Is it ethical to remove your co-authorship shortly before submission? I am in a situation when I am a co-author of a manuscript. I returned back to this manuscript after several months and I don't think it should be published as it is. I am not the main author and my co-workers want to publish it as soon as possible. I do not want to block them in publishing it, but there are some parts which I do not agree with. The paper can have impact on public policy and I have a bit different views. My colleagues already postponed the submission because of my comments. A colleague of mine suggested that I should care more for my own papers rather than the papers of others.

Is it ethical to submit the paper as a co-author and wait for the reviews and trying to improve the paper later or is it more fair to remove my co-authorship before the submission?
Is it ethical to submit the paper as a co-author and wait for the reviews and trying to improve the paper later 


Submitting a paper with major errors is unethical, whereas submitting a paper that needs polishing isn't.


  or is it more fair to remove my co-authorship before the submission?


You can remove yourself, but the paper would probably benefit from your continued support.




  A colleaque of mine suggested that I should care more for my own papers rather than the papers of others.


This is one of your papers.