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COPE brings together all those involved in scholarly research and its publication to strengthen the network of support, education and debate in publication ethics

Update
The Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing are guiding principles intended as a foundation for best practice in scholarly publishing to help existing and new journals reach the best possible standards. They have been updated to align the principles with today's scholarly publishing landscape.

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.

Your publication ethics case

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. Registration is now open for the next COPE Forum on 8 December.

Guidance & discussion

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Are publication ethics issues the same in conference proceedings as in journal publishing? Howard Browman introduces the topic and the discussion continues. See the discussion and add your comments.

September 2022

Peer review guidance is available for peer reviewers, editors and publishers, and we launch the fourth version of the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.

COPE Trustees and Council Members were invited to speak at various events during Peer Review Week on peer review, research integrity, and plagiarism.

Watch the introduction to the Forum discussion on "Dealing with complaints about the integrity of published research" and read the discussion points raised at the Forum. We welcome your comments.

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The latest publication ethics cases, with advice from the COPE Forum, are now available to read: - Author accused of sexual harassment - Dealing with cases with culturally offensive content - Duplicate articles due to DOI reassignment - Unauthorised reviewer challenges - Data availability for vulnerable populations

Peer review flowcharts offer a step by step process, with practical help for editors and reviewers.

Unsure of your ethical obligations as a peer reviewer? The guidelines are designed to help peer reviewers by setting out the basic principles and standards.

Whether and under what circumstances should an editor modify a peer review?