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Social sciences

Includes anthropology, gender studies, policital science, sociology, environmental sciences, geography

Sozial Extra

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https://link.springer.com/journal/12054
Case

Re-publication of peer reviewed articles as translations

22-29

Journal A is planning on publishing translations of some of their articles, either in the publisher's national journal or in a web publication as popularized versions. Both are diamond open access journals which are indexed by DOAJ. One publishes in English, the other in two other languages. 

Questions for COPE Council

Journal of Environmental Biology

Home Page: 
http://www.jeb.co.in/

NUST Journal of International Peace and Stability (NJIPS)

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https://njips.nust.edu.pk/index.php/njips

Konwersatorium Wiedzy o Mieście

Home Page: 
https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/konwersatorium

npj Urban Sustainability

Home Page: 
https://www.nature.com/npjurbansustain/

Plant Protection

Home Page: 
http://plantprotection.scu.ac.ir/
Case

Managing an editor’s undisclosed conflict of interest in a published article

22-06

An opinion piece on a polarising political and technological topic was published. A discussion ensued on social media, and shortly after, the publisher received a formal complaint stating that the editor-in-chief of the journal, who had managed the peer review process for the manuscript, had a conflict of interest and should not have made the final acceptance decision.

Computational Urban Science

Home Page: 
https://springer.com/43762

Cultures of Science 

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https://journals.sagepub.com/home/cul

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