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Reducing the inadvertent spread of retracted science
…href="https://osf.io/5z2n4/?view_only=c7e1c5ecb59f4b81962700a298dc0326">Hsiao & Schneider, manuscript). Science Magazine recently analyzed 200 post-retraction citations to two high-profile COVID-19 papers published in May 2020 and retracted in June 2020: over half of the citations did not mention the retraction; they noted that publishers and editors were "caught by surprise" and many do not systematically check for retraction or post-publication… - News
COPE Research Grant - deadline looming
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¿Qué constituye una autoría?
…COPE ¿Qué constituye una autoría? El presente documento apunta a estimular intercambio en relación a los temas más comunes de la autoría enfrentados por miembros de COPE. Trata de las guías existentes en asuntos de autoría, compila algunos principios básicos para ayudar a prevenir problemas comunes y presenta algunos de los temas más complicados que han surgido en intercambios… - Case
Sufficient consent?
…the editor should go to the hospital’s clinical director, or the Dean or Head of Department. It should be passed up the line and must be followed up. This type of verbal consent is unacceptable, there should be a detailed audit trail. The author should receive a stern letter outlining the reasons this is unacceptable and the… - Case
Author requests for certain experts not to be included in the editorial process
…a policy for handling requests to exclude individuals from the journal’s editorial process. The following has been added to the journal’s editorial policy: “We reserve the right to send manuscripts to the reviewers of our choice”. The editor considers the case closed. Related resource Spanish version: - Case
Editor and reviewers requiring authors to cite their own work
The journal is working on implementing additional steps in the submission process to prevent similar issues in the future. The editor considers the case closed. Related resource Spanish version: El editor y los revisores solicitan que se cite su… - Case
Author of rejected paper publicly names and criticises peer reviewer
…="http://publicationethics.org/files/u7140/Discussion_document__on_handling_competing_interests.pdf">http://publicationethics.org/files/u7140/Discussion_document__on_handling_competing_interests.pdf) Related resource Spanish version: El autor de un artículo rechazado nombra… - Case
Should we retract a published paper with a high similarity match?
…-paper-already-published-elsewhere">https://publicationethics.org/case/submitted-paper-already-published-els... … - Seminars and webinars
Webinar 2021: Diversity, equity and inclusion
…votes; all of which could be considered to have vested interests in integrity and ethical conduct. Two options tied in second place were editorial board and specialist committees, both of which could be seen as external independent adjudicating bodies. Groups affected by the content – 60 Journal Editor – 59 Publisher – 57 Editorial Board – 46 Specialist… Seminars
…href="http://youtu.be/SPPdHJ_kByE">Watch presentation [11:59] Differences in publication ethics in Central and Eastern Europe — Professor Ana Marusic, University of Split School of Medicine, Croatia, and Editor in Chief of Journal of Global Health Download presentation [PDF 1285kB] |Watch presentation …