Publication ethics

Publishing policy and best practice

In harmony with the University of Edinburgh’s mission, Edinburgh University Press seeks to advance and disseminate knowledge and understanding via its scholarly publications. The integrity of our academic content and publishing process is paramount, and the Press adopts a neutral position on issues treated within its publications. We are committed to upholding standards of ethical behaviour at all stages of the publication process and we recommend the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practice Guidelines. Our publication ethics outline the best practice guidelines that we apply to our academic content.

Download our Publication Ethics (.docx) to find out about: 

• Plagiarism      
• Text recycling 
• AI-generated text and other materials         
• Dignity and respect   
• Publication ethics for book and chapter authors    
• Publication ethics for series editors and book editors        
• Publication ethics for book typescript or proposal reviewers         
• Publication ethics for journal editors
• Publication ethics for journal authors          
• Publication ethics for journal peer reviewers         
• EUP name change policy       
• Complaints procedure