The Peer-Review System and Ethical Standards in Publishing

Abstract

Compliance with ethical standards in publication continues to be a major concern to editors of journals. Ethical issues involve authors, editors and reviewers of manuscripts. Publication misconduct occurs when standard ethical guidelines are not adhered to. The majority of ethical violations happen among authors when they do not follow accepted practice standards. The peer-review process captures most potential ethical breaches. The violations occur during manuscript submissions and appear in the form of deviations in authorship, conflicts of interest and duplication of publication.