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Research ethics, publication ethics and good practice guidelines and resources
''Authors, editors and publishers all have ethical obligations with regard to the publication of the results of research. Authors have a duty to make publicly available the results of their research on human subjects and are accountable for the completeness and accuracy of their reports. They should adhere to accepted guidelines for ethical reporting. Negative and inconclusive as well as positive results should be published or otherwise made publicly available. Sources of funding, institutional affiliations and conflicts of interest should be declared in the publication. Reports of research not in accordance with the principles of this Declaration should not be accepted for publication.''Declaration of Helsinki, Basic principles for all medical research
Guidelines and guides
World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects. Last amended October 2008
NIH Bioethics Resources (guidelines, policies, educational resources), US
Ethics and Research Guidance. Medical Research Council, UK
World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) ethics resources
Code of Conduct . Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
CSE's White Paper on Promoting Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications . Council of Science Editors (CSE)
Good scientific practice in research and scholarship. European Science Foundation Policy Briefing. Dec 2000
Universal Ethical Code for Scientists. Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills. Government Office for Science, UK
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Principles for Protecting Integrity in the Conduct and Reporting Of Clinical Trials. 2006
Guidelines for the Responsible Conduct of Research: Ethics and the Publication Process
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
Miguel Roig. Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing. 2006
UK Research Integrity Office (UKRIO) Code of Practice for Research: Promoting good practice and preventing misconduct. Recommended Checklist for Researchers 2009
Research Councils UK (RCUK). Integrity, clarity and good management. Policy and Code of Conduct on the Governance of Good Research Conduct. July 2009
CODEX - rules and guidelines for research (online access to codes, laws, regulations, rules and guidelines).
Conflict of interest:
ICMJE: Uniform Format for Disclosure of Competing Interests in ICMJE Journals. October 2009.
Editorial: http://www.icmje.org/format.pdf
Disclosure form: http://www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf
WAME Conflict of Interest Policy Statement. March 2009
Rothman DJ, McDonald WJ, Berkowitz CD, Chimonas SC, DeAngelis CD, Hale RW, et al. Professional medical associations and their relationships with industry: a proposal for controlling conflict of interest. JAMA 2009 Apr 1;301(13):1367-72. PMID: 19336712
Courses
Online Research Ethics Course, Office of Research Integrity (ORI), US
Resources for Research Ethics Education, University of California, US
Other resources
Judy E. Stern, Ph.D. and Deni Elliott, Ed.D.The Ethics of Scientific Research. A guidebook for course development. University Press of New England, Hanover, NH, 1997
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