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Letter from the COPE Chair: May 2019
…needs of our community. It has been a busy beginning to my term as Chair. There was a Summit in April at the University of Ottawa on predatory publishing. We have also been working on a discussion document on predatory publishing which should be available shortly. A number of members of COPE Council are busy planning for four presentations in June at the 6th… Resources and further reading
…evolution; EON; May 2013, Volume 6, Issue 4http://www.ismte.org/Shared_Articles-COPEs_new_Ethical_Guidelines_for_Peer_Reviewers_background_issues_and_evolution Hames, I. Rigour and openness in 21st Century Science; 12th April…- News
Guest editorial: Tackling paper mills
…are committed to increasing transparency in our publishing processes, supporting the academic community and other publishers in talking about publication and research integrity issues. As such in 2022, we took the opportunity to share our experience in identifying paper mill submissions and identifying image manipulation at Bioscience Reports with the attendees of the 16th EASE General Assembly and… - News
In the news: February Digest
…scientific record is, to this editor, awe inspiring. https://retractionwatch.com/2020/01/02/nobel-winner-retracts-paper-from-science/ In other news The New York Times published an analysis by Dana Goldstein of 8 American History texts used by 8th and 11th… - News
In the news: November 2018 Digest
…Post publication discussion and corrections On October 25th, Retraction Watch released a database of 18,000 articles and conference papers which had been retracted since the 1970s. - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: June 2022
Travel is once again becoming a part of my life. I recently returned from a wonderful trip to Cape Town, South Africa to participate in the 7th World Conference on Research Integrity (WCRI). The 30-hour trip from New York to South Africa was well worth it. I loved reconnecting with professional colleagues that I had not seen in years and making… - News
Letter from the COPE co-Chairs: May 2018
…Starting the conversation: Outcomes from a research integrity workshop for research institutions, editors and publishers On April 25th members of the Russell Group Integrity Forum met with… - News
Editor to Editor support for Journal Management
…Guest article Peggy L. Chinn, RN, PhD, FAAN and Leslie H. Nicoll, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN The International Academy of Nursing Editors (INANE) has been supporting the work of nursing editors and the development of high quality nursing journals since 1982. INANE hosts an annual conference; the 37th meeting, in Boston, concluded… - Case
Should stockholders of a pharmaceutical industry declare conflicts of interest in a research paper?
…information about conflict of interests and/or state which style guide it follows? Many biomedical journals follow the AMA Manual of Style which includes the following in section 5.5 of the current 10th edition: 'Financial interests may include but are not limited to employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, expert testimony, royalties, patents (filed, pending, or registered), grants, and… - Event
COPE webinar: Enhancing partnerships of institutions and journals
…COPE from 2006 to March 2012 and was involved in conferences on research integrity from their beginning in 2007. She is a member of the governing board of the World Conferences on Research Integrity Foundation and was co-chair of the 7th World Conference on Research Integrity, Cape Town, South Africa, 2022. Sabine qualified as a medical doctor in Germany and trained as a paediatrician and paediatric… - News
In the news: December Digest
…Open Access An addendum to Plan S has been proposed for comment that includes more details about transformative agreements by which non-OA journals will agree to "transform" to OA platforms. This proposal includes 10 mandatory criteria and 3 recommended ones. Deadline for comments is Monday 6th January 2020, 9.00 CET. - News
Standards in Authorship webinar summary
…Standards in authorship COPE Webinar 29 June, 2017 Watch and listen again to the recording of our Standards in Authorship webinar. COPE made history on 29th June 2017 with the first COPE educational webinar on the topic of Member Insight
…interest in a published article; data integrity issues; and academic freedom. Member Insight: eLearning | Seminar sessions May 2022 Two sessions from our 25th anniversary seminar are now available to watch again. We'd like to hear…- News
Paper mills in the news
…scientist at SAGE Publishing, about his preprint Exploratory analysis of text duplication in peer-review reveals peer-review fraud and paper mills, and details of the methods used in the investigation, including how his team uncovered the network of milled papers through suspicious patterns in peer reviews. In April, the IOS Press 35th Anniversary… - News
Guest editorial: Data availability statements
…School of Public Health-Bloomington, 1025 E 7th St, PH 111 Bloomington, IN, USA 47405 (812) 855-1250 A prerequisite of reproducibility of science is availability of original input data (and statistical code), which should be obtainable by independent investigators. Many journals now require articles to include a Data Availability Statement (DAS). However, we have found that promises of data… Presentations
…Harvey Marcovitch At the British Dental Editors' Forum London, UK November 2006 2005 Cases of suspected misconduct submitted to COPE Download PDF (56 kb) Presented by Jeremy Theobald At the- News
In the news: January 2019 Digest
…Journal management There has been much discussion of Plan S over the last month, especially since cOAlition S released their implementation guidance on 27th Novemberhttps://www.coalition-s.org/wp-content/uploads/271118_cOAlitionS_Guidance.pdf A selection of… - News
COPE in 2023
…A time to review and look forward In 2022, COPE celebrated its 25th year. While we celebrated this anniversary with pride in all that we have achieved over the past 25 years, we also took the opportunity to reflect on COPE’s role and purpose in a rapidly evolving research and publication landscape.… History of COPE
…href="https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Flowcharts">COPE flowcharts. Continuing COPE’s involvement with universities, a workshop was held with the UK’s Russell Group Integrity Forum in 2018. COPE’s sustained growth saw an expansion in the number of Council Members and COPE staff. To celebrate COPE's 20th anniversary, a special European…- News
In the news: October 2018 Digest
…-the-cochrane-hpv-vaccine-fire-isnt-really-about-the-evidence-but-its-critical-to-science/ MentalHealthExcellence. Maryanne Demasi. Cochrane-A sinking ship? http://www.mentalhealthexcellence.org/cochrane-sinking-ship/ Statement from Cochrane’s Governing Board-26, September 2018. https://www.cochrane.org/news/statement-cochranes-governing-board-26th-september-2018" target="_blank">https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/cochrane-collaboration-expels-cofounder--prompts-resignations-64817 The…