Chinese Library and Information Science Journals boycott of academic misconduct Joint Action Plan Initiative
Academic misconduct is a cancer of the body, but also affect the prosperity and development of academic stumbling block. Plagiarism, a draft-prone, data fraud, false attribution, please people ghostwriter and other academic misconduct, not only damages the academic image and suppress the Academic Development. Strengthening academic ethics, establish Delicate gas is a good atmosphere, boycott of academic misconduct, academic curb corruption and establish a fair, just and open academic exchanges ecosystem needs academia, to participate in community and journals with the joint efforts of the whole society . To this end, we advocate China Academic Library and Information Science Journals to take positive action to boycott academic misconduct.
1. profound understanding of academic misconduct and its negative impact on academic development brought about a consensus and gathering strength, to create respect for academic integrity, emphasis on research ethics, academic boycott of academic misconduct environment for the Academic Library and Information Science positive contribution to the development energy.
2. Strengthening of authors, editors, reviewers education and training experts, to identify and recognize a variety of academic misconduct phenomena and behavior, the introduction of academic misconduct detection technology to enhance the integrity of the editorial board and academic institutions identified in academic misconduct in Publishing the implementation of strict control over the whole process of academic misconduct in editing and protect academic misconduct has published papers mark.
3. The journal actively develop boycott of academic misconduct policy and approach taken in the publication of periodicals and publishing platform, an open briefing to the authors' institution, contribution limits within a certain period, author information shared academic misconduct, the author of academic misconduct column blacklist, establish the integrity of databases, etc. On measures to strengthen the punishment for academic misconduct.
The journal editors to strengthen academic misconduct boycott responsibility and sense of mission, attention to ethics and professional conduct periodical, not engage in any activity contrary to academic ethics, is committed to the construction of academic norms, guide authors formulate scientifically rigorous academic research and behavioral guidelines, maintenance Scientific good order, promote the healthy development of Library and Information Studies.
November 6, 2015 in Zhengzhou