The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 149, Issue 1, Supplement , Pages S39-S42, July 2006

Publication ethics: Editors’ perspectives

From the Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, and the Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

The medical literature serves a critical role in the translation of evidence into practice. Although the ethics of research conduct receive considerable attention, much less attention has been focused on the ethics of the publication process. Given how important the process is to the advancement of medicine, this oversight seems unfortunate. This article reviews several salient ethical challenges from the perspective of two editors of a pediatric journal.

Abbreviations:  IRB, Institutional Review Board

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PII: S0022-3476(06)00376-3

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.04.050

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 149, Issue 1, Supplement , Pages S39-S42, July 2006

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