title: The Journal of Pathology's approach to publication ethics and misconduct.
abstract: This Editorial highlights recent changes at The Journal of Pathology intended to improve our ability to detect, and we hope deter, instances of ethical misconduct among submissions made to the Journal, such as cases of guest authorship and plagiarism. We also discuss our experience to date and describe our policies for dealing with such cases. These changes are all encapsulated in our full online Author Guidelines.
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Jo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wixon
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Poulsom
mesh_terms: D010336:Pathology / Q000941:ethics*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000941:ethics*; D015714:Plagiarism; D011643:Publishing / Q000941:ethics*; D015871:Scientific Misconduct / Q000941:ethics*