Ethics Ethicscategories: Authorship Data Editorial oversight 10
Establish ownership Novel and accurate Objectivity
Authorship How do you cheat as an author on a paper? 11
Data Honorary authorship False authors Submit in someone elses
name Salami slicing Miss off a major contributor Plagiarism (copy
someone elses work) Self-plagiarism (copy your own previously
published work) 12
Data How many ways can you act unethically with data? 13
Data Make up the data Steal someone elses data (without
citation) Republish old data Unethical use of subjects No informed
consent Coercion (force someone to take part) 14
Editorial Oversight How can: Authors Editors Peer reviewers
cheat the peer review system? 15
Editorial Oversight Authors: Peer review your own paper
Resubmit an old paper Get your mates to accept/review the paper
(CoIs) Editors: Skip peer review Ignore peer review recommendations
Ignore complaints about potential unethical behaviour 16
Editorial Oversight Peer reviewers: Not look at the paper
properly Stall the process Steal ideas in the paper and publish
them later Send the paper to someone else Lie in their peer review
Not disclose conflicts of interest 17
What Can an Editor do? Investigate: Get a second opinion Refer
to the Committee on Publication Ethics Contact authors
university/funding body/ ethics committee 18 Publish (or not):
Reject Correct Expression of concern Retract
Case Studies In groups of five: Choose two case studies Read,
discuss and prepare conclusions 19