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Research Ethics


eISSN: 20476094 | ISSN: 17470161 | Current volume: 20 | Current issue: 3 Frequency: Quarterly

Research Ethics provides a platform for sharing experiences and analysis of ethical issues that are related to the design, conduct, impact and oversight of research. Through open and transparent narrative and analysis of ethical issues in research, it serves to raise awareness, challenge assumptions and help find solutions for complex ethical issues.

Ethical issues are not limited to a specific discipline or type of research. The Editors welcome submissions from any research field (for instance, biomedical, social science, environmental, information technology, or the arts) and a broad range of methodological approaches (for instance, clinical trials, animal experimentation, qualitative studies, laboratory or desk-based research).

Some examples of the topics addressed in Research Ethics include:

  • Ethical issues related to the inclusion of vulnerable populations in research
  • Ethics dumping
  • Benefit sharing
  • Ethical issues related to social media research
  • Research integrity and research misconduct
  • The education and training of researchers and ethics reviewers
  • The development and implementation of governance mechanisms

In addition to these applied ethics issues, the journal also welcomes original theoretical papers that contribute to the debate around the normative underpinnings or ethical frameworks for research ethics.

Research Ethics publishes original papers and review articles as well as informative case studies and offers a home for submissions from authors from around the world. The quality of submitted articles is evaluated independently by double-blind peer review.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Research Ethics is aimed at readers and authors who are interested in ethical issues associated with the design and conduct of research, the regulation of research, the procedures and process of ethical review and issues related to scientific integrity. The journal aims to promote, inspire, host and engage in open and public debate about research ethics on an international scale and to contribute to the education of researchers and reviewers of research.

Research Ethics offers a home for submissions from authors from around the world and publishes original papers and review articles as well as informative case studies. The quality of submitted articles is evaluated independently by double-blind peer review.

Editors - in - Chief
Yves Saint James Aquino University of Wollongong, Australia
Bridget Haire University of New South Wales, Australia
Jane Williams University of Wollongong, Australia
Associate Editors
Robert James Boyles De La Salle University, Philippines
Julie Cook University of Central Lancashire, UK
Natalia Hanley University of Wollongong, Australia
Melissa McCradden University of Adelaide, Australia
Emilia Niemiec University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Stuart Rennie UNC Chapel Hill, United States
Owen Schaefer Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Henry Silverman University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA
Rebecca Tapscott University of York, UK
Emma Tumilty University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
International Advisory Board
Kate Chatfield University of Central Lancashire, UK
Zuzana Deans University of Bristol, UK
Véronique Delpire Words & Science, Belgium
Edward Dove Maynooth University, Ireland
Phoebe Friesen McGill University, Canada
Mark Israel Australasian Human Research Ethics Consultancy Services, Australia
Dirk Lanzerath University of Bonn, Germany
Jessica Martin Newcastle University, UK
Alan McElligott City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Syntia Munung Nchangwi University of Cape Town, South Africa
Stuart Nicholls Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada
Doris Schroeder University of Central Lancashire, UK
Sandhya Srinivasan Mumbai, India
Samuel Ujewe Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Charles Weijer Western University, Canada
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  • Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
  • ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
  • ProQuest
  • Scopus

Manuscript submission guidelines can be accessed on Sage Journals.