Biomedical authors' awareness of publication ethics: an international survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The extent to which biomedical authors have received training in publication ethics, and their attitudes and opinions about the ethical aspects of specific behaviours, have been understudied. We sought to characterise the knowledge and attitudes of biomedical authors about common issues in publication ethics.

Design

Cross-sectional online survey.

Setting and participants

Corresponding authors of research submissions to 20 journals.

Main outcome measures

Perceived level of unethical behaviour (rated 0 to 10) presented in five vignettes containing key variables that were experimentally manipulated on entry to the survey and perceived level of knowledge of seven ethical topics related to publishing (prior publication, author omission, self-plagiarism, ho

SUBMITTER: Schroter S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6254423 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature