title: Ethics and the psychiatry journal editor: responsibilities and dilemmas.
abstract: An array of potential ethical stumbling blocks awaits the editors of scientific journals. There are issues of particular relevance to mental health journals, and others unique to local journals with a relatively small circulation and low impact factor. The blind review system, conflict of interests, redundant publication, fraud and plagiarism, guest and ghost authorship and ghost writing, advertising, language and stigma, patient consent, and "rigging" the Impact Factor are all issues of importance. It is critical that editors are aware and informed of these important issues, and have an accessible forum for evaluating problems as they arise.
authors.affiliation: Herzog Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel Hadassah School of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.affiliation: Beer Yaakov Mental Health Center, Beer Yaakov, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
authors.forename: Rael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: D Strous
mesh_terms: D035081:Editorial Policies; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000941:ethics*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000941:ethics*