Understanding the Basic Ethical Standards of Open Access

In order to establish a premier scientific journal, the editorial board, the expert reviewer panel, the contributing authors and the readers must make sure that there are neither any falsified scientific data presented nor plagiarism committed by the authors. It is also equally important to make sure that the reputation of the journal is not tarnished by those unethical acts of authors that have been ignored or overlooked by the expert reviewers and/or undetected by the readers of that particular published article. The observed or determined scientific data are actual or existent facts of nature and, of course, “facts are forever”, but “interpretations may come and go”. Therefore, the peer review system should be such that the authors interpret the data to the best of their ability and consistent with the existing literature data.