Scholarly Journal Publishing Guide

The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) provides guidance and best practices related to scholarly publishing and ethics. 

Below is a select list of publications new editors may wish to review: 

• Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
• Short Guide to Ethical Editing for New Editors
• Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers

COPE also provides many resources related to handling conflicts of interest, plagiarism, authorship challenges etc. 

Example open data policies:

• PLOS Data Policy
• Evidence Based Library & Information Practice: Data Sharing
• American Journal of Political Science: Data Integrity
• The Quarterly Journal of Economics: Data Policy
• BMC: Open Data

See also Guidelines for journals that wish to establish a data policy (Ouvrir la Science).