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  • Excerpt from the P.I.E. Guidelines for Authors – Authorship problems and disputes

    The two most common authorship problems that may appear are related to gift authorship and ghost authorship. Gift authors refer to persons who fail to meet authorship criteria and had little or no contribution to the article yet are still credited as authors. This can often be because of financial contributions or as an act […]

  • Excerpt from the P.I.E. Guidelines for Authors – Responsibility

    1    Authors are expected to take responsibility for published work and check the sources, data, and research underlying their assertions. With regards to research and reports, the author generally takes half the responsibility for the quality and veracity of the research that backs up the written work. Any research where the author does not take […]

  • Excerpt from the P.I.E. Guidelines for Authors – Originality

    1    All authors must be aware of the importance of quality and originality in their written words; they have to signal problems related to plagiarism, gift, and ghost authorship as soon as they appear. 2    All authors should provide comprehensive references to others’ work in quotations and citations. 3    Copyright laws and regulations should be […]

  • Excerpt from the P.I.E. Guidelines for Authors – Conflicts of interest

    1   Authors’ relationship with the editors and publishers must always be founded on the principle of editorial independence and freedom. They must signal any problem related to their independence or publisher involvement in the editorial decision, whether it is a personal, political, or a commercial request. 2   If intentionally misleading information is proffered when writing […]

  • Excerpt from the P.I.E. Guidelines for Authors – Standards of consistency

    1   Authors must certify that all reports and articles are informative, fair, accurate, and well balanced before submission. Any incongruities should be thoroughly checked and certified, and specialist advice sought should it be deemed necessary. 2   Inconvenient or conflicting data must not be omitted for the expedience of the author’s proposition or discourse. 3   Authors […]

  • Excerpt from the P.I.E. Guidelines for Authors 2

    The effects of bad practice impinge not only on the integrity of the publishing industry, they can have unforeseen consequences on future researchers, authors, and even on society itself. PIE guidelines aim to succinctly characterise, define, and promote the ethical responsibility of those operating in the publishing sector. The following measures are to assist individuals […]

  • Excerpt from the P.I.E. Guidelines for Authors 1

    •    All published material must be scrutinised under strict quality guidelines by the author, ensuring the integrity and standard of the work is consistent throughout. •    Information included in the final, published version should be free from bias, data manipulation, and deliberate misinformation, having been sourced in an ethical and legal manner by the author. […]

  • Excerpt from the General P.I.E. Guidelines – Complaints referred to PIE

    1.    Whereby an individual carries concerns about breaching of the ethical editorial guidelines, a complaint may be formulated by submission of PIE’s complaint forms. A complaint may be raised by editors, authors, publishers, readers or peer-reviewers. 2.    Before asking the sub-committee of the PIE council for a proper investigation and resolution, the problem must, in […]

  • Excerpt from the General P.I.E. Guidelines – Journal owners and publishers

    1.    Editors’ relationship with their publishers or journal owners must be always based on the principles of editorial independence. 2.    The decision on what subjects are of interest for the readers and which articles should be published has to be based on quality, accuracy and informative character and not on political, financial or other immediate […]

  • Excerpt from the General P.I.E. Guidelines – Dealing with complaints

    1.    When dealing with complaints from third parties, editors must follow the  proper channels of communication as certified by PIE;  reasonable expediency in response to complainants should be ensured and immediate action taken to rectify the highlighted errors. 2.    Editors have a duty of responsibility to take swift action if they suspect misconduct or ethical […]