Publication ethics in focus – A new resource is launched

Questions related to publication ethics are ever-present when publishing research results, yet it can be difficult to find the time to discuss these fundamental issues with colleagues.

An opportunity to discuss publication ethics was however provided at a recent university-wide seminar (initiated by the Research and Education Board). The seminar began with a presentation by Stefan Eriksson, Associate Professor of Research Ethics and a researcher at the Centre for Research Ethics & Bioethics (CRB) at Uppsala University.

The presentation showed examples of how academic publishing has, in some cases, become an industrialized activity from which malicious actors profit. With AI as a tool, these questionable actors can increasingly manipulate publishing practices, making it more difficult for researchers and doctoral students who aim to publish their work correctly and transparently.

No simple solutions were offered to these problems, although open peer review was mentioned as a possible way to address parts of the issue. Eriksson noted, however, that the topic is receiving attention in various arenas, including through the Stockholm Declaration, published in autumn 2025 — a call to reform scholarly publishing.

Following the presentation, both a panel discussion and a Q&A session were held, giving seminar participants the chance to pose questions to both the panel and to Stefan Eriksson.

New resource from the library

To strengthen knowledge about publication ethics and to support researchers, doctoral students, and others involved in academic writing, the library has developed a new resource on the topic of publication ethics.

The resource provides an introduction to key principles, common challenges, and important phenomena in the scholarly publishing landscape — for example, retracted articles and open peer review.

The resource “On Publication Ethics” is openly available online for anyone interested.

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Here you can find the resource “On Publication Ethics”

Read the article presenting the Stockholm Declaration — a call to reform scholarly publishing

The webinar mentioned above was not recorded. However, if you want to watch a similar presentation by Stefan Eriksson (including a subsequent discussion), you can view a recording of a webinar organized by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in April 2022.

The webinar (held in English) is available here