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Analysisofanumberandtypeofpublicationsthateditorspublishintheirownjournals:CroatiancasestudyLanaBošnjak,KatarinaVukojević,LiviaPuljak,AnaMarušićUniversityofSplitSchoolofMedicineSplit,CroatiaPresenter:DarkoHren,UniversityofSplit2009RESEARCHCONFERENCEONRESEARCHINTEGRITYMAY15-17,2009Saturday10:45-12:30:PublicationI:AuthorshipissuesM.ElNaschie,editorofthe“Chaos,SolitonsandFractals”:-authoredatleast60articlesinhisownjournalin2008…PerhapsthemostsignificantfindingfromthisstudyisthefactthatforsomejournalsinthefieldofEducationandEducationalPsychology,insomeyears,asignificantproportionofallcitationsthatcounttowardtheimpactfactorarefromarticlespublishedbymembersofthejournal’seditorialboard.Thismeansthatasinglearticlepublishedintheeditorialboardmember’sownjournalhasthepotentialtoinfluencetheimpactfactortoaconsiderabledegree,asituationwhichmaybeparticularlytrueforjournalsthatreceiverelativelyfewcitations…ICMJE():II.D.3.PotentialConflictsofInterestRelatedtoCommitmentsofEditors,JournalStaff,orReviewersEditorswhomakefinaldecisionsaboutmanuscriptsmusthavenopersonal,professional,orfinancialinvolvementinanyoftheissuestheymightjudge.Othermembersoftheeditorialstaff,iftheyparticipateineditorialdecisions,mustprovideeditorswithacurrentdescriptionoftheirfinancialinterests(astheymightrelatetoeditorialjudgments)andrecusethemselvesfromanydecisionsinwhichaconflictofinterestexists.Editorialstaffmustnotuseinformationgainedthroughworkingwithmanuscriptsforprivategain.Editorsshouldpublishregulardisclosurestatementsaboutpotentialconflictsofinterestsrelatedtothecommitmentsofjournalstaff.Guidelinesforeditorsonpublishingownresearchinownjournals?WAMEPublicationEthicsPoliciesforMedicalJournals():ConflictofInterestManuscriptsauthoredbymembersoftheeditorialboardpresentaspecialinstanceofpotentialconflictofinterest.Thereviewofthesemanuscriptsmustalwaysbesupervisedbyasenioreditor(deputyeditororhigher)whowillreviewthedecisionoftheassigneddecisioneditorforobjectivitybeforethedecisionisfinal.Guidelinesforeditorsonpublishingownresearchinownjournals?COPE():Theissueherebasicallyrevolvesaroundwhetheritisacceptableforeditorstopublishtheirownworkintheirjournals;ifitis,thenthereviewprocessmustbemadeastransparentandrigorousaspossible.Certainlythereareexamplesofeditorspublishingstudiesintheirownjournals,particularlyinthosecircumstanceswherethechoiceofjournalsislimited,asinthiscase.Providedeveryeffortismadetominimiseanybiasinthereviewprocessbyhavinganotherassociateeditorhandlethepeerreviewprocedureindependentlyoftheeditor(recognisingthatitwouldbeimpossibletoremovebiascompletely),andtheprocessisabsolutelytransparent,thenthiswouldbethemostappropriateroutetotake.…Guidelinesforeditorsonpublishingownresearchinownjournals?COPE():…Itwassuggestedthattheeditorsendthearticleoutforreviewwithoutanynamesonit,buthesaidthesubjectfieldwassonarrowandspecialisedthatanyreviewerwouldknowwhohadwrittenthepaper.Asanextraprecaution,ifandwhenthearticleinquestionispublished,theeditormightliketopublishanaccompanyingcommentaryshowinghowtransparentthereviewingprocesshadbeen.Guidelinesforeditorsonpublishingownresearchinownjournals?1.EvaluatehowofteneditorsofCroatianjournalspublishtheirownresearcharticlesintheirownjournals2.Surveyinstructions/guidelinesoftheirjournalsforpoliciesonsubmission,reviewandpublishingofmanuscriptsfromeditorsandmembersoftheeditorialofficeorboardStudyaimsEditorsinchief,executiveeditorsandeditorialbordmembers(n=256)from:1.167CroatianscientificjournalsfromCroatianopenaccessjournalplatform2.13otherCroatianjournalsindexedintheWebofScience(ThomsonReuters)StudysampleCroatianopenaccessjournalplatformHRČAK–trackinggrowthandusageofjournals(originalresearcharticles,reviewarticles,professionalarticles)publishedinownjournals2.Foreditorswithmorethan5articlespublishedintheirjournalsfrom2005toFeb2009:No.oftheirpublicationsinotherjournals,indexedinrelevantinternationalbibliographicaldatabases(Medline,Agricola,ERIC,PsychINFO,INSPEC,WebofKnowledge,SCOPUS)3.No.ofjournalswithpolicyforeditorialsubmissionsinjournalinstructions/guidelinesforauthorsOutcomemeasuresAhalfoftheeditorsdidnotpublishintheirjournals(n=114,44.5%)Theotherhalfpublished:No.1article72(28.1%)2articles31(12.1%)3articles14(5.5%)4articles9(3.5%)≥5articles16(6.3%)Results16journalswitheditorspublishing≥5articlesintheirownjournals:4fromBiomedicine6fromNaturalSciences/Engineering5fromSocialSciences2fromHumanities3editorspublishedmorethan10articles:2fromNaturalSciences/Engineering(13and14articles)1fromBiomedicine(15articles)ResultsJ.editor–researchfieldNo.articlesinjournalownother1–Naturalsci./ingineering5392–Medicine503–Medicine5244–Medicine505–Naturalsci./ingineering506–Humanities507–Socialsciences508–Naturalsci./ingineering509–Natura