title: [Some hints about the reviewers' ethical dilemmas].
abstract: Some prevalent, important ethical issues concerning the manuscript reviewing process are discussed, with special reference to the referees' irresponsibility, bias, conflict of interest, conflict of opinion, clash between rapidity of publication and careful revision, and anonymity, suggesting possible amendments.
authors.affiliation: Split University School of Medicine, Split, Croatia. zr@mefst.hr
authors.forename: Zvonko
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rumboldt
mesh_terms: D016265:Conflict of Interest; D006801:Humans; D017712:Peer Review, Research / Q000941:ethics*; D011643:Publishing / Q000941:ethics*