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Reporting ethical practices in journal articles.

Sandra T Sigmon1, Nina E Boulard, Stacy Whitcomb-Smith

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Maine, 5741 Clarence Cooke Little Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5742, USA.

Ethics & Behavior
|March 27, 2003
PubMed
Summary

Reporting of ethical research practices in journal articles varies widely. Authors often omit this information due to brevity or belief in common practice, indicating no standard reporting exists.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychopathology research
  • Scientific publishing ethics

Background:

  • Ethical research reporting in scientific journals lacks standardized guidelines.
  • Limited attention has been paid to how ethical research practices are documented in publications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the extent and types of ethical research practices reported in psychopathology journal articles.
  • To understand authors' engagement in ethical practices and their reasons for not reporting them.

Main Methods:

  • Study 1: Content analysis of published articles in two psychopathology journals.
  • Study 2: Survey distributed to authors of selected articles to gather data on ethical practice reporting.

Main Results:

  • Significant variability exists in the reporting of ethical research practices across journal articles.
Keywords:
Biomedical and Behavioral ResearchEmpirical Approach

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  • Authors cited brevity, perceived commonality of practices, and irrelevance as primary reasons for non-reporting.

    • Conclusions:

    • There is a lack of standardized procedures for reporting ethical research in scientific publications.
    • The findings highlight a gap between ethical research conduct and its transparent documentation in literature.