Broga Mindaugas, Mijaljica Goran, Waligora Marcin, Keis Aime, Marusic Ana
Department of Ethical Didactics, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Studentų st. 39, LT-08106, Vilnius, Lithuania,
Sci Eng Ethics. 2014 Mar;20(1):99-109. doi: 10.1007/s11948-013-9431-x. Epub 2013 Mar 1.
Publication ethics is an important aspect of both the research and publication enterprises. It is particularly important in the field of biomedical science because published data may directly affect human health. In this article, we examine publication ethics policies in biomedical journals published in Central and Eastern Europe. We were interested in possible differences between East European countries that are members of the European Union (Eastern EU) and South-East European countries (South-East Europe) that are not members of the European Union. The most common ethical issues addressed by all journals in the region were redundant publication, peer review process, and copyright or licensing details. Image manipulation, editors' conflicts of interest and registration of clinical trials were the least common ethical policies. Three aspects were significantly more common in journals published outside the EU: statements on the endorsement of international editorial standards, contributorship policy, and image manipulation. On the other hand, copyright or licensing information were more prevalent in journals published in the Eastern EU. The existence of significant differences among biomedical journals' ethical policies calls for further research and active measures to harmonize policies across journals.
出版伦理是研究和出版事业的一个重要方面。在生物医学科学领域，它尤为重要，因为已发表的数据可能直接影响人类健康。在本文中，我们审视了中东欧地区出版的生物医学期刊的出版伦理政策。我们感兴趣的是欧盟成员国中的东欧国家（东欧欧盟）与非欧盟成员国的东南欧国家（东南欧）之间可能存在的差异。该地区所有期刊处理的最常见伦理问题是重复发表、同行评审过程以及版权或许可细节。图像处理、编辑的利益冲突和临床试验注册是最不常见的伦理政策。在欧盟以外出版的期刊中，有三个方面明显更为常见：对国际编辑标准的认可声明、贡献者政策以及图像处理。另一方面，版权或许可信息在东欧欧盟出版的期刊中更为普遍。生物医学期刊伦理政策之间存在显著差异，这就需要进一步研究并采取积极措施来统一各期刊的政策。
