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  • Flowcharts

    Legal and regulatory restrictions of published data: dealing with concerns

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7896759 Concerns are raised about datasets after publication such as intellectual property, research, or handling regulations. The flowchart offers data publishers, such as a journal or a data repository, a step by step guide on how to handle these concerns.
  • Flowcharts

    Legal and regulatory restrictions of unpublished data: dealing with concerns

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7896759 Concerns are raised about datasets before publication such as intellectual property, research, or handling regulations. The flowchart offers data publishers, such as a journal or a data repository, a step by step guide on how to handle these concerns.
  • Flowcharts

    Systematic manipulation of the publication process

    Identify potential fraudulent activity and use the flowcharts when handling suspected manipulation. Suggested actions are recommended for each type of suspicious activity. Systematic manipulation of the publication process
  • Flowcharts

    Plagiarism in a submitted manuscript

    COPE's guidance, as a flowchart, on what to do if you suspect plagiarism in a submitted manuscript. Plagiarism in a submitted manuscript
  • Flowcharts

    Arabic: all flowcharts

    …This is all of COPE's flowcharts in Arabic. For the latest version (English language) of this guidance visit https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.26. Other languages: Chinese | 
  • Flowcharts

    Chinese: all flowcharts

    …This is COPE's flowcharts in Chinese For the latest version (English language) of this guidance visit https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.26. Other languages: Arabic | 
  • Flowcharts

    Croatian: all flowcharts

    …This is COPE's flowcharts in Croatian For the latest version (English language) of this guidance visit https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.26. Other languages: Arabic |
  • Flowcharts

    French: all flowcharts

    …This is COPE's flowcharts in French. For the latest version (English language) of this guidance visit https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.26. Other languages: Arabic | 
  • Flowcharts

    Italian: all flowcharts

    …This is COPE's flowcharts in Italian For the latest version (English language) of this guidance visit https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.26. Other languages: Arabic | 
  • Flowcharts

    Japanese: all flowcharts

    …This is COPE's flowcharts in Japanese For the latest version (English language) of this guidance visit https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.26. Other languages: Arabic | 
  • Flowcharts

    Persian: 14 flowcharts

    …This is COPE's flowcharts in Persian For the latest version (English language) of this guidance visit https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.26. Other languages: Arabic | 
  • Flowcharts

    Polish: all flowcharts

    …This is COPE's flowcharts in Polish For the latest version (English language) of this guidance visit https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.26. Other languages: Arabic | 
  • Flowcharts

    Turkish: all flowcharts

    …This is COPE's flowcharts in Turkish For the latest version (English language) of this guidance visit https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.26. Other languages: Arabic | 
  • Flowcharts

    Plagiarism in a published article

    COPE's guidance, as a flowchart, on what to do if you suspect plagiarism in a published article. Plagiarism in a published article
  • Flowcharts

    Spanish: All flowcharts

    …COPE's flowcharts in Spanish For the latest version (English language) of this guidance visit https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.26. Other languages: Arabic | 
  • Flowcharts

    All Flowcharts

    …COPE Flowcharts COPE flowcharts offer a step by step process, for practical use on handling different aspects of publication ethics issues.  Allegations of misconduct Reviewer suspected to have appropriated an author’s ideas or data …
  • Guidelines

    Ethics toolkit for a successful editorial office

    …A COPE guide To help ensure the integrity of the scholarly record and the publication process, editorial offices should define and implement best practices in publication ethics. This COPE guide is a comprehensive toolkit that explains expected ethical practices in scholarly publishing, and highlights resources for editorial offices to develop their codes of ethical conduct and practic…
  • Guidelines

    Ensuring consent for publishing medical case reports

    General principles around consent and consent forms for editors to use when developing forms for their journals' purposes.  Journals’ Best Practices for ensuring consent for publishing medical case reports: guidance from COPE
  • Guidelines

    Text recycling guidelines for editors

    COPE Text Recycling Guidelines are intended to advise editors and publishers on expected practice when identifying sections of the same text appearing in more than one of an author's own publications.  Text recycling guidelines
  • Case
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    Plagiarism by a possible predatory journal

    An article published in a journal in 2023 appears to have been plagiarised in a possible predatory journal but the publishers are unable to get a response from the predatory journal or affiliated Institute.  The article (Article A) was submitted to Journal X in 2022 and published early in 2023. The authors reached out to the Journal after finding that another article dated from 2021 (Art…

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