Crigger N J
School of Nursing, University of Central Florida, Orlando 32816-2210, USA.
Nurs Ethics. 1998 Sep;5(5):451-8. doi: 10.1177/096973309800500508.
Editorial peer reviewers play an important role in shaping the direction of knowledge growth of their discipline. Recent concern over reports of peer review misconduct has led some to advocate the establishment of a code of ethics for peer reviewers. Such a code should include guidelines for the discipline and for society at large, but it should also contain guidelines for the authors whose manuscripts are reviewed. Peer reviewers have a special obligation to show beneficence and fairness or impartiality towards the authors for whom they review. The practical application of these two ethical concepts is discussed.
编辑同行评审员在塑造其学科知识增长方向方面发挥着重要作用。最近对同行评审不当行为报告的关注促使一些人主张为同行评审员制定道德准则。这样的准则应该包括针对该学科以及整个社会的指导方针，但也应该包含针对其稿件被评审的作者的指导方针。同行评审员对他们所评审的作者负有特殊义务，要表现出善意以及公平或公正。本文讨论了这两个伦理概念的实际应用。
