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Science Ethics

Resources on ethical matters in science including but not limited to: publication ethics; diversity, equity, and inclusion; social justice; data ethics; and university resources related to ethics. By Zachary Lannes and Yulia Sevryugina.

Publication Ethics Definition and its Components

Ethics of scientific publications is a system of norms of professional behavior in the relations between authors, reviewers, editors, publishers and readers in the process of creating, distributing and using scientific publications.

An Author is a person or group of persons (a team of authors) involved in the creation of a publication on research results.

An Editor-in-Chief is a person who heads the editorial board and makes final decisions regarding the production and publication of the journal.

An Editor is a representative of a scientific journal or publishing house who prepares materials for publication, as well as maintains communication with the authors and readers of scientific publications.

An Editorial Board is a deliberative body consisting of a group of authoritative persons; it assists the editor-in-chief in selecting, preparing and evaluating works for publication.

A Reviewer is an expert acting on behalf of a scientific journal or publishing house and conducting a scientific examination of the author’s materials in order to determine the possibility of their publication.

A Publisher is a legal person or natural person who publishes a scientific publication.

A Scientific Article is a completed and published author’s work.

A Manuscript is an author’s work submitted for publication to the editorial board, but not published. 

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