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Background : Clinical researches in which human subjects are involved should be conducted scientifically under ethical considerations. We surveyed editorial guidelines of medical journals and related publications in which these kinds of studies are published, and reviewed the presence/absence of gui...

Background : Clinical researches in which human subjects are involved should be conducted scientifically under ethical considerations. We surveyed editorial guidelines of medical journals and related publications in which these kinds of studies are published, and reviewed the presence/absence of guidelines for ethical justifications. Methods : Editorial/author guidelines in 51 journals of member societies of the Korean Medical Association, 41 journals of quasi-member societies of the Korean Medical Association, four journals of the member societies of the Korean Academy of Nursing and 20 medical school journals, and eight related journals were examined. Contents of ethical guidelines were classified as 1) approval of IRB (Institutional Review Board) or an ethics committee, 2) Declaration of Helsinki, 3) written informed consent, 4) assurance of subject confidentiality, 5) DR (Uniform Requirements) and 6) no guidelines. Results : Only 12 (9.7%) of the 124 journals reviewed comprised an ethical guideline in their editorial guide­lines. Of these 12, four required an approval of IRB or an ethics committee; eight required confidentiality of subjects itself or according to UR. None of the journals included the Declaration of Helsinki as a guideline. Conclusion : Ethical guidelines were stated only in a limited small number of journals. The ethical guidelines it­self cannot be said to directly reflect the journal's overall quality, but journals publishing studies which involve human subjects should have clear and detailed ethical guidelines in order to guarantee the ethical aspects of those studies.

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