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Where next in peer review? Part 2: COPE commentary
In Part 1 of this Commentary we outlined some of the problems, solutions, and tools facing peer review. In Part 2 we address perhaps the most lively area of debate on this topic at the moment: the role of artificial intelligence (AI). Artificial intelligence Covid-19 saw… - News
Artificial intelligence in the news
…and we are now entering a phase of greater scrutiny and accountability. There are several legal cases open in the US and the UK challenging the use of copyrighted material… Seminars
…Powerpoint presentation [PDF 552kB] | Watch presentation [14:19] Poster: Violation of publication ethics in manuscripts submitted to the biomedical journals: analysis and perspectives Download [PDF 2740kB] A report on the COPE European Seminar by Mijam Curno (COPE…- News
Case discussion: Suspected plagiarism
…Case 19-04 Suspected plagiarism A single author submitted a paper to a journal. A similarity check revealed 48% similarity with another published paper. The published paper was by different authors—5 in total. The similarities between the papers were in the introduction, methods and discussion… - News
In the news: August
…16.8.19 Research Ethics The University of Central Lancashire joins the University of Cape Town to adopt a code of conduct to stamp out “ethics dumping”, in which international research takes advantage of the lack of awareness or regulation in some poorer countries to conduct work. Examples include high risk medical research studies for which participants have experienced a… - News
Where next in peer review? Part 1: COPE commentary
…we saw some interesting signs that there may be new life in peer review after all. A revolution in peer review? Covid-19 saw a surge in rapid, community-led peer review because of the urgent need to understand more about the virus. Unfortunately, a number of the resulting articles later had to be… - News
In the news: October-November 2021
…consideration includes background information, examples, and recommended workflows for cases that may arise during the review and publication processes, or post-publication. A letter published in Nature, and prompted by the demand for treatments for COVID-19, draws attention to the issues with meta-analyses based on high volumes of recent, often… - News
In the news: July Digest
…="_blank">https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/ugc-move-to-thwart-pay-and-publish-trash-culture/story-AP0BFFrbNuL1mN5WNbgCjI.html Peer review An experiment on peer review conducted by researchers at Harvard Business School, found that almost 50% of reviewers of medical funding applications changed their own ratings… - News
Case discussion: Editor manipulation of impact factor
…href="https://publicationethics.org/case/editor-and-reviewers-requiring-authors-cite-their-own-work" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline">18-03 and 19-01). There are legitimate reasons for authors to cite and reference their past works, for reviewers and editors to suggest their own references to authors, and for… The COPE Case Taxonomy
…the COPE European Seminar 2014)Download presentation [PDF 552kB] | Watch presentation [14:19] Publication Ethics: 16 years of COPE — Irene Hames, Charon A Pierson, Natalie E Ridgeway and Virginia Barbour(Presented at the 7th International…- News
Citations: Link, Locate, Discover, Connect
…manipulation discussion document, 2019 Reviewer requesting addition of multiple citations of their own work case 19-01… - News
Predatory behaviour in publication ethics
…conference. The two types of organisation operate in a similar way and are often branches of the same businesses. They again use direct and unsolicited marketing to contact academics, promise prestigious events, and charge large fees. Think.Check.Attend provides resources to identify and avoid predatory conferences. While COVID-19 suspended the possibility of… - News
In the news: October 2018 Digest
…://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/cochrane-collaboration-expels-cofounder--prompts-resignations-64817 The bmjopinion. The Cochrane Collabortion—what crisis? Trish Greenleigh. Sept 17, 2018. https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2018/09/17/trish-greenhalgh-the-cochrane-collaboration-what-crisis/ Nature. Mass regination guts board of prestigious Cochrane Collaboraton. Inga Vesper. September 17, 2018 (correction September 19, 2018). https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06727-0 Medscape. Cochrane… Common ethical and editorial dilemmas of author misconduct: how should we respond?
…issues before or after publication 26 No ethics approval 25 No or inadequate informed consent 22 Falsification or fabrication 19 Plagiarism 17 Unethical research or clinical malpractice…- News
Case discussion: gift authorship
…authorship came from further study of 81 of the hyperprolific authors. Of the 27 authors who completed a survey, 19 admitted failing to meet one of the four ICMJE authorship criteria in more than a quarter of their papers and 11 admitted failing to meet two or more… - News
In the news: July 2021
…/may/22/world-expert-in-scientific-misconduct-faces-legal-action-for-challenging-integrity-of-hydroxychloroquine-study" target="_blank">questioned the methodology of an RCT of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19 disease by Dr. Didier Raoult in March 2020. Since then, Raoult has waged a public campaign, including publication of her home address and calling her names such as “nutcase”… - Seminars and webinars
Webinar 2021: Diversity, equity and inclusion
…up but no action required – 4 No – it has never come up – 74 Who should decide whether an article is so offensive that it is unsound? This question allowed multiple responses. A total of 311 votes were cast across seven options Almost equal in first position were groups affected by the content, the journal editors and publishers, with between 18-19% of all… - Seminars and webinars
Webinar 2022: Managing paper mills
…19:05-33.20 Sarah Elaine Eaton, COPE Council Member, and Editor of the International Journal of Education Integrity, explained the parallels between student contract cheating and paper mills, and how some of what we know about contact cheating can be transferred to our understanding of paper mills.There has been around 15 years of…