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Ethical considerations around watchlists
…2024 NOTE, comments do not imply formal COPE advice or consensus Introduction Watchlists have been used informally and principally privately by journals and publishers as quality control tools to identify individuals who have engaged in unethical behaviour. There have also been publicly available watchlists of individuals, journals, or publishers, such as Resources and further reading
…3rd World Conference on Research Integrity (WCRI), May 2013Charlotte Haug, Vice-Chair COPE CORRECTING THE LITERATURE Wager, E and Williams, P. Why and how do journals retract articles? An analysis of Medline retractions 1988–2008;- News
In the news: January Digest
…href="https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l6460" target="_blank">https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l6460 Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are widely used to inform clinical guidelines and decision making. Powerful organisations have emerged to construct a knowledge base in medicine underpinned by the results of systematic reviews. But what if systematic reviews are in fact doing more harm than good? - News
Case Discussion: Inconclusive institutional investigation into authorship dispute - university perspective comment
…the institution a firm deadline by which to expand their investigation before the editor contacts a regional or national authority. The editor’s primary responsibility is to ensure the integrity of the scientific literature, which gives editors and publishers the authority to do what is required to uphold public trust in the science. This - News
In the news: October-November 2021
…experienced authorship disagreements, with women more likely to voice their disappointment in their colleagues’ failure to acknowledge their contributions, especially in the Natural Sciences and Engineering. A useful summary of the study results can be found here. The issue of papermills, where researchers can buy… - Seminars and webinars
COPE webinar: Enhancing partnerships of institutions and journals
…participants asked questions and made comments which were answered by the speakers: What should a journal do if an institution has contacted a journal to identify a problem with one of their researchers? Should the publisher automatically withdraw all papers by the researcher or assess each paper individually? For journals it would be incredibly useful to receive institutional input that… - News
A vision for a more trans-inclusive publishing world: guest article
…High level principles for name changes in publishing Transgender, non-binary, and/or gender diverse—here shortened to “trans”—authors seeking to receive full credit for their work face unique challenges and risks. Trans people do not receive the same legal protections against discrimination as cisgender people worldwide; they are subject to significant risk… - News
Case Discussion: Possible plagiarism
…href="https://publicationethics.org/management" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">Core Practice of Journal [Publication] Management. Editorial offices, including the one presenting the case above, would do well to audit and improve their guidelines and routines (COPE members can use the COPE Journal Audit). Offices could routinely perform text-matching checks of all submissions and perhaps revisions, and require… - News
Citations: Link, Locate, Discover, Connect
…primarily to facilitate automated linking for indexing and online navigation. As with most critical systems, some level of redundancy is helpful so that small errors do not invalidate the reference, or obscure its intended target. An author name, item title and source title can assist a human reader in finding the referenced paper in the absence of a machine-readable DOI. Turning… - News
In the news: May 2020
…an Open Data Badge to some authors if they agreed to share their data and did not do so for other authors. There was no difference in the low rates of data sharing in either group. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32269804 Training The UK Research Integrity Office (UKRIO) offers… - News
In the news: December Digest
…="http://www.coalition-s.org/addendum-to-the-coalition-s-guidance-on-the-implementation-of-plan-s/" target="_blank">www.coalition-s.org/addendum-to-the-coalition-s-guidance-on-the-implementation-of-plan-s/ Martin Paul Eve argues that the idea of geoblocked open access does not serve humanity. By preventing OA in countries that do not support OA, Eve argues that researchers will be excluded due to the action of their governments and that decisions such as this compromise the moral argument… Facilitation and Integrity FAQ
…Facilitation and Integrity framework. However, any processes and actions by the society that do not relate to the editorial process or editorial follow-up are beyond the scope of the subcommittee’s review. Back to top I am not sure if the journal is a COPE member but the journal says on the website that they follow COPE guidelines…- News
Artificial intelligence and authorship
…a theorem checker, to do so. However, the point is still that editors and publishers will need to rely even more on author responsibility and good peer review to pick such problems up. And as a recent blog article has suggested, we cannot always rely on peer review to identify flaws that are based on results rather… - News
In the news: July 2021
…href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01574-y" target="_blank">practical suggestions to avoid authorship conflicts altogether or navigate them if they do occur. Publication misconduct Self citation or text recycling, often known as “self-plagiarism”, is common in the sciences, particularly in descriptions of methods used in research. Seminars
…Issues in Retractions and Corrections Download [PDF 2.5MB] Poster: Lost in translation: Corrections and the Lay Media - What issues do you see with the media’s coverage of scientific research? Download [PDF 2MB] Poster: Lost in translation: Corrections and the Lay Media…- News
In the news: September 2018 Digest
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