• Case

  Permission to publish a case report

  …paper? For future reference, if the authors had submitted the written permission of Dr T to use the images, what should the journal have done, being aware of Dr Y’s refusal to allow publication of the images?    …
• Outcomes of editors' attempts to investigate research misconduct

  …Lasted >1 year Redundancy 33 7 3 4 48% Unethical research 16 5 4 7 25% Fraud 13 2 2 4 62% Med negligence 10 0 4 6 70% …
• Case

  Possible authorship conflict over an article published ahead of print

  …the summaries of the journal in its current form and content, unless they sent in within 48 hours a duly justified and documented request not to publish it   Questions for COPE Council Is there anything else the journal should do? As Author 1 and Author 2 belong to two different institutions, it will not be easy to go to the institution to resolve the conflict.…
• Case

  Authorship issue

  …noted that  all three authors would need to agree to this process, and to abide by Dr D’s  determination.  Again, the authors were asked to inform the editors of their decision within two weeks (assuming option 1 was not possible). (3) The authors were told that if they could not reach agreement among themselves, and did not accept the alternative proposal, the journal reserves the right to…
• News

  Case discussion: Suspected plagiarism

  17 May 2019

  …Case 19-04 Suspected plagiarism A single author submitted a paper to a journal. A similarity check revealed 48% similarity with another published paper. The published paper was by different authors—5 in total. The similarities between the papers were in the introduction, methods and discussion…
• Seminars and webinars

  COPE webinar: Enhancing partnerships of institutions and journals

  … Enhancing Partnerships of Institutions and Journals Working Group - overview Time on recording : 13:35-35:48 Susan Garfinkel talked about what happens on the university side, in the US, and how the working group are trying to expand on the CLUE Guidelines. Susan explained the process the institution follows when an allegation is made which can involve a federal agency,…
• News

  Case Discussion: Withdrawal of paper at proof stage

  9 March 2020

  …rejected and may submit elsewhere if they have not been informed of the outcome after a few months and cannot successfully reach the editorial office. Second, it is unclear in this case why it took the corresponding author 2 weeks to contact the office after receiving the proofs. Authors are commonly given only 48 hours to approve their proofs, although the time can be extended if there has been…

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