Safeguarding science: The centrality of publication ethics

Willmott, Hugh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1321-7041 2026. Safeguarding science: The centrality of publication ethics. Organization 10.1177/13505084261427514

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Abstract

This Speaking Out attends to the opacity and injustice of scientific manuscript evaluation. Its focus is upon the embeddedness of editors, reviewers and authors in a moral order conditioned by an asymmetrical structure of power relations that is sustained by deference and secrecy. Attention is given to the shortcomings of complaints and appeals procedures that currently provide the principal, non-independent means of safeguarding science by interrogating the adequacy of manuscript evaluation processes. To transform the structure of power relations, and thereby strengthen the “gold standard” of peer review, some ways of increasing the openness and accountability of manuscript evaluation are proposed.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Schools > Business (Including Economics)
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
ISSN:	1350-5084
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	7 April 2026
Last Modified:	07 Apr 2026 14:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/186250

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