015871:Scientific Misconduct / Q000941:ethics; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013997:Time Factors