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Letter from the COPE co-Chairs: April 2019
…loved working with the elected and co-opted volunteers who give their expertise and time as the 31 members of COPE Council. We have equally loved working with the small and awesome team of staff at COPE. Council members (and COPE’s membership in general) are the people who inspire and lead… - News
Case discussion: Low-risk study with no ethics committee approval
…carefully, and some ethics review boards and journals do not consider retrospective applications for ethics review. COPE has previously reported a Forum case (98-31) where a journal rejected and did not allow retrospective ethics review of a questionnaire study. In another COPE… - News
In the news: February Digest
…2uejbs1hsqt31-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/RHSPlanSInterimJan19.pdf" target="_blank">https://5hm1h4aktue2uejbs1hsqt31-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/RHSPlanSInterimJan19.pdf Peer review BMC Biology has a policy of allowing authors of rejected papers to have their peer review results to submit to another journal. Sounds good in principle, per… Seminars
…member Journal of Cell Biology (presentation not available) Presentations at the 2011 North American Seminar (Download PDF [31 kb] of the seminar programme) 1 November 2011, University of California, San Diego, USA Ghosts, Guests and other…- Forum discussion topics
Predatory publishing: next steps and where do we go from here?
…href="https://www.interacademies.org/" target="_blank">The Interacademy Partnership) is calling all researchers to complete an online survey (available in seven languages) to "Help combat predatory academic journals and conferences". The deadline is 31 December 2020. Questions with answers from Kelly Cobey Kelly was… Equal Opportunities Policy
…href="https://publicationethics.org/cope-policies">All COPE policies Page history First published: 31 December 2022 Back to top…- News
In the news: April Digest
…target="_blank">https://orcid.org/blog/2019/02/27/recommendations-using-orcid-repositories The theme for ISMTE’s annual scholarship essay is “How can editorial offices create proactive polices that make handling publication matters smoother?”. The submission deadline is May 31, 2019. https://www.ismte.org/general/custom.asp?page=IraSalkinScholarship Journalism’s World… - News
In the news: October Digest
…manipulation, ethics review and others) were mentioned from 0-31% of the time. They conclude that the instructions for authors leave "much to be desired" in addressing topics of research integrity and transparency. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0222157 Membership application FAQ
…capacity to review non-English journal websites. This is under review. Back to top Membership subscription fees There are different levels of membership subscription fees. They are payable annually and based on the calendar year, January 1 - December 31 (or are pro-rata…- Guidelines
Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
…Transparency Journal content 1. Name of journal The journal’s name should: Be unique and not be one that is easily confused with another journal. Not mislead potential authors and readers about the journal's origin, scope, or association with other journals and organisations. 2. Website Websites should be properly supported and… - Seminars and webinars
Webinar 2022: Managing paper mills
…publications that are being retracted or rejected? Yes, for example Problematic Paper Screener Integrating this tool in the hub is one of our priorities. Would you include suspected gift authorship in unusual behaviour? Yes, gift authorship is not good…