Journal Editor

COPE is primarily a forum for Editors and Publishers of Scholarly Journals. The following resources may be particularly useful for Editors, both new and experienced.

Both members and non-members can access our:

• A Short Guide to Ethical Editing for New Editors is a short guide which aims to summarize key issues for new editors, and to provide links to relevant pages of the COPE website as well as those of other organisations.
• Archive of Cases
• Code of Conduct and Best Practice for Editors
• Flowcharts - to take you step by step through the most common publication ethics situations
• Our guidelines on retraction
• Our news and opinion section
• Our monthly newsletter

Member Editors can also access:

• Sample letters for various scenarios
• eLearning modules (due Q2 2011)
• A tool to audit your journal