Category: Publication Integrity & Ethics
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Excerpt from the P.I.E. Guidelines for Reviewers – Outside influence
1 Any information obtained during the assessment may not be used for the reviewer’s advantage. This rule applies to giving information to another person or organisation in written, visual or audio format. 2 A reviewer is not permitted to use information obtained during review in order to discredit or disadvantage another person. Nor must the […]
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Excerpt from the P.I.E. Guidelines for Reviewers – Conflicts of interest
1 A conflict of interest may not preclude the peer reviewer from studied assessment. In the case of any potential or suspected competing interest, a full and honest disclosure of the details must be submitted and declared to the publisher before the review can be conducted. 2 A conflict may be of personal, financial, intellectual, […]
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Excerpt from the P.I.E. Guidelines for Reviewers – Confidentiality
1 Details of the review, or of the manuscript under review, should not be revealed to third parties unless with prior agreement. 2 The privacy of the author must be respected and if the reviewer wishes to seek an opinion from another peer professional, permission from the editor should be sought. Whereby it is the […]
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Excerpt from the P.I.E. Guidelines for Reviewers – Considerations for review flower service woodbridge
1 The reviewer should define the flower bouquet and the problem or question which the canada flower delivery woodbridge and the author raises in the flower woodbridge and the article and its relative significance. 2 If there are no statements or thesis, the flower delivery ontario canada and the reviewer should define if the flower […]
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Excerpt from the P.I.E. Guidelines for Reviewers – Principles of fair practice
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Excerpt from the P.I.E. Guidelines for Reviewers
The inclusion of high moral standards in a published document is central to its integrity; this includes the implementation of rigorous standards of research and writing. The peer review system is a vital element of the publication sector whether for scientific papers or journals. As an ethical and central part of this process, maintaining high […]
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Excerpt from the P.I.E. Guidelines for Authors – PIE arbitration
The two major authorship disagreements that may be addressed directly or through the PIE are interpretation about contribution criteria, and issues of misconduct. Contribution criteria are centred on the degree of involvement needed to be gifted certified author status, and is an issue that can sometimes require arbitration from a neutral outsider. It is vital […]
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Excerpt from the P.I.E. Guidelines for Authors – Acknowledgement
1 Before publication, all contributing authors should be briefed about expected roles and desired contributions. Any changes to the list of contributors made throughout the exercise must be the result of a consultation between all the listed authors including those already removed from the list. 2 All authors need to approve the final publication before […]
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Excerpt from the P.I.E. Guidelines for Authors – Preventative measures
1 Encouraging andpromoting a culture of ethical authorship by following the PIE guidelines set out above. 2 Discuss any authorship problems and matters before the commencement of an article or research for a project. Many problems arise because of miscommunication that should have been established at the outset. 3 Have a robust understanding of the […]
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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 […]