ABSTRACT
Research is meaningful only after it has been published. Therefore, publishing is an essential activity in the research community. Publishing also has another important dimension: peer recognition of scientific findings and statements is one of the ways to determine what the truth is in science. Research ethics frequently concerns the publishing process. A substantial part of research fraud relates to publications. The research community is an important stakeholder as it is the main audience of published research. The academic writing process is often long and requires stakeholders to choose between different options. Individual researchers face most ethical questions as part of the writing process. Understanding the research community as a target audience and a stakeholder provides an interesting angle on the language of doctoral theses and other publications in the humanities and social sciences. With the increase of open access publications, the review process is going through a transformative process.
