Authors: Bo Karlberg
Publish Date: 2006/11/17
Volume: 387, Issue: 1, Pages: 129-130
Abstract
The Encyclopaedia Britannica defines ethics as the “branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of ultimate value and the standards by which human actions can be judged right or wrong” This is inevitably a very broad definition since it covers all aspects of human activity that have a moral dimension However this editorial will focus on the need to set ethical standards for the activities of the various parties involved in procedures leading to the publication or rejection of chemical research papers in peerreviewed journalsPublication of chemical research in peerreviewed journals serves many purposes and involves interactions between many parties but three main groups can be distinguished the editors of the journals the reviewers and the authors The motivations of these groups during the preparation review and publication processes vary substantially For an editor the reputation of the journal as manifested in its circulation ‘impact rating’ and acceptance in the
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