Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical

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. 

Reminder Frequently consult the "Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research" (Appendix 1-1 in this book, or on the Web at https // paragon.acs.org).The guidelines are reviewed regularly to ensure their clarity. 

Include in the byline all those, and only those, who made substantial contributions to the work, even if the paper was actually written by only one person. Appendix III, Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research , is more explicit on this topic. 

Bv asking many scientists and presenting a broad range of opinions, we hope that this chapter, along with Appendix III, Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research , will provide guidance for new and experienced peer reviewers alike. We believe, though, that what you will find here is not only how to review a scientific paper, but also how to write papers that will meet reviewers expectations and thus get published. 

Finally, I am sure that there are a great many relevant articles that I have read and filed away somewhere, but one that pops immediately to mind is the ACS Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research. It summarizes a lot of things that all of us should keep in mind. [See Appendix III.]... 

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. 

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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.)... 

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. 

Given the level of publicity about the odious nature of chemical weapons, tests with toxic substances on humans needed not only to be carefully designed to avoid any potential risk of harm, but also to conform to existing legal and ethical guidelines relating to non-therapeutic human experiments.A key feature of the Porton experiments is that... 

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