COPE Forum: December 2023

The COPE Forum where participants discuss publication ethics issues submitted by Members. The Forum begins with a discussion on Claiming institutional affiliations before we ask participants for advice on Members' cases.

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Forum agenda

On Tuesday 5 December 2023 the COPE Forum will be held at 10:00-11:30 (GMT / UTC)

1. Update on COPE activities

Update on COPE activities by the Chair.

2. Forum discussion topic: Claiming affiliations

We begin the COPE Forum with a discussion on Claiming institutional affiliations.

3. New cases

Cases submitted by COPE Members for discussion at the Forum.

• How to handle offers of promotion of authorship for sale

• Suspicion that signed informed consent forms are forged

• Request for removal from author list for reasons of religious belief

• Image integrity flags on 15-year-old published papers

• Plagiarism by a possible predatory journal

4. Updates to previous cases

• Multiple complainants for a single article

• Complaint over protocol used in special issue