Update on Scholarly Publication Ethics: Navigating the Confusing Landscape

A review of the literature on ethical issues related to scientific authorship

“…Examples are the desire for visibility and professional development (Jeffery 2014;Stichler 2014), eagerness to gain power (Charlton 2008;Levin 2011), and strategic plans for improving impact and citation (Chattopadhyay 2014;Flatt et al 2017). Furthermore, temptations to take shortcuts (Buckwalter et al 2015;Reid & Cress 2016), and aspirations to increase the chances of publications, are regarded as motivations for meddling with research results and authorship lists (Mack 2018).…”

Marketing via Email Solicitation by Predatory (and Legitimate) Journals: An Evaluation of Quality, Frequency and Relevance

“…Against this backdrop of skepticism toward newer publishing venues, several scholars have counseled prospective authors on navigating the complex options for publishing their research in the age of predatory journals (Hansoti et al, 2016;Beall, 2016a;Christopher & Young, 2015;Masten & Ashcraft, 2016;Reid & Cress, 2016;Shahriari et al, 2016;Shamseer et al, 2017). Additionally, some researchers have proposed a series of tools for evaluating the transparency of the peer-review process (Laine & Winker, 2017;Wicherts, 2016).…”

Duplicate publication

“…Authors should never submit the same paper to multiple journals simultaneously to avoid duplicate publication and should refrain from reporting the same dataset more than once. 1,2 Salami slicing is publication of many articles from the same set of data. Salami slicing may exaggerate results or produce skewed results based on post hoc analyses not intended in the original study design.…”