Ethical and Legal Issues
COPE
The Committee on Publishing and Editing (COPE) is a forum for editors and publishers of peer-reviewed journals to discuss all aspects of publication ethics. It also advises editors on how to handle cases of research and publication misconduct. The web site provides guidelines and flow charts to guide dealing with misconduct, and a code of conduct. Our own Geraldine Pearson, Editor of Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, is the first and only nurse to serve on the Committee!
Ethics of Publishing
Smith SP. Can I send my manuscript to several journals? Nurse Author & Editor. 2001;Spring, p. 8.
Blancett Smith SP, Flanagin AF, Young RK. Duplicate publication in the nursing literature. Image. 1995;27(1):51-6.
Copyright
A page, put out by Stanford University, that lists resources pertaining to fair use and copyright. Contains many excellent resources. Don't neglect the President's statement.
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/
Everything you wanted to know about U.S. copyright, but did not know how to ask.
http://www.copyright.gov/
The full copyright law.
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/
SHERPA RoMEO - Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving. This site shows what type of permission you have to have to post your article on the Web before and after publication.
If you need permissions to use copyrighted material, or need answers to specific questions, or want to find out the latest developments in copyright issues, you can probably find what you need at the Copyright Clearance Center.Formatting Styles
Baggs, J. G. (2011). The dissertation manuscript option, Internet posting, and publication. Research in Nursing & Health, 34, 89-90.
Baggs, J. G. (2008). Issues and rules for authors concerning authorship versus acknowledgments, dual publication, self plagiarism, and salami publishing (editorial). Research in Nursing & Health, 31(4), 295-297.
Plagiarism
This site, free to use, allows you to check your paper for possible plagiarism.
Wikipedia about plagiarism. Discusses plagiarism in academia, journals, online plagiarism and self-plagiarism.