The value of enhanced ethics checks: Initial experiences with PLOS ONE’s updated Human Subjects Research policy

In March 2023, PLOS ONE updated its Human Subjects Research Policy to require that authors provide ethics approval documentation at initial submission for studies reporting research involving human participants [1]. [...]compliance with PLOS policies is checked at multiple points by journal staff. [...

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Published inPloS one Vol. 18; no. 8; p. e0288900
Main Authors Hoch, Renee, Chenette, Emily J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Public Library of Science 09.08.2023
Subjects
Documentation
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Editorials
Ethics
Human subjects
Humans
Internet
Management
Medical ethics
Medicine and Health Sciences
Peer review
Policy
Policy research
Publishing industry
Rejection rate
Research and Analysis Methods
Research Subjects
Scholarly publishing
Science Policy
Writing
United States
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Summary:In March 2023, PLOS ONE updated its Human Subjects Research Policy to require that authors provide ethics approval documentation at initial submission for studies reporting research involving human participants [1]. [...]compliance with PLOS policies is checked at multiple points by journal staff. [...]at this early stage, we do not anticipate that the policy will have a significant effect on the number of papers that PLOS ONE publishes, either, despite the increased desk rejection rate.
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Competing Interests: Both authors are employees of the organisation that publishes PLOS ONE.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0288900