Statement on editorial autonomy, independence, and integrity

The Editorial board of the Journal of Gambling Issues (JGI) has voted to accept the following three statements in order to define and make clear our journal’s role in the community of gambling scholars and to affirm that we accept and support current standards of scholarly excellence, autonomy, independence, and the integrity expected of peer-reviewed science journals:

a) Peer review and acceptance process. We confirm that all papers accepted for peer review will be reviewed by at least two reviewers and that the acceptance or rejection for publication of peer-reviewed papers rests on assessments of quality of research and analysis and originality as made by the peer reviewers and the editor.

Non-peer-reviewed editorials, opinion papers, and letters (and similar texts) are discussed and voted on by the JGI Editorial board. Media reviews (books, films, DVDs, Web sites, information and educational sources) are normally evaluated and accepted or rejected by the editor. In the case of contentious content, the JGI Editorial board may help the editor decide whether to accept or reject a media review.

b) Decision to accept or reject a paper for publication. We confirm that the editor and the JGI Editorial board are the sole arbiters of whether a paper is accepted or rejected, and in editing the paper’s contents. The editor and the JGI Editorial board accept responsibility for refusing to allow other parties to influence the publication of (1) papers that were either approved by reviewers and the editor and/or the Editorial board, and (2) non-peer-reviewed papers (including editorials, opinion papers, reviews of books and other media, letters to the editor, and other papers). The author accepts or edits a final version on a time-limited approval basis.

c) Authorship credit. We accept the spirit, the principles, and the following criteria for authorship credit from the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication” (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, 2007). This protocol requires that to qualify for authorship each person listed as an author of a paper must qualify for receiving authorship credit by fulfilling all three of these conditions: (1) by making substantial contributions to the research design, or data acquisition, or analysis and interpretation of data; (2) by either drafting the article, or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and (3) by final approval of the version to be published and by taking joint responsibility for the paper. Authorship shall not be granted for collecting data, for preliminary analysis, for offering or securing funding or other resources (including workspace, hardware, software), nor for textual editing, correction, or proof reading. The JGI concurs with the authorship guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: 

Acquisition of funding, collection of data, or general supervision of the research group, alone, does not justify authorship. All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship, and all those who qualify should be listed. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content. (ICMJE, 2007)

Voted on and accepted: February 12, 2008

Reference

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. (2007). Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication. Accessed July 16, 2008: http://www.icmje.org/

 
Ethics and accountability
 
The Journal of Gambling Issues is a member of the International Society of Addiction Journal Editors and supports the Farmington Consensus statement on ethical standards in publishing: http://www.camh.net/egambling/farmingtonconsensus.htm

Indexing
 
Journal of Gambling Issues abstracts are indexed in PsycINFO.
 
 
Editor
 
Daryl Boshart
Daryl_Boshart@camh.net
 
 
Editorial Board
 
Bruce Ballon, Peter Ferentzy, Nina Littman-Sharp, Robert Murray, Wayne Skinner, Tony Toneatto, Nigel Turner and Martin Zack, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 
 
Advisory Board
 
Peter Adams, Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioural Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
 
Will Bennis, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A.

Alex Blaszczynski, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
 
Jeffrey L. Derevensky, International Center for Youth Gambling Problems and High-Risk Behaviors, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 
Mark Griffiths, Psychology Division, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, U.K.
 
David C. Hodgins, Dept. of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
 
Edward Kwan, Independent practice, Hong Kong, China
 
Ray McNeil, Nova Scotia Department of Health, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
 
Lia Nower, School of Social Welfare, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
 
Nancy Petry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, U.S.A.
 
María Prieto, Dept. of Psychological Intervention, University P. Comillas, Madrid, Spain
 
Lusanda U.Z. Rataemane, National Gambling Board, Hatfield, Pretoria, South Africa
 
Gerda Reith, Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
 
Cesar A. Sanchez-Bello, Pathological Gambling Section of Latin-American Psychiatric Association, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela
 
Målfrid Todal, Division of Psychiatry, St. Olav's Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
 
Rachel A. Volberg, Gemini Research, Ltd., Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
 
Monica L. Zilberman, Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
 
 
Reviewers
 
Peter Adams, Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioural Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
 
Alex Blaszczynski, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Kimberly A. Calderwood, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Michael Cantinotti, École de psychologie, Université Laval, Laval, Québec, Canada
 
Gerry Cooper, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
 
Jeffrey L. Derevensky, Youth Gambling Research & Treatment Clinic, Dept of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 
William Eadington, Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming, University of Nevada at Reno, Reno, Nevada, U.S.A.

Seth Eisenberg, Illinois Council on Problem and Compulsive Gambling, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
 
Pat Erickson, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

G. Ron Frisch, Problem Gambling Research Group, Dept of Psychology, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Francine Ferland, École de psychologie, Université Laval, Laval, Québec, Canada

Isabelle Giroux, École de psychologie, Université Laval, Laval, Québec, Canada
 
Richard Govoni, Problem Gambling Research Group, Dept of Psychology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
 
Mark Griffiths, Psychology Division, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, U.K.
 
Rina Gupta, Youth Gambling Research & Treatment Clinic, Dept of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Nerilee Hing, Centre for Gambling Education and Research, Southern Cross University, New South Wales, Australia
 
David C. Hodgins, Addiction Centre, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
 
Roger Horbay, Game Planit Interactive Corp., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 
Alun C. Jackson, School of Social Work, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, New South Wales, Australia
 
Durand Jacobs, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California, U.S.A.
 
David Korn, Dept. of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 
Igor Kusyszyn, Dept. of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 
Robert Ladouceur, École de Psychologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
 
Samuel Law, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 
Henry Lesieur, Dept of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
 
Ray MacNeil, Nova Scotia Department of Health, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
   
Goldie Millar, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 
Sally Monaghan, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
 
Daniela Penickova, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A.
 
Marc Potenza, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.

María Prieto, Dept. of Psychological Intervention, University P. Comillas, Madrid, Spain
 
Gerda Reith, Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
 
Robin Room, Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
 
Lisa Root, The Niagara Alcohol and Drug Assessment Service, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada
 
Richard J. Rosenthal, UCLA Gambling Studies Program, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
 
Loreen Rugle, Clinical and Research Services, Trimeridian, Inc., Carmel, Indiana, U.S.A.

Serge Sévigny, Département des fondements et pratiques en éducation, Université Laval, Laval, Québec, Canada

Wendy Slutske, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.

Sherry H. Stewart, Dept. of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada

Randy Stinchfield, University of Minnesota Medical School, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.
 
David Streiner, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 
William Thompson, Dept. of Public Administration, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.
 
Marianna Toce-Gerstein, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Nigel Turner, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Karen Urbanoski, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Scott Veldhuizen, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 
Lisa Vig, Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota, Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.A.
 
Rachel Volberg, Gemini Research, Ltd., Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
 
Keith Whyte, National Council on Problem Gambling, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
 
Jamie Wiebe, Responsible Gambling Council (Ontario), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 
Robert J. Williams, School of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
 
Harold Wynne, Wynne Resources Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
 
 
Reviews editor
 
Marianna Toce Gerstein, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
 
 
Design staff
 
Graphic designer: Mara Korkola, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada