The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Committee on Research Integrity and Publication Practices has prepared a guidelines document, Guidelines for the Responsible Conduct of Research: Ethics and the Publication Process. 
“The responsible conduct of research - from the earliest stages of a project and onward - has a direct bearing not only on the quality of any resulting article but [...]

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Peter Suber just published an excellent article in Open Medicine on the revised NIH Public Access Policy. As part of the article Peter included a chart of misconceptions about the revised NIH Policy - see below: 

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 Peter suggested one more fact/fiction misconception be added:
Fiction: The policy requires deposit at the end of the [...]

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Interesting article in the New York Times by Katie Hafner.
Three prominent academic publishers are suing Georgia State University, contending that the school is violating copyright laws.

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As of May 25, 2008:
NIH applications, proposals and progress reports must include the PubMed Central reference number (PMCID) when citing an article that falls under the revised NIH Public Access Policy. The PMCID will need to be noted on documents such as the Literature Cited section and the Publication List that are included as part [...]

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