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Dealing with cases with culturally offensive content
…‘Advice to the NEJM on dealing with old influential articles with undisclosed COIs’, BMJ blog, - Event
COPE North American Seminar and Forum 2011
…afternoon of 31 October (2–5 pm) followed by a whole day seminar on 1 November. - Case
Plagiarism in a book title
We received a complaint of plagiarism by Dr A concerning a book that has just been published. This case is ongoing since January 2012. Authors B and C published a new, very extended edition (+1000 pages), on a topic that previously was covered in part in an English book by author B (published in 2006). Part of this book was based on a German book published back in 1993 by Dr A and author… - Case
Post-publication correction because of lack of consent
An article that has been published in our journal has subsequently been found to have serious ethical issues. The authors did not seek the correct ethics approval from their institution before conducting the research (which involves human subjects). They also did not obtain informed consent from the research participants prior to publication. The article in question is a case study of a… Membership subscription fees
…Number of journals Fees per year 5 to 10 £666 11 to 25 £1515 26 to 50 £2728 51 to 100 £4848 101 to 250 £9693 251 to 500 £15753 501 to 750 £22720 …- News
In the news: April Digest
…target="_blank">https://framadrive.org/s/knSLtx8ZAzk7Rt5#pdfviewer The Criminal Code of Montenegro now recognizes plagiarism as a criminal offence. The law also includes penalties for other types of breaches of academic integrity. https://retractionwatch.com/2019/03/25/montenegro… FORUM DISCUSSION TOPIC: comments please
… ReferencesLewandowsky S, Bishop D. (2016). Research integrity: Don’t let transparency damage science. Nature, 25 January, vol 529; http://www.nature.com/news/research-integrity-don-t-let-transparency-damage-science-1.19219 Taichman DB, et al. (2016). Sharing…Membership subscription fees
… 51 to 100 £4,248 26 to 50 £2,390 11 to 25 £1,328 5 to 10 £584 Continuous publications Publishing companies that wish to join COPE but do not have a discrete journal product published in intervals…- News
Letter from the COPE Chair: September 2020
…Trust in peer review September sees the sixth Peer Review Week taking place (21 - 25 September), which has now become something of an established fixture in the research community calendar. The theme for this year is ‘trust’; a focus which resonates strongly with the core values and goals of COPE, going hand in hand with ethical reliability and responsible leadership. COPE’s… - Case
Duplicate publication
In 2003 a paper was published in a specialist surgical journal following proper peer review. The paper summarised the experience of a group of clinicians concerned in treating malignancy in the Head and Neck using a novel method of therapy - and was a case series of 25 patients. The paper was not considered to be one of high priority but was published because of the paucity of information… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2022: Book wars
…media. John then highlights a range of milestones of development, including the point at which eBook sales peaked at 25% of sales in 2012, to the steady increase in audio book consumption, from a dominance of physical CD in 2010, to 90% digital streaming and download in 2019, and the proportions of sales and revenue of books in different formats; with romance, sci-fi and other fiction categories… - News
Letter from the COPE co-Chairs: January 2019
…disciplines “Challenges and solutions: issues of inclusivity and diversity in the humanities and social sciences”. We are finalising the speakers and session topics and will announce them very soon. COPE will have a prominent role at the WCRI (World Congress on Research Integrity in Hong Kong, China (2-5 June 2019), with four COPE-led symposia… Submitting a guest editorial or opinion piece to COPE
…any loss or damage caused or occasioned as a result of the publication of a guest editorial or opinion article. Publication history This policy will be reviewed and updated at the discretion of the editors. Published: 25 January 2022 Updated: 20 June 2023…- Case
Profusion of copied text passages
…in the region of 25% to >35%. These are substantial values and certainly beyond fortuitous incidences. However, in almost all cases it is difficult to suspect acts of conscious (self)plagiarism as the copied text (ranging from single sentences or fragments of sentences to passages of 2–3 sentences) can be attributed to a very large number of sources: often more than 60, and in one case… - Case
Unethical withdrawal after acceptance to maximize the 'impact factor'?
We are a publisher with a portfolio of about 25 journals, with journal X being the flagship journal. Journal X has a high impact factor. We also publish a range of other, newer journals, some of which are ranked highly but most have no impact factor. An author submitted a manuscript to journal Y where it underwent peer review and was accepted after revisions. After acceptance, the… - Case
Conflicting authorship in a collaboration
…were they based on solid scientific grounds. One of the main claims of Researcher Y is that they have a “veto right” and can prohibit publications by the XX collaboration, including 25 scientists from five universities and three countries. Author X stated that the claim of a “veto right” could quite possibly be a violation of federal laws and regulations. Journal A believes that… - Case
Is there a time limit for submitting a critique of a published article?
…the original publication. Another journal had a paper retracted 25 years after publication when it became apparent that full informed patient consent was not obtained by the author. This case does not appear to be about comments submitted that will be published alongside a reply from the authors, as indicated in the journal policy, but rather a publication ethics case where there might be… - 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
Diversity in Peer Review: Survey Results
…nominating/selecting members for its peer reviewer pool (25%) …has diversity policies for selecting peer reviewers when evaluating individual manuscripts/applications (26%) …provides in-house training to promote diversity and inclusion in peer review (13%) …provides training to potential peer reviewers, to promote diversity in its peer review pool (14%) • Additional… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: October 2019
…shared his 25 year experience as a journalist working on publication ethics violations which was an excellent perspective for those of us dealing with publication ethics from a very different purview. The afternoon was filled with engaged and interactive discussions of cases. The rest of the week was spent in COPE meetings which started off with a very important strategic planning day for…