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ISMTE North America: Evolving trends in scholarly publishing

ISMTE (International Society of Managing and Technical Editors) are holding a virtual event 4-7 August "Evolving trends in scholarly publishing". All times are Central Time Zone.

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COPE Webinar, Understanding Text Recycling, August 2020

COPE is hosting a webinar on Text Recycling on Friday 7 August 2020, 16:00-17:15pm (BST) when we hear the latest findings from the members of the Text Recycling Research Project since they presented at last year's COPE European Seminar.

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Reviewer Credits webinar: How can integrity in peer-review improve academic publishing?

How can integrity in peer-review improve academic publishing? Reviewer Credits are hosting a free webinar on 15 July 2020, 17:00-18:00 (CET).

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STM webinar: A standard taxonomy of peer review

STM has recognised a need for identifying and standardising definitions and terminology in (open) peer review practices. A peer review taxonomy that is used across publishers will help make the peer review process for articles and journals more transparent, and enable the community to better assess and compare peer review practices between different journals. With this background, STM has set up a working group to develop such standardised definitions and associated best practice recommendations.

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Research and publishing ethics: challenges and best practices webinar

The webinar will run from 7:30-9:00pm (China Time) on 13 July 2020.

Dr Trevor Lane, COPE Council member, along with Dr Sabina Alam, Director Publishing Ethics & Integrity at Taylor & Francis will introduce the trend, challenges and best practices in research and publishing ethics. Trevor will also lead a live discussion with the audience on selected COPE cases.

The webinar is free for anyone to attend.

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Meeting of ISMPP 2020

Following the cancellation of the meeting in Boston, due to COVID-19, the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) will now be held by webinar on 16-18 June, 2020 (ET). 

The Meeting Program Focuses on 3 Themes: open science, effective communication and evolving role.

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COPE North American Seminar 2020: Ohio State University, USA

Seminar postponed

COPE, like many organisations, is grappling with the impact of the coronavirus and we are sorry to inform you that our Trustee Board made the difficult decision to postpone our North American seminar which we had planned for June 2020. The health of our members and staff is our first priority, and we hope to announce a new date in 2021 in the coming months.

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World Forum Principles of Scientific Publication

Heather Tierney, COPE Council, has been invited, on behalf of COPE, to speak at the session on authorship, which opens this forum.

The forum addresses the mechanics and ethics of publishing research from all disciplines – philosophy and humanities to mathematics and computational physics. The forum's goal is to assemble scholars from around the globe and encourage an open dialogue between the decision makers, coworkers, and students. The following questions will give a focus to the discussion:

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EASE virtual conference: Editors and editing in a time of crisis

The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted most of the world, not only endangering lives and livelihoods but also raising issues over scientific reporting and credibility. The role of the editor in the transmission of credible, reliable, and quality-assured science has never been greater.

This conference will consider the impact of crisis situations on scholarly and science editors. We will be asking what have we learned, and what lessons can we take away to help us in the future?

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ALPSP webinar: New research assessment policies in China

The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers are hosting this webinar to discuss the new research assessment policies in China.

The Chinese government has released policy changes on how it will assess researchers. In this webinar, the speakers will review the changes and discuss how these may influence the publishing behaviour of Chinese academics and researchers within STM. They will also consider the wider implications for the international research and publishing landscape.

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