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Plagiarism
Ethics
Breaking the publishing ethics rules can badly damage your reputation as a researcher, and even spell the end of your career. In this module series, we provide you with the support and advice you need to ensure your manuscript and actions are ethically sound.
We explore why it is crucial to observe the existing guidelines and the consequences when you fail to meet those obligations. We then look at some of the rules around authorship and plagiarism in a little more detail. And, we explain your rights as an author, and how you go about obtaining permission to use content from copyrighted publications.
What you will learn
- An explanation of publishing ethics
- Insight into the rules you should observe
- Information about content ownership and permissions
Plagiarism
While plagiarism is serious, it’s easy to avoid. We explain how to keep on the right side of the rules.
Authorship
We explore what it takes to really earn your place on a paper’s list of authors.
Content ownership
You’ve written a paper, but who technically owns it? We clear up the mystery.
Why you can't afford to ignore publication ethics
How publishing ethics can help make or break a researcher’s career.
Demystifying permissions
Everything you need to know about permissions and the pitfalls to avoid.Topic
Topic
- Career guidance
- Job search
- Going through peer review
- Finding the right journal
- Career planning
- Technical writing skills
- Research data management
- Research collaborations
- Open science
- Funding
- Becoming a peer reviewer
- Book writing
- Writing skills
- Publishing in the Chemical Sciences
- Fundamentals of manuscript preparation
- Ensuring visibility
- Fundamentals of publishing
- Fundamentals of peer review
- Ethics
- Social impact
Type
Language
Language
Ethics responsibilities for peer reviewers
This clear guide to ethics responsibilities for reviewers ensures you can approach your next review with confidence.
Why write a book?
Find out why it’s time to think about adding ‘book author’ to your CV.
Open access and navigating the journal landscape
Open access – understand your options and what you should consider when choosing a journal.
A healthy work-life balance
A busy scientist and mother-of-three shares her secrets to success.
Thinking outside the box
A senior scientist explains why you should never be afraid to break the mould.
The fundamentals of peer review for the Chemical Sciences
Discover the many benefits of reviewing in Chemistry and how you can get involved.
The nuts & bolts of peer review: a discussion by Biomaterials editors
Editors share their personal experiences of peer review and useful insights to help you grow in your reviewer role.
How researchers store, share and use data
Discover the advantages of data sharing and how you can contribute to improving research reproducibility.
Make the most of your research: publish your data & methods
From data collection, sampling choices and methodological considerations, there are many parts of your research that deserve more attention than they get in traditional journal articles.
How do editors look at your paper?
Getting published isn’t easy. We help level the playing field by revealing what an editor really wants.
Writing an effective CV
Find out which skills to showcase in your CV if you want to move from academia to industry.