COPE position statement
The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) supports international ethical standards related to research and publication of research that relate to vulnerable groups and individuals. Examples of standards include WMA Declaration of Helsinki-Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects (affirmed July 2018), The Belmont Report, and Economic and Social Research Council in the UK. These standards require that vulnerable populations and individuals from these populations receive specifically considered protections by all involved in the research enterprise, such as researchers and their teams, research sponsors and funders, the relevant research ethics approval committees, authors, editors, reviewers and publishers.
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First published: 2021