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Publisher Responsibility

Publishers should:

 

• Define the relationship between publisher, editor and other parties in a contract

 

• Respect privacy (for example, for research participants, for authors, for peer reviewers)

 

• Protect intellectual property and copyright

 

• Foster editorial independence

 

Publishers should work with journal editors to:

 

• Set journal policies appropriately and aim to meet those policies, particularly with respect to:

 

 – Editorial independence

– Research ethics, including confidentiality, consent, and the special requirements for   human and animal research

 

– Authorship

– Transparency and integrity (for example, conflicts of interest, research funding, reporting standards

            – Peer review and the role of the editorial team beyond that of the journal editor

 

– Appeals and complaints

 

• Communicate journal policies (for example, to authors, readers, peer reviewers)

 

• Review journal policies periodically, particularly with respect to new recommendations from the COPE

 

 • Code of Conduct for Editors and the COPE Best Practice Guidelines

 

• Maintain the integrity of the academic record

 

• Assist the parties (for example, institutions, grant funders, governing bodies) responsible for the investigation of suspected research and publication misconduct and, where possible, facilitate in the resolution of these cases

 

• Publish corrections, clarifications, and retractions

 

• Publish content on a timely basis

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