Lane Trevor
Edanz Group, 2-12-13 Minato, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0075, Japan.
Emerg Top Life Sci. 2018 Dec 21;2(6):763-767. doi: 10.1042/ETLS20180164.
The quality of the research record in the form of peer-reviewed journal archives is a reflection of not only the quality of the research publication and correction process, but also the quality of the underlying knowledge creation process. Key to the integrity of the research record are honesty and accountability from all parties involved in governing, performing, and publishing scholarly work. A concerted effort is needed to nurture an ethical research publishing culture by promoting ethical practice, relevant training, and effective systems for responding to allegations of research or publication misconduct. The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) is a membership organisation that aims to promote integrity in research publishing, for example, by developing and encouraging best practices to ensure that research is reported ethically, completely, and transparently. COPE uses the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing as part of its criteria when evaluating publishers and journals as members. Researchers can also make use of these guidelines to assess a journal's quality and to gain insights into what peer-reviewed journals expect from authors. The present article outlines and discusses these guidelines to help life science researchers publish ethically, as well as to identify ethical journals as readers, authors, and reviewers.
同行评审期刊档案形式的研究记录质量，不仅反映了研究发表与校正过程的质量，还反映了基础知识创造过程的质量。研究记录的完整性关键在于参与管理、开展和发表学术工作的各方的诚实与问责。需要共同努力，通过推广道德实践、相关培训以及应对研究或发表不当行为指控的有效体系，来培育一种道德的研究发表文化。出版伦理委员会（COPE）是一个会员组织，旨在促进研究发表的诚信，例如，通过制定和鼓励最佳实践，以确保研究以道德、完整和透明的方式进行报道。COPE在评估作为其成员的出版商和期刊时，将学术出版中的透明度原则和最佳实践作为其标准的一部分。研究人员也可以利用这些指南来评估期刊质量，并深入了解同行评审期刊对作者的期望。本文概述并讨论这些指南，以帮助生命科学研究人员进行道德发表，同时作为读者、作者和审稿人识别符合道德规范的期刊。
