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Publication Integrity Week 2023

Virtual seminar

Taking place over a week, Publication Integrity Week included a variety of sessions, with speakers invited to share their experiences. Videos or written summaries of the sessions are available now. Links to each session are below.

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COPE seminar 2021

Webinar recordings and summaries

Monday 2 October

Handling a case of misconduct summary

Experiences of an editor, a publisher, a university research integrity officer, and a research misconduct body. The panel highlighted the complexities of the process, why they arise and what can be done to make it easier and quicker to resolve. Following the panel discussion the conversation opened to questions from attendees.

Tuesday 3 October: PUBLICATION MISCONDUCT AND FRAUD DAY

For the first time we dedicated a day of our seminar programme to the threat presented by misconduct and fraud and how we can work together to combat these issues. 

Keynote: Publication ethics, research integrity and climbing mountains video

An overview of misconduct and fraud and how that impacts on the integrity of the publication record. 

Post-publication corrections video

The panel discussed dealing with issues that arise after publication has taken place.

Image manipulation video

An overview of current issues and tools in detecting image manipulation.

Publication misconduct tools summary

Representatives from organisations producing tools to detect publication misconduct showed that while technology is creating new challenges for academic publishing, it can also be part of the solution. 

Wednesday 4 October

Post-publication critiques summary

The panel discussed the formal and informal ways in which critiques are posted and how critiques should be raised and handled.

Thursday 5 October

Caste and publishing: an ethics gap? video

Discussion on inclusivity and equity focusing on caste as a global form of discrimination

Ethical concerns in research on urbanisation video

Discussion on the collaborative research agenda and equitable access to research, with a focus on the Global South. 

AI and peer review video

A discussion on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in peer review. 

Friday 6 October

Inclusive language video

In this session we will explore what role, if any, journals and publishers should play in assessing content for inclusivity, examining the potential benefits and pitfalls of language use policies.

Introduction to publication ethics workshop video

This event is for new and less experienced editors, with discussion of several cases on different issues, and how to use COPE's resources to prevent and resolve issues. 

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