COPE brings together all those involved in scholarly research and its publication to strengthen the network of support, education and debate in publication ethics
Updated guidance
COPE guidance on this topic has been hugely expanded and updated to help journals and publishers identify suspicious patterns, investigate potential manipulation, and prevent fraudulent activity.
Our core practices
Core practices are the policies and practices journals and publishers need, to reach the highest standards in publication ethics. We include cases with advice, guidance for day-to-day practice, education modules and events on topical issues, to support journals and publishers fulfil their policies.
Guidance & insight
These flowcharts and infographics offer a step by step process for editors and publishers to use when handling suspected manipulation. Recommended actions are given, depending on the investigation findings and level of confidence in the findings that systematic manipulation of the publication process has occurred.
COPE and STM are embarking on a project to understand the scale of the problem of paper mills, outline key issues, challenges and solutions and a plan on how to deal with paper mills. Register to take part in the research.
COPE and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are co-hosting an online fact-finding workshop on sharing information between journals, research organisations and funders.
Thanks to everyone who took part in the discussions at our recent Forum. If you have further thoughts, or couldn't attend but want to participate, there's still time to comment on the discussion.
The speakers look into the publication ethics issues around books, how they are evolving, and whether they are similar to issues seen in journals. Watch the webinar, one of nine #C0PE2021 seminar sessions.
Read the latest news in publication ethics with articles on: diversity, equity and inclusion; authorship; journal management and more.
Towards the end of 2021 all the cases submitted by COPE members were around authorship issues. Read the cases with advice from the COPE Forum.
As part of our series of interviews with new COPE Council Members, we welcome Itamar Ashkenazi, a physician at the Rambam Health Care Campus and a teacher at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology’s medical school.