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2008

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Cases: 
Duplicate publication in a non-English language journal
Incorrect allegations from the head of an institute?
Allegation of fraud and insider trading
Retraction of article from 1994
Possible plagiarism case
Potential case of plagiarism
Ethical dilemma involving religious beliefs
Author approval for response to mini-reviews
A breach of confidentiality?
Multiple failure to declare a relevant conflict of interest
Sponsorship, ethical approval and consent for study done as part of an expanded access program
Researchers give an experimental therapy to patients based on a laboratory study published in our journal
Possible case of fraud
An investigation into results that were “almost too good to be true”
Inadvertent discovery of salami submission
Author dispute over internal report
Attempt at dual publication
The judgement of Solomon: a case of two strikingly similar papers
Is ethics approval required?
A survey of doctors’ opinions, with no IRB approval or written consent
Unusual consent process in a vulnerable population
Author trap/fabrication detection
Controversy regarding ownership of a device
Non-compliance of author with request for information
Signing on behalf of other authors
An appropriate response to concerns of research validity
HIV testing without offering treatment to affected individuals
Studies where there is no research ethics committee, or where committees disagree as to the need for approval
Effect of the British Human Tissue Acts on biological monitoring
Confidentiality and privacy issue
Authorship issue
Plagiarism case
Lack of patient consent for a case report, patient confidentiality
Duplicate publication?
Competing interest issue
Declaration of contributorship
An attempt to publish data already published elsewhere
Definition of plagiarism?
Prolific authors
Suspected financial fraud
No ethics approval or informed consent?
Editorial misconduct

Posted by Jeremy Theobald, COPE Treasurer on October 13th 2008