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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2008 33(1):1-5; doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsm092
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Editorial: Thoughts on Establishing Research Significance and Preserving Scientific Integrity

Dennis Drotar, PhD

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Dennis Drotar, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue MLC 3015, Cincinnati, OH, 45229-3039. E-mail: dennis.drotar@cchmc.org.

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In this opening editorial, I would like to welcome our readers authors, and reviewers, to the first issue of the Journal Pediatric Psychology (JPP) that has been edited by myself and our associate editors. As the new editor of JPP, I am mindful of the extraordinary tradition of excellence in editorship that I am following. Together with our very talented associate editor team and editorial board, we will work very hard to continue this tradition and develop JPP as the premier outlet for the best and the brightest of scientific scholarship in our field. In the spirit of continuous quality improvement, we have implemented a number of changes in order to enhance the scientific contribution of JPP and utility for our readers (see JPP website http://jpepsy.oxfordjournals.org/): (a) new requirements for manuscripts with respect to effect sizes and confidence intervals; (b) a new program that provides a . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Thoughts on Establishing Research Significance and Preserving Scientific Integrity
 
Establishing Significance: Authors’ Responsibilities
Evaluating Significance: Reviewers’ and Editors’ Responsibilities
Some Safeguards to Establish Scientific Significance with Integrity
Dialogue Among Authors, Reviewers, and Editors as a Safeguard
The Role of Dialogue Among Authors, Reviewers, and Editors

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