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COPE speaking events 2018
COPE Council members have been busy talking about COPE at meetings and conferences across the globe. From Amsterdam in The Netherlands to Zagreb in Croatia via… - Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum 30 April 2018: Preprints: continuing the conversation
Preprint platforms have been common in physics and mathematics but the preprint landscape is changing rapidly with new platforms emerging across various disciplines. This raises opportunities for discussion across communities and for all those involved: preprint platforms, journals, authors, funders and institutions. COPE has facilitated this discussion previously via an earlier forum… - Event
COPE North American Seminar and Forum 2012
…those interested in publication ethics are welcome to attend. The Seminar is free for COPE members and $300 US for non-members. Registration is now open via the website.… - Flowcharts
Responding to whistleblowers when concerns are raised directly
COPE's guidelines as a flowchart on how to respond to whistleblowers when concerns about a published article are raised directly with the publisher or the editor. How should you respond when concerns are raised by a whistleblower about a published article directly via email to the editor or publisher? This could include anonymous or not anonymous concerns about scientific soundness or… - Forum discussion topics
Systematic manipulation of the publishing process via “paper mills”
September 2020 Increasingly, across the research publishing landscape, publishers are seeing large scale manipulation of the publication process. The production of fraudulent papers at scale via alleged ‘paper mills’ is one such manipulation. Participants discussed this at the COPE Forum, September 2020. Paper mills… - News
Two new flowcharts and two revisions
In collaboration with BioMed Central, COPE has developed two new flowcharts on how to respond to whistle blowers: 1) when concerns are raised directly (http://publicationethics.org/files/RespondingToWhistleblowers_ConcernsRaisedDirectly.pdf), and 2) when those concerns are raised via social… - Event
7th World Congress on Research Integrity 2021
As the face to face World Congress on Research Integrity (WCRI) 2021 in South Africa has been postponed to 2022, WCRI will host a virtual event with a series of free webinars on six engaging and relevant topics that will form part of the broader research integrity dialogue. Each topic will be broadcast live via webinar in two different time slots. Virtual event topics… - Event
COPE Forum: 4 December 2013
The COPE Forum will be held virtually via webinar, on Wednesday 4 December 2013 (11am–1pm GMT). The invitation to join the webinar is below. We can accommodate up to 100 attendees, so please register quickly if you wish to join in the discussion. The agenda and materials are available - News
COPE Forum agenda and materials: 4 March 2014 meeting
The next COPE Forum meeting is being held on Tuesday 4 March 2014, 3–5pm (GMT). The COPE Forum will be held virtually via webinar. Download the agenda and materials here (PDF, 695kb). The invitation to join the webinar is below. We can accommodate up to 100 attendees, so please register quickly if you wish… - Case
Withdrawal of accepted manuscript from predatory journal
…nature of this journal. To remove the submitted manuscript from this journal, the author communicated via email, phone and certified letter, and also contacted members of the editorial board, but has received no return communication. Periodically, the manuscript has disappeared from the journal’s website, only to reappear in a later issue. The author never signed a copyright agreement and never… - Event
COPE Forum: 8 November 2016 8am & 4pm (GMT)
The November COPE Forum, where we discuss cases submitted by members, will be held on Tuesday 8 November 2016 at both 8am and 4pm (GMT). The COPE Forum will be held virtually via webinar. This month we're starting the COPE Forum with an AMA session (Ask Me Anything). AMAs can be new issues or developments on existing issues. Last time we did an AMA session there was one question that… - News
COPE Forum agenda and materials: 23 September 2014 meeting
The next COPE Forum meeting is being held on Tuesday 23 September, 3–5pm (British Summer Time). The COPE Forum will be held virtually via webinar. Download the agenda and materials here (PDF, 805kb). The invitation to join the webinar is below. We can accommodate up to 100 attendees, so please register… - News
COPE Forum: 9 December 2014 meeting
The next COPE Forum meeting is being held on Tuesday 9 December 2014, 9–10.30am (GMT). The COPE Forum will be held virtually via webinar. The agenda and materials can be downloaded here (PDF 709kb). The invitation to join the webinar is below. We can accommodate up to 100 attendees,… - News
COPE Forum: 10 June 2015 meeting
The next COPE Forum meeting is being held on Wednesday 10 June 2015, 9am–10.30am (British Summer Time). The COPE Forum will be held virtually via webinar. The agenda and materials can be downloaded here (PDF 712kb). The invitation to join the webinar is below. We can accommodate up… - News
COPE Forum: 9 December 2015
The next COPE Forum meeting is being held on Wednesday 9 December 2015, 12noon–1.30pm (GMT). The COPE Forum will be held virtually via webinar. The agenda and materials can be downloaded here (PDF 478kb). The invitation to join the webinar is below. We can accommodate up to 100… - News
COPE Forum discussion: Preprints: continuing the conversation
…preprint platforms, journals, authors, funders and institutions. COPE has facilitated this discussion previously via an earlier forum discussion and with respect to - Case
How to handle offers of promotion of authorship for sale
We have been approached via email by a company promoting authorship for sale. The email describes the service as providing 'co-authorship' of an existing article that has been submitted for publication in an indexed journal. The articles cover a range of disciplines and the company claims a high success rate for publication. Question for COPE Council: What steps… - Event
7th World Conference on Research Integrity
…is the first time this conference will be held in Africa, to ensure participation from African delegates. The conference will take place in person, or you can join via live streaming, from 29 May – 1 June 2022. WCRI will monitor the developments closely and will follow all recommendations of WHO and the South African health authorities. The conference will be relevant to Research… - Flowcharts
Addressing concerns about systematic manipulation of the publication process
…used alongside it. Key points The guidance covers the general principles: The need for journal policies that specify what actions will be taken if there are suspicions of manipulation of the publication process (paper mills). The need for confidential sharing of information among publishers (eg, via the COPE Publisher’s forum or - Event
Plagiarism Webcast Series: 5 biggest challenges from the front lines of scholarly publishing
…Time: 8:30am Los Angeles / 11:30am New York / 4:30pm London Audience: Authors, researchers, editors, editorial staff and management Duration: 1-hour Audio: Via computer FEATURED EXPERTS Dr. Virginia BarbourCouncil Chair at Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and Co-founding Editor of PLoS Medicine Journal Dr. David MoherUniversity Research…