DISTINCTIVE FEATURES

Readers may:

 

.         CONDUCT SEARCHES ONLINE of current and archived issues.

.         INITIATE RESEARCH AGENDAS.

.         INITIATE OR JOIN COLLABORATORIES which design and conduct multi-site research to establish the generalizability or specificity of findings.

.         IF DISABLED, enjoy disability support and accommodation; JERHRE complies with Section 508 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act.

 

Each article concludes with a (searchable) discussion of:

 

.         BEST PRACTICES based on the findings.

.         RESEARCH AGENDAS or questions that remain to be answered, and an invitation to form a collaboratory, where appropriate.

.         IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING investigators, students, ethics committee members, and others.

 

Each issue includes

      EMPIRICAL RESEARCH on significant ethical issues.

.         BRIEF REPORTS of preliminary empirical studies; updates on collaboratory findings.

.         BRIEF SUMMARIES of current research agendas and collaboratories.

.         LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, providing opportunity for reader response and debate.

 

Occasional events sponsored by JERHRE

  CONFERENCES will examine emerging issues relevant to JERHRE's mission and result in proceedings published as special issues of JERHRE.

.         WORKSHOPS on the use of empirical methods to determine best practices will be offered in partnership with organizations that are concerned with human research ethics.

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As a nonprofit journal, JERHRE's income will provide

    EDUCATIONAL programs.

.         AWARDS to outstanding contributors.

.         SPECIAL INCENTIVES to student and early-career contributors.

 

JERHRE's copyright policy removes barriers to nonprofit educational use of its articles.