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This research attempts to delineate ethical boundaries of journal publishing in library and information science, from the perspective of editors. A questionnaire describing twenty-two action scenarios in the form of questions was mailed to editors of thirty-nine journals. The actions focused on ethical behavior of authors; some actions of referees and reviewers were also examined. Thirty-five editors (89.7 percent) returned the questionnaire. Analysis of the answers revealed that 60 percent or more of the editors responded in common to two-thirds of the actions, which were categorized as ethical, unethical, possibly unethical, or not as ethical issues. The editors provided detailed explanations of their choices and identified additional ethical concerns not addressed in the questionnaire.
Serebnick et al. (Sun,) studied this question.