Findings from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Update Understanding of Science and Engineering Ethics (From Paper to Practice; Indexing Systems…

Findings from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Update Understanding of Science and Engineering Ethics (From Paper to Practice; Indexing Systems and Ethical Standards)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Journal of Engineering -- Current study results on Ethics - Science and Engineering Ethics have been published. According to news originating from Shiraz, Iran, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, "Currently one of the main goals of editors is to attain a higher visibility for their journals. On the other hand, authors strive to publish their research in journals indexed in eminent databases such as Scopus, Thompson Reuters' Web of Science (ISI), Medline, etc."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, "Therefore, clarifying the standards of indexing is of great importance. One of the most important issues in publication is the ethical considerations, which are mainly described by organizations, such as the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the Committee on Publication Ethics. In this study, we examined the ethical requirements of high impact databases for indexing journals to investigate whether they mention or mandate journals to adhere to publication ethics. We found that only Scopus mandated journals to state clear ethical policies on their website as a criterion for being indexed while Medline and Directory of Open Access Journals advised journals to adhere to ethics, not mandated, and Web of Science (ISI) and PubMed Central made no mention of ethics as a required criterion for indexing. Based on this short review, there seems to be a gap between the requirements of indexing systems and international guidelines for publication ethics. Currently, most indexing systems have only partially recommended journals to consider ethical issues."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "In such an atmosphere, we cannot expect journals or as a result, authors to professionally, completely, and whole heartedly implement ethical guidelines as a mandatory rule in their journals and research, when the indexing systems that most editors want to be indexed in and most authors want to be cited in do not mandate such guidelines."

For more information on this research see: From Paper to Practice; Indexing Systems and Ethical Standards. Science and Engineering Ethics, 2018;24(2):647-654. Science and Engineering Ethics can be contacted at: Springer, Van Godewijckstraat 30, 3311 Gz Dordrecht, Netherlands. (Springer - www.springer.com; Science and Engineering Ethics - www.springerlink.com/content/1353-3452/)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from S. Masoumi, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Sch Para Med, Iranian Journal Med Sci, Shiraz, Iran.

Keywords for this news article include: Shiraz, Iran, Asia, Science and Engineering Ethics, Ethics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.

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