Publishing Addiction Science

407 Pages·2017·3.8 MB·English

PUBLISHING 3RD
EDITION
ADDICTION
SCIENCE
A Guide for the Perplexed
EDITED BY Thomas F. Babor, Kerstin Stenius, Richard Pates,
Michal Miovský, Jean O’Reilly, and Paul Candon
Publishing
Addiction Science:
A Guide for the Perplexed
Third Edition
Edited by
Thomas F. Babor, Kerstin Stenius,
Richard Pates, Michal Miovský,
Jean O’Reilly and Paul Candon
Published by
Ubiquity Press Ltd.
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We dedicate this book to two people
who changed addiction science for the better:
Lenka Čablová (1986–2016) and Griffith Edwards (1928–2012)

Contents
Foreword ix
Preface xi
About the Authors xvii
Supporting Institutions xxi
Section 1: Introduction 1
Chapter 1: A Guide for the Perplexed (Thomas F. Babor,
Kerstin Stenius and Jean O’Reilly) 3
Chapter 2: Infrastructure and Career Opportunities in Addiction
Science: The Emergence of an Interdisciplinary Field
(Thomas F. Babor, Dominique Morisano, Jonathan Noel,
Katherine Robaina, Judit H. Ward and Andrea L. Mitchell) 9
Section 2: How and Where to Publish 35
Chapter 3: How to Choose a Journal: Scientific and Practical
Considerations (Thomas F. Babor, Dominique Morisano,
Kerstin Stenius and Judit H. Ward) 37
Chapter 4: Beyond the Anglo-American World: Advice for
Researchers from Developing and Non–English-Speaking Countries
(Kerstin Stenius, Florence Kerr-Corrêa, Isidore Obot,
Erikson F. Furtado, Maria Cristina Pereira Lima and
Thomas F. Babor) 71
Chapter 5: Getting Started: Publication Issues for Graduate
Students, Postdoctoral Fellows, and other Aspiring Addiction
Scientists (Dominique Morisano, Erin L. Winstanley,
Neo Morojele and Thomas F. Babor) 89
vi Contents
Chapter 6: Addiction Science for Professionals Working in
Clinical Settings (Richard Pates and Roman Gabrhelík) 119
Section 3: The Practical Side of Addiction Publishing 133
Chapter 7: How to Write a Scientific Article for a
Peer-Reviewed Journal (Phil Lange, Richard Pates,
Jean O’Reilly and Judit H. Ward) 135
Chapter 8: How to Write Publishable Qualitative Research
(Kerstin Stenius, Klaus Mäkelä, Michal Miovský and
Roman Gabrhelík) 155
Chapter 9: How to Write a Systematic Review Article and
Meta-Analysis (Lenka Čablová, Richard Pates, Michal Miovský
and Jonathan Noel) 173
Chapter 10: Use and Abuse of Citations (Robert West,
Kerstin Stenius and Tom Kettunen) 191
Chapter 11: Coin of the Realm: Practical Procedures for
Determining Authorship (Thomas F. Babor, Dominique Morisano
and Jonathan Noel) 207
Chapter 12: Preparing Manuscripts and Responding to
Reviewers’ Reports: Inside the Editorial Black Box (Ian Stolerman
and Richard Pates) 229
Chapter 13: Reviewing Manuscripts for Scientific Journals
(Robert L. Balster) 245
Section 4: Ethics Matter 265
Chapter 14: Dante’s Inferno: Seven Deadly Sins in Scientific
Publishing and How to Avoid Them (Thomas F. Babor,
Thomas McGovern and Katherine Robaina) 267
Chapter 15: The Road to Paradise: Moral Reasoning in Addiction
Publishing (Thomas McGovern, Thomas F. Babor and
Kerstin Stenius) 299
Contents vii
Chapter 16: Relationships with the Alcoholic-Beverage Industry,
Pharmaceutical Companies, and Other Funding Agencies:
Holy Grail or Poisoned Chalice? (Peter Miller, Thomas F. Babor,
Thomas McGovern, Isidore Obot and Gerhard Bühringer) 323
Section 5: Conclusion 353
Chapter 17: Addiction Publishing and the Meaning of [Scientific]
Life (Thomas F. Babor, Kerstin Stenius and Jean O’Reilly) 355
Index 365

Foreword to the Third Edition
The health and social burden attributable to psychoactive substance use
is enormous. Alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use taken together are by far
the most important preventable risk factors to a population’s health. Accord-
ing to the latest WHO estimates, the harmful use of alcohol alone results in
around 3.3 million deaths every year. With rapid social and cultural changes
taking place in many countries, alcohol and drug use are becoming increas-
ingly embedded in social matrices, often with strong commercial forces playing
a role in promoting the use of legal intoxicating and dependence-producing
substances. A number of jurisdictions have undertaken major changes in the
regulation of psychoactive substances controlled under international drug trea-
ties. New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), with their health effects and distri-
bution channels, present new challenges for public health authorities. Debates
around alcohol and drugs are at the forefront of social policy processes in many
countries, with significant variations in societal responses. Unfortunately, these
debates are often not based on solid data or research evidence, and in many
cases the relevant data simply does not exist. Significant caveats exist in the
evaluation of existing policy responses and policy changes made in different
jurisdictions. There is an urgent need to strengthen the evidence base for the
development of adequate program and policy responses to substance use and
substance use disorders at different levels.
It is difficult to overestimate the role of research and scientific data in shap-
ing policy and program responses at all scales, from local communities to the