Editorial

Abstract

Comments on an article "Author misconduct: Not just the editors' responsibility," by J. Brice & J. Bligh (2004), in which the authors discuss cases of author misconduct that result from increasing pressures in the fiercely competitive world of publishing. The current author agrees that editors are and should be accountable in their important position. She suggests that processes of peer review, authorship and editorship are in fact complicated and complex grey zones, which, while they may be based on ethical and robust time honoured structures, require a great deal of faith and trust in the integrity not only of the editor, but importantly the editorial board, the team of reviewers, and the author. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)