- News
Case Discussion: Editor and reviewers requiring authors to cite their own work
…officers if they feel “leant upon” by editors to include citations. This may prove to be a useful suggestion to you if you are dealing with an issue similar to this case. Lastly, by using the search bar, you can enter keywords related to the problem at hand. For instance, entering “citations” in the search bar returns 86 items. The second one, a Guest Post from the August 8, 2018… - Seminars and webinars
Universiti Malaysia Seminar: Authorship
July 2022 Dr Trevor Lane, COPE Council member, was invited by the Faculty of Science and Natural Resources of the Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia, to give an online seminar about authorship issues. Titled “Publication Ethics and Authorship Dispute”, the hour-long event was targeted at university researchers aiming to publish their research in peer-reviewed journals,… - News
Research integrity and how to buy a Persian carpet: TOP Guidelines, part 2
…research is communicated, like perhaps preprint servers and data repositories) to display, so research readers can check the knot count, fibre, and colour and then build-upon a piece of work. For you, now, the draft article from that TOP workshop is ready. We share it here with… - Seminars and webinars
COPE webinar 2018: Creating and implementing data research policies
…Guidelines is not to mandate for data access per se, but to mandate disclosure of data availability, and, if available, to require persistent identifier/s and applicable licence information. The guidelines ask for certain TOP Statements to be provided in journals, as explained in a - Case
Author did not see reviews or revisions to the manuscript and did not give approval for publication
…is upheld as a manuscript undergoes the peer review process and to protect authors’ intellectual property rights. Dr XXX’s co-authors (AAA, BBB, CCC and DDD) accept that these mechanisms were not adhered to in this case. The authors apologise to Dr XXX for not following journal procedures and publication best practice in the way that they submitted and subsequently handled this manuscript as it… - News
In the news: August
…irregularities in the use of certain reagents used in molecular genetic studies of cancer-related genes and was dismayed at the frequency of this sort of fraud. She has worked with Dr Cyril Labbé to automate a tool to assess nucleotide sequences in published papers, the Seek & Blastn tool to do exactly this. The tool is freely available at - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: July 2020
C4DISC Dear Readers, I would like to begin by welcoming our newest Trustee, Dr Suzanne Farley. Suzanne brings a wealth of experience in publication ethics and we are particularly interested in her knowledge with respect to open access. Welcome, Suzanne. We all look forward to working with… Presentations
…padding: 0.3em 0px 0.8em; margin: 0px;">Download PDF (72 kb) Presented by Jeremy Theobald At the conference: Science and Society: Dialogues and Scientific Responsibility Paris, France November 2008 Fraud and misconduct in research- Case
Author of rejected letter blames global bias against his message and undisclosed conflicts of interest
I contacted Dr C, the author of the letter, to let him know that his case had been discussed at the COPE Forum and to reiterate our decision not to publish his letter. Most members present, if not all, supported the view that the editor in chief can reject a letter or commentary at his discretion. I sent a brief overview of the discussion and explained that the COPE Forum was of the opinion… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: Driving diversity, equity, and inclusion to shape the future of publication ethics
…diversity and equity, including the author name change working group, diversifying editorial boards document, the webinar in May 2021, the peer review diversity survey, conducted as part of Peer Review Week 2021, and previewed the forum discussion in October. Diversity data collection - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: December 2019
…future prognostications. To the extent that they predicted continued complexity and uncertainty in all things human, they were not taking too great a leap into the unknown. In last year’s last December Digest letter, then co-Chairs, Geri and Chris, quoted from their predecessor Chair, Dr. Ginny Barbour (2015) who observed “We need a culture of responsibility for the integrity of the literature.… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: October 2020
Dear Readers, I begin this month’s letter to you with the sad news that COPE Council Member, Dr Tracey Bretag, passed away this month. We refer you to our testimony about Tracey in this edition of Digest. We also say… - News
In the news: March & April 2022
…="https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/process-towards-agreement-reforming-research-assessment-2022-jan-18_en">join a coalition on reforming research assessment. Ethical oversight What does a Director of Research Integrity do? An interview with Sabina Alam of T&F. Clarivate has a 1-hour online course for editors, authors and peer reviewers about - Case
Unusually frequent submission of articles by a single author
…multiple publications in every field of medicine and have won multiple prizes”. He provided a list of 72 publications to his credit. He also provided the name and email of the chief of the research committee of the university. We wrote to the concerned parties asking them to endorse the submissions as being ethical and valid for the purpose of publication. The chief replied that Mr X was a member… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: January 2021
…topics of interest to our membership. At our COPE Forum in December, we held an exploratory discussion of what COPE and other industry organisations might do to further our individual and collective stance against predatory publishing. Dr Kelly Cobey described an authenticator project for… - News
In the news: February 2022
…-annual-meeting-part-4">comment on the presentations with context and reflections. Research integrity A book by Dr. Stuart Ritchie, Science Fictions, presents an insider’s view on how fraud, bias, negligence, and hype affect scientific research, and undermine the search for truth. A UK… - Research
CrossCheck guidance: an analysis of typical cases of plagiarism in different disciplines 2010
…disciplines when using CrossCheck. For authors, these lists can act as an instruction for authors on plagiarism, from which they can learn more about plagiarism and CrossCheck, and know how to avoid being accused of plagiarism. This research project was proposed by Professor Yuehong (Helen) Zhang and Dr Xiaoyan JIA, and will be conducted by them and their team (editors: Hanfeng Lin, Ziyang Zhai,… - Seminars and webinars
Good Publication Practice 2022
December 2022 Dr Trevor Lane, COPE Trustee and Council member, was invited to deliver a presentation introducing COPE’s mission and resources at the 2022 Forum on Good Publication Practice, held virtually on 2 December 2022. Hosted by the University of… - Event
COPE Lightning Talk: AI
…forward. Dr Marie Soulière Marie will showcase how Frontiers use AI tools to help maintain quality and research integrity across the journals, including real-life examples of misconduct cases caught by their algorithms… New UK Panel for Research Integrity
…instances occur. Project approval was granted through to September 2004. Professor Michael Farthing was appointed to lead the project on account of his expertise in the field and as former chair of COPE. One of the first tasks was to survey the membership to look at the nature and prevalence of research misconduct. Seventy per cent of the membership (86 members)…