Indian Journal of Medical Ethics

The Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, sometimes abbreviated IJME, is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering medical ethics and bioethics. It was established in 1993 by the Forum for Medical Ethics Society, an activist group campaigning to reform the Maharashtra Medical Council; the Society has published the journal ever since. The journal was originally entitled Medical Ethics, and its first issue was published in August 1993. It obtained its current title starting in January 2004.[1][2] It is the only journal published in India that focuses on bioethics and medical ethics.[3] The editor-in-chief is Amar Jesani.[4]

Indian Journal of Medical Ethics
DisciplineMedical ethics
LanguageEnglish
Edited byAmar Jesani
Publication details
History1993–present
Publisher
Forum for Medical Ethics Society (India)
FrequencyQuarterly
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Indian J. Med. Ethics
Indexing
ISSN0974-8466 (print)
0975-5691 (web)
LCCN2003323692
OCLC no.920393894
Links

Fraudulent paper

In May 2018, the IJME attracted criticism when it was revealed that it had published a paper attributed to "Lars Andersson", whose affiliation was listed as the Karolinska Institute. In fact, the real name of the author of the paper was not Lars Andersson, and he did not have any affiliation with the Karolinska Institute. The journal initially responded by issuing a statement describing the author's deception as "unacceptable", but refusing to retract the paper. Instead, editor-in-chief Amar Jesani removed the author's name and affiliation from the paper on the journal's website. Later that month, the journal retracted the paper, writing in a statement that "...we have concluded that tolerating the author’s deception and retaining the article was an error of judgment."[5][6][7]

References
  1. Oransky, Ivan; Marcus, Adam (2016-09-09). "Why an obscure Indian journal has a growing international stature". Stat. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  2. "History". Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  3. Ch, Himani (2020-07-31). "Researchers smell a rat, say expensive remdesivir getting 'subtle push' over HCQ in studies". ThePrint. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  4. "Editorial Team". Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  5. Editors of Indian J Med Ethics (2018-05-26). "RETRACTION: Increased incidence of cervical cancer in Sweden: Possible link with HPV vaccination". Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. 3 (3): 246. doi:10.20529/IJME.2018.057. PMID 30044233. {{cite journal}}: |author1= has generic name (help)
  6. Weinberg, Justin (2018-05-25). "Medical Ethics Journal Infected by Anti-Vaxx Fraud (guest post by Christian Munthe)". Daily Nous. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  7. Oransky, Ivan (2018-05-27). "Author who lied to journals about his identity slated to have four articles on vaccines retracted". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 2020-08-06.


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