That depends on the procedure of the Review and the final decision-making of publication of a manuscript. It must be absolutely clear that you are not involved in ana stage of handeling your manuscript. If you can not show that it is wise to publish in a journal with no ties to yourself.
That depends on the procedure of the Review and the final decision-making of publication of a manuscript. It must be absolutely clear that you are not involved in ana stage of handeling your manuscript. If you can not show that it is wise to publish in a journal with no ties to yourself.
As an ethical issue, one must avoid creating conflicts of interest, which may be possible if the editor can manage to not only avoid handling the manuscript at any stage, but also avoid other editorial staff having knowledge that the manuscript is from the editor.
As a practical issue, one should try to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest. Given that there is really no way to avoid some appearance of a conflict of interest, it would not be a very prudent choice for an editor-in-chief to publish in his or her own journal.
Good points Bengt and Vaughn - but plenty of Editors-in-Chief's do - and it's not always a conflict of interest. Often - they value their own systems in place to facilitate an 'impartial' review and/or they may want to promote their own journal. Often - the submissions will be 'viewpoints' - such as editorials to 'open debate'.
Some editors only publish introductions to every issue in their journal (e.g. in this issue, we have 6 papers: the first one by X and Y aims....) and as these are not articles, this will not cause a conflict of interest. Also, some publish instructions for authors (explain what authors should do to get accepted and which mistakes may cause rejection, analyze which topics have been more and less popular and suggest which could be studied in the future): again, this is fine, as this is something that the editor should do sometimes (some also advertise publication opportunities at conferences, this is also fine). Several editors avoid publishing articles in their journal: this way they can avoid all chances of causing a conflict of interest. Of course, they can publish their work in other journals where they are not editors: e.g. being a reviewer is ok.
Correct Tiia. I don't have a problem with editors publishing in their journals; after all they are not really 'their journals'. They are 'custodians' and the rules apply as much to them as they do to anyone else. Any abuse of the system and most editors are aware that they will probably be found out. If not - it's probably a poor quality journal that will not last for long anyway; or it's a journal that 'doesn't matter'.
I think as editors are also resarchers I don't see any problem that he publishes in the same journal since he is undergoing at all journal rules, and declares his conflict of interest. In my point of view, as peer-reviewed publication are evaluated by at least for three random referees the approval process becomes less suspect and subject to privileges bias. I hope!
Research publication is a flat foot ball ground - I strongly object editors- and its members of the journals
HIGHLY UN ETHICAL-
There are many situations, in which one topic really suits to a specific Journal and its readers. In this case, the author must prefer the merit of the journal, even if he is the editor of the same. In my opinion, this is an additional responsibility to the author (who happened to be the Editor) to maintain the quality and standard to meet the same of the journal because it is giving a special attention.
I know a person who publish his rejected papers in the journal in which he is the editor in chief - please do not publish paper in the journal in which you are an editor
It is not good ethically to publish the papers where you are an editor. Let us check by others where you are in that domain. If he/she has confidence then, why one should publish the paper in his own journal?
It is ethically not good to publish his/her article in his own journal. Best way to publish
papers in other journals
If the paper is of high quality and the EiC is an excellent researcher with proven track record of publishing papers in first class journals, I see no problem. I am of opinion that such EiC are generally ethical and can remove themselves from the reviewing process.
why not prof . i think you know the quality of your paper. also can you make it blind with out the name of you to be fair to your self
One should not publish his or his students work in journals he is connected.it is violation of morals
As per my understanding, nothing wrong in publishing like this if transparency in the standard review procedure is guaranteed. Rather, the (genuine) editor may have very good insights and experience in the domain, and the journal will be benefited by the editor’s contributions. In one way, it is good for journal (but may not be good for editor in public eyes). Regards!
"Can editors publish in their own journal?
While you should not be denied the ability to publish in your own journal, you must take
extra precautions not to exploit your position or to create an impression of impropriety.
Your journal must have a procedure for handling submissions from editors or members
of the editorial board that will ensure that the peer review is handled independently of
the author/editor. We also recommend that you describe the process in a commentary
or similar note once the paper is published..."
https://publicationethics.org/files/A_Short_Guide_to_Ethical_Editing.pdf
https://publicationethics.org/case/editor-author-own-journal
I believe that this is a topic deserving much attention and, by browsing similar discussions online, it seems there is an overall feeling that, given exceptions, this is not a good practice. I thank Daniel Tokody for sharing the document from the Committee on Publication Ethics, but I want to remark here that the same document adds that, while editors should not be denied the ability to publish in their own journal, " they must not exploit their position". So, the issue here is assessing where this limit beyond exploitation is passed. There is a notable case where the editor of a journal published more than 60% of its papers on its own journal (only 10% of those being editorials), with an average of more than 6 articles per year in the journal he/she is in charge of.
Unfortunately, the edge between science and politics is sometimes fuzzy. If, as scientists, we want to contribute to a better society, we must restrain ourselves from any possible conflict of interest and ethical misconduct.
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