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Bankowski, Z. editor. International guidelines for ethical review of epidemiological studies. Geneva Counsil for International Organizations of Medical Sciences 1991. 

The principles that govern the ethics of scientific publication are no different than for any other endeavor complete and accurate reporting and appropriate attribution to the contributions of others. However, as always, the devil is in the details. The ethical responsibilities of authors and reviewers are sufficiently important and complex that the editors of the American Chemical Society journals have developed a detailed document outlining these responsibilities. (This document, Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research is presented in Appendix 1-1.) The purpose of this chapter is not to duplicate this document, but rather to discuss some of the important underlying principles and situations that often arise. 

With these thoughts in mind, the editors of journals published by the American Chemical Society now present a set of ethical guidelines for persons engaged in the publication of chemical research, specifically, for editors, authors, and manuscript reviewers. These guidelines are offered not in the sense that there is any immediate crisis in ethical behavior, but rather from a conviction that the observance of high ethical standards is so vital to the whole scientific enterprise that a definition of those standards should be brought to the attention of all concerned. 

Papers submitted to ACS books and journals are considered for publication with the understanding that they have not been published or accepted for publication elsewhere and are not currently under consideration elsewhere. Appendix III, Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research, presents ACS s guidelines for editors, authors, and reviewers. 

With these thoughts in mind, the editors of journals published by the American Chemical Society now present a set of ethical guidelines for per-... 

In 1994 the editors of the Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) began publishing a series of articles titled Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research in ACS journals. (See, for example, Journal of the American Chemical Society [1994] 116[13] 8A-10A.)... 

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