Committee on Publication Ethics: COPE | Raising the Quality of Academic Journals

Promoting integrity in research publication

COPE is a forum for editors and publishers of peer reviewed journals to discuss all aspects of publication ethics. It also advises editors on how to handle cases of research and publication misconduct. Read more about COPE...

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Feedback needed on new COPE newsletter

COPE has been reviewing how we communicate with our members, in particular with regards to our quarterly newsletter, Ethical Editing, which we decided to discontinue after the publication of the winter 2012 issue. Since then, we have been considering its replacement, and have decided to publish a monthly online newsletter in an easily accessible format. We are keen to receive your feedback, click on Learn More for more details of what we are considering as well as how to send us your comments.

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Cases

All the cases COPE has discussed since its inception in 1997 have been entered into a searchable database. This database now contains over 400 cases together with the advice given by COPE

Resources

From our Code of Conduct and our Guidelines to useful sample letters and flowcharts, COPE offers a range of useful tools for journal editors and writers.

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News & opinion View all

News / Ginny Barbour guest speaker for iThenticate webcast series

14/5/2013 3.25pm

Ginny Barbour was recently one of two guest speakers for iThenticate's Plagiarism Webcast Series: 5 biggest challenges from the front lines of scholarly publishing, You can listen to Ginny discussing the challenges facing scholarly publishing, or see the transcript, here.

News / Article on COPE's Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers published in ISMTE's newsletter, EON

8/5/2013 8.19am

Irene Hames discusses COPE's Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers in ISMTE's newsletter, EON. You can read it here.

(Thank you to ISMTE for making this freely available)

Events View all

Next COPE Forum: 3 June 2013

Monday, 3 June 2013 - 3:00pm

Seventh International Congress on Peer...

Sunday, 8 September 2013 - 9:00am to Tuesday, 10 September 2013 - 5:00pm

Medical Editors, short course

Wednesday, 6 November 2013 - 9:00am to Friday, 8 November 2013 - 5:00pm

eLearning

COPE's eLearning course on publication ethics. Individual modules designed to give editors a deeper understanding about publication ethics and practical guidance about how to detect, prevent and handle misconduct. Access the modules here.