COPE Forum: September 2022

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COPE Members: join us for the COPE Forum where participants discuss publication ethics issues submitted by Members. The Forum will begin with a discussion on Conference Proceedings before we ask participants for advice on Members' cases.

Submit a case to COPE Forum

Do you have a publication ethics case you'd like to bring to the COPE Forum for discussion and advice?

Submit a case 

The deadline to submit a case for this Forum is: Tuesday 13 September 2022.

Forum agenda

On 27 September 2022 the COPE Forum will be held at 16:00-17:30pm (BST / UTC+1)

1. Update

Update on COPE activities by the Chair.

2. Forum discussion topic

We begin the COPE Forum with a discussion on the topic of Conference Proceedings.

Read more about the Conference Proceedings discussion

3. New cases

Cases submitted by COPE members for discussion at the Forum.

• 22-08 Author accused of sexual harassment
• 22-09 Dealing with cases with culturally offensive content
• 22-10 Duplicate articles due to DOI reassignment
• 22-11 Unauthorised reviewer challenges
• 22-12 Data availability for vulnerable populations

4. Updates to cases

Members who have previously brought cases to the COPE Forum update us on their progress.

• 21-13 Authorship dispute involving a commercial institution
• 22-01 Removing a retracted article from a third party site