1.0INTRODUCTION2.0ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN PUBLISHING
2.1Editor Roles and Responsibilities 2.1.1 Editorial Freedom 2.1.2 Confidentiality 2.1.3 Conflicts of Interest 2.1.4 Conflict of Interest Disclosure 2.1.5 Editorial Board Participation 2.1.6 Timeliness of the Publication Process 2.1.7 Errata, Retractions, and Expressions of Concern 2.1.8 Addressing Authorship Disputes 2.1.9 Appealing Decisions and Reconsideration of Rejected Manuscripts 2.1.10 Addressing Allegations or Findings of Misconduct
2.2Authorship 2.2.1 Authorship and Contributorship Models 2.2.2 Aims of Authorship and Contributorship Models 2.2.3 Authors' Role 2.2.4 Copyright Assignment 2.2.5 Order of Authorship 2.2.6 Anonymous Authorship 2.2.7 Group Authorship 2.2.8 Deceased Authors 2.2.9 Acknowledgments 2.2.10 Multiple Submissions 2.2.11 Registration of Clinical Trials 2.2.12 Editors' Role
2.3Reviewer Roles and Responsibilities 2.3.1 Reviewer Selection 2.3.2 Ethical Responsibilities of Reviewers 2.3.3 Examples of Reviewer Impropriety 2.3.4. Using Anonymous Reviewers: Critique of the Process
2.4Sponsor Roles and Responsibilities 2.4.1 Authorship/Contributorship 2.4.2 Process Control (Content, Direction, and Venue Choice) 2.4.3 Disclosure of Funding Sources and Sponsor Involvement 2.4.4 Access to and Provision of Data 2.4.5 Copyright 2.4.6 Sponsor Misconduct and/or Unethical Practices
2.5Relations Between Editors and Publishers, Sponsoring Societies, or Journal Owners
2.6Responsibilities to the Media
3.0IDENTIFYING RESEARCH MISCONDUCT AND GUIDELINES FOR ACTION
3.1Description of Research Misconduct 3.1.1 Mistreatment of Research Subjects 3.1.2 Falsification and Fabrication of Data 3.1.3 Piracy and Plagiarism
3.2International Models for Responding to Research Misconduct 3.2.1 National Bodies Responding to the Problem 3.2.2 Definition of Research Misconduct 3.2.3 The Investigation 3.2.4 Post-Investigation Issues
3.3Reporting Suspect Manuscripts 3.3.1 Who Might Notify A Journal About A Suspect Manuscript? 3.3.2 Whom Should a Journal Notify About a Suspect Manuscript?
3.4Digital Images and Misconduct 3.4.1 Guidelines for Handling Image Data 3.4.2 Enforcing the Guidelines 3.4.3 Procedure for Handling Guideline Violations
3.5Correcting the Literature 3.5.1 Definitions 3.5.2 Published Guidelines 3.5.3 The US Public Health Service 3.5.4 The National Science Foundation, Office of Inspector General 3.5.5 Processes 3.5.6 Editor's Checklist 3.5.7 Examples of Literature Corrections
3.6Handling Third-Party Inquiries About Scientific Misconduct 3.6.1 Media 3.6.2 Legal Counsel 3.6.3 Federal Agencies