Elsevier Launches Program to Educate Young Researchers about the Importance of Research Integrity

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Elsevier Launches Program to Educate Young

Researchers about the Importance of Research

Integrity

PR Newswire

AMSTERDAM, September 7, 2012

AMSTERDAM

,

September 7, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

A series of online training materials and interactive tools

at http://www.ethics.elsevier.com provides information on ethical boundaries

and how to avoid violations including research fraud, plagiarism, and duplicate

submissions.

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical

information products and services, today announced the launch of a new Ethics

in Research & Publication program

,

an initiative designed to help educate early

career researchers on the importance of research integrity.

The Ethics in Research & Publication program has come about through a

collaboration between Elsevier and an advisory panel of experts recognized for

their deep understanding of current ethical issues surrounding research and

publishing and the evolving approaches to solving them.

Distinguished panel members include Dr. David Rew, Medical Chair SCOPUS

Content Selection and Advisory Board; Prof. Alexander T (Sandy) Florence,

Editor in Chief,

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

; Ole G. Evensen Assistant

Director, University of Bergen Library,

Norway

; and Prof. Margaret Rees,

Secretary of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

"Research integrity should be put into the culture at all levels and educating

young researchers is a significant advance," commented Prof. Rees.

The program is inspired by real-world stories of researchers who have been the

victims of misconduct. Researchers like Mary Kate Donais, Associate Professor

of St. Anselm College in

Manchester, New Hampshire

, who was once asked to

review a manuscript and noticed the introductory paragraph was taken from

her own grant proposal. "I wonder if that researcher was under pressure and

decided to cut corners without thinking about the ethics behind it," said Donais.

With the goal of addressing the growing incidence of publishing ethics issues,

the program emphasizes the individual researcher's contribution to advancing

science through integrity and good ethical standards. At the same time the

program also highlights the devastating impact misconduct can have on the

science community as a whole, as well as on an individual researcher's career.

"Ethical issues are a shared problem for all involved in research and publishing.

With the Ethics in Research & Publication program, Elsevier tries to play its part

in addressing the problem by teaching young researchers the rules and how to

comply with them," said Catriona Fennell, Director of Publishing Services, STM

Journals at Elsevier. "Our existing services have focused on detection and

resolution of ethical issues, while this new program focuses on preventing

issues arising in the first place."

For more information, go to: http://www.ethics.elsevier.com.

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical

information products and services. The company works in partnership with the

global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals,

including

The Lancet

and

Cell

, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major

reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include

ScienceDirect, Scopus, Reaxys, ClinicalKey and Mosby's Nursing Suite, which

enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal

suite and MEDai's Pinpoint Review, which help research and health care

institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.

A global business headquartered in

Amsterdam

, Elsevier employs 7,000 people

worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a world-leading

publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC

and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL

(London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

Media contact

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Vice President, Global Corporate Relations, Elsevier

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