Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research.

This article provides ethical guidelines to publication of chemical research. The guidelines embodied in this document were revised by the editors of the Publications Division of the American Chemical Society in January 2000. The American Chemical Society serves the chemistry profession and society at large in many ways, among them by publishing journals that present the results of scientific and engineering research. Every editor of a Society journal has the responsibility to establish and maintain guidelines for selecting and accepting papers submitted to that journal. This document presents ethical obligations of editors of Scientific Journals and those of the authors.