Abstract
Scientific publication is the main vehicle presently used by scientists to disseminate the outcomes of their research within the scientific community and also to society as a whole. Clearly, for societal actors to apply such research outcomes for their own good, and thus accept paying for them, they need to trust them. Confidence is therefore a key condition to guarantee society’s financial support for the production of scientific knowledge. Full respect for ethical standards is the only possible means to ensure the quality, transparency, and therefore reliability of both the scientific research and the publication of its results.
This chapter starts with a broad overview of the present scientific research procedure and also characterizes the main types and structure of scientific publications, as well as the current corresponding mechanisms for quality assessment. Ethical principles in scientific publication are then addressed, together with an analysis of how those underpinning values may be put at risk by today’s restrictions and challenges, thus generating errors with potentially profound consequences. The chapter is completed with a positive, although realistic, message: the present evolution of threats to ethical values is clearly being overcome by the progress made in promoting and bolstering ethical behavior in scientific research and publication.
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In French: “Ce qui se conçoit bien s’énonce clairement.”
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The preparation of such sensitive and complex texts is generally done with the aid of lawyers, who are also asked to subsequently ensure that the partners abide by the commonly accepted agreement.
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URL, in the same order: http://copytracker.soft112.com/download.html; http://plagiarism.pro/
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Oliveira, L.A. (2018). Publication Ethics. In: Costa, R., Pittia, P. (eds) Food Ethics Education. Integrating Food Science and Engineering Knowledge Into the Food Chain, vol 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64738-8_10
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