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Case Discussion: Withdrawal of paper at proof stage
…pursued. The institution may be requested to investigate or review their training in scholarly publishing. The authors might confess that they plan to take their now-improved paper to a journal that has a (higher) journal impact factor. A previous case brought to COPE Forum (case 17… - News
Where next in peer review? Part 2: COPE commentary
…after the session this had risen to 6.17 implying that some of the apprehension is from worries about lack of knowledge, or feelings of isolation in being an early adopter. Knowledge, as those working in scholarly publishing know so well, is power. COPE made its own contribution to knowledge-building in a very popular session on Seminars
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Webinar 2021: Diversity, equity and inclusion
…Committee – 46 Reviewers – 26 Learned Society – 17 What action should be taken offensive or discriminatory content is discovered? The responses to this question are all in favour of directly linking a clear note or statement of concern to the paper. Retractions, expressions of concern and an Editor’s Note, are all typically directly linked to a paper, with notices… - News
Where next in peer review? Part 1: COPE commentary
…information sharing. The news spread globally in a matter of hours, very far from the experience of most preprints, and certainly from the 17 weeks (on average, and with considerable variation by discipline and journal impact factor) it can take for the traditional peer review process to be completed. This encouraged the authors in…