Elsevier Policies:

Ethics and Complaints - Procedures and Checklists
This large document contains a step by step guide to use when confronted with journal publishing ethics complaints.

Legal Guidelines for Editors
This document contains clear definitions of all ethical problems that an Editor might encounter and general guidelines on how an Editor should deal with issues when they arise.

Ethical Guidelines for Journal Publication
An overview of the main ethical duties and standards of expected ethical behaviour by all parties involved in the act of publishing: the journal editors, the reviewers, the authors and the publisher.

Conflicts of Interest
This document includes information on potential Conflicts of Interest and the Disclosure Statement for Authors.

Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal
This document clarifies when an article should be retracted and when removed.

Ethics and procedures in EES
This document contains a statement on Elsevier’s position on Ethics and Procedures for the scientific journals it publishes. Authors submitting a paper to EES are required to confirm that they have read and accept the statement before further completing the submission.

Community approach to problems in journal publishing ethics (PowerPoint Presentation)
Presentation by Mark Seeley, Elsevier Vice President & General Counsel.

Other Authoritative Sources:

COPE
COPE is a forum for editors of peer-reviewed journals to discuss issues related to the integrity of the scientific record; it supports and encourages editors to report, catalogue and instigate investigations into ethical problems in the publication process.

COPE guidelines on good Publishing Ethics
This document explains how to deal with cases of misconduct. It clarifies the difference between serious cases and less serious cases of misconduct, and the related applicable sanctions.

COPE report 2005
Very useful collection of case studies.

Council of Science Editors (CSE)
CSE's mission is to promote excellence in the communication of scientific information.

CSE' s White paper on promoting integrity in Scientific journal publications
This paper covers the roles and responsibilities of all parties involved in publishing and identifies research misconduct and guidelines for action.

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) is a group of general medical journal editors whose participants meet annually and fund their work on the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals.