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Clinical malpractice
A case report was submitted in which the authors described a patient who had a poor outcome, and where many mistakes had been made during treatment. The authors of the paper were from a tertiary care centre. The poor practice had happened in a secondary care centre. One of the reviewers of the paper thought that the level of practice was so poor that action should be taken. The other reviewer t… - Case
Interactive case report of a patient with ongoing health problems
The case of a patient with unresolved upper abdominal pain and weight loss was written up and submitted by her family doctor to a journal that publishes interactive case reports. The intention was to present it as an unfolding story in three parts over five weeks. Responses would be invited on the journal’s website from readers to questions about diagnosis and management, and about what to say… - Event
COPE Forum: September 2022
…/ UTC+1) 1. Update Update on COPE activities by the Chair. 2. Forum discussion topic We begin the COPE Forum with a discussion on the topic of Conference Proceedings. Read more about the Conference Proceedings discussion 3. New cases Cases… - Event
COPE Forum: July 2023
…will be held at 12:00-13:30pm (BST / UTC+1) 1. Update on COPE activities Update on COPE activities by the Chair. 2. Forum discussion topic We begin the COPE Forum with a discussion on the topic of Best practices for guest edited collections. - Event
COPE Forum: December 2023
…Forum is: Tuesday 21 November 2023. --> Forum agenda On Tuesday 5 December 2023 the COPE Forum will be held at 10:00-11:30 (GMT / UTC) 1. Update on COPE activities Update on COPE activities by the Chair. 2. Forum discussion topic: Claiming affiliations We begin the COPE Forum with a discussion on - Event
COPE Forum: December 2022
…advice? Submit a case The deadline to submit a case for this Forum is: Thursday 24 November 2022. --> Forum agenda On Thursday 8 December 2022 the COPE Forum will be held at 14:00-15:30pm (GMT / UTC) 1. Update Update on COPE activities by the Chair. 2. Forum discussion topic We begin the… - Research
Exploring publication ethics in the arts, humanities, and social sciences: A COPE study 2019
…fabrication (31%). Recognising and dealing with bias in peer reviewer comments was an issue encountered by 55% of journal editors. Journal editors felt least confident in dealing with data and/or image fabrication issues (24%), fraudulent submissions (23%), and intellectual property and copyright issues (21%). - Event
1st COPE Asia Pacific Seminar 2011
…cases to be at the meeting, either in person or by telephone to present the case. Please submit cases directly to the administrator by 31 October 2011. The seminar is free for COPE members and $150 AUD for non-members. Non-members wishing to attend can contact the administrator for details on how to join COPE. Register here: - News
COPE Officers 2019-2021
…Visit our website for more on the roles, responsibilities and how to apply. Deadline 31 May 2019 Vacancies on Trustee Board May 2019… - Event
COPE Forum: March 2023
…%3ESubmit%20a%20case%26nbsp%3B%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%0A%3Cp%3EThe%20deadline%20to%20submit%20a%20case%20for%20this%20Forum%26nbsp%3Bis%3A%20Thursday%2024%20November%202022.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%0A%2D%2D%3E--> Forum agenda On Thursday 23 March 2023 the COPE Forum will be held at 15:00-16:30pm (GMT / UTC) 1. Update on COPE activities Update on COPE activities by the Chair. - Case
Researchers give an experimental therapy to patients based on a laboratory study published in our journal
We published a paper in the journal which reported on microarray expression profiling of cell lines from a specific type of cancer (not named here, to preserve anonymity). That paper suggested that a particular compound might affect the function of a protein expressed in the cell lines; this compound could therefore be a possible candidate drug for use in this type of cancer, which might be exp… - News
Upcoming CrossRef webinars
…how it can add value to your publishing program. Date: Thursday, January 31, 2013Time: 8:00 am (San Francisco), 11:00 am (New York), 4:00 pm (London)Moderator: Rachael LammeyRegistration Rights and permissions policy
…image/video, you must ask us for consent to do so. In line with GDPR, attendees have the right to withdraw consent at any time, and details of the process they should follow to request this are provided in our Privacy Policy. Related content All COPE policies Page history First published 31 December…- Case
Repeated alleged plagiarism in case reports
Our journal has recently been the subject of an attack of attempted plagiarism by an author from a military hospital in another country. The first evidence of this was alerted to us by one of our reviewers who identified an almost word-for-word copy of a paper previously published in which the disease being treated was changed slightly and a few numbers but everything else, including the refere… - News
COPE Trustee
…what is expected from Trustees, including details of how to apply. The closing date for applications is: Thursday 31 August 2023… - Event
COPE Forum: September 2023
…COPE Forum Do you have a publication ethics case you'd like to bring to the COPE Forum for discussion and advice? Submit a case The deadline to submit a case for this Forum is: Thursday 24 August 2023. Forum agenda On Thursday 7 September 2023 the COPE Forum will be held at 16:00-17:30 (BST / UTC+1) 1. Update on… - News
Vacancies on COPE Trustee Board
…how to apply. The closing date for applications is: 31 May 2019… - Case
Concerns about the reliability of findings following re-analysis of a dataset from a published article
Following publication of an article, a reader posted a comment raising some questions about the data analysis in the study and the availability of the dataset. We followed-up with the authors and they offered to share the dataset with the reader—the dataset involves genetic information from potentially identifiable patients and as a result the authors indicated that the deposition of the data w… - Case
Ethical issues of responding to government agency request for information
A journal published several articles, reviewed by reviewers recommended by the author, that were identified as suspect. After a thorough investigation, the journal determined that almost all of the peer review responses for these articles were fabricated - the result of identity misappropriation and fraud. The journal was subsequently contacted by two government agencies of the country…