COPE brings together all those involved in scholarly research and its publication to strengthen the network of support, education and debate in publication ethics
Letter from the Chair
Dan Kulp, COPE Chair, announces COPE's May seminar and a celebration of 25 years of publication ethics. Dan invites members to submit guest editorials and opinion pieces to help us increase the diversity of voices on topics of interest. This month we hear from Lorraine Estelle from Think.Check.Submit. on how to avoid submitting an article to a predatory publisher.
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
Use the new "Ethics toolkit for a successful editorial office" to identify areas in need of development within your policies and processes. The toolkit includes a checklist to monitor your progress in developing your guidelines and processes.
The cases submitted by COPE members for discussion at the recent COPE Forum were all around authorship issues. Read the cases with advice from the COPE Forum.
In this guest article Lorraine Estelle describes the Think.Check.Submit. approach to tackling predatory publishing by raising awareness and giving researchers tools to build their evaluation skills.
We welcome guest editorials and opinion articles regarding research and publication ethics from COPE members. Please read the COPE guest editorial policy before submitting your article.
News & events
Watch a recording of our recent Seminar session "Introduction to publication ethics" where COPE Council members work through four real ethics cases, using COPE resources to show how each case was resolved.
Read the latest news in publication ethics with articles on preprints, research integrity, predatory publishing, and diversity.
Do you have a publication ethics issue and need help with next steps? Submit your case for discussion and advice at our next COPE Forum.
Save the date
On Tuesday 10 May COPE will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a seminar, featuring invited speakers who will discuss how we can continue to build a culture of integrity together.