Flowcharts

COPE's flowchart on what to do if you suspect peer review manipulation either during the peer review process or after publication. Related resource How to spot potential manipulation of the peer review process…

A guide detailing the suggested approach to the organisation of the Editorial Office in order to comply with COPE’s Core Practices. COPE has many resources to assist publishers and editors in making decisions about ethical issues in publication, including guidelines,

COPE's guidelines, as a flowchart, on how to respond to whistleblowers when concerns are raised about a published article on a social media site. How should you respond when a published article is criticised on social media or a post-publication peer review site(s)? The criticism could include anonymous or not anonymous concerns about scientific soundness or allegations of plagiarism, fi…

How should you respond when concerns are raised by a whistleblower about a published article directly via email to the editor or publisher? This could include anonymous or not anonymous concerns about scientific soundness or allegations of plagiarism, figure manipulation or other forms of misconduct.…

…This is all of COPE's flowcharts in Arabic. Other languages: Chinese | Croatian | English | 

…This is COPE's flowcharts in Chinese Other languages: Arabic | Croatian | English | 

…This is COPE's flowcharts in Croatian Other languages: Arabic | Chinese | English | 

…This is COPE's flowcharts in French. Other languages: Arabic | Chinese | Croatian | 

…This is COPE's flowcharts in Italian Other languages: Arabic | Chinese | Croatian | 

…This is COPE's flowcharts in Japanese Other languages: Arabic | Chinese | Croatian | 

…This is COPE's flowcharts in Persian Other languages: Arabic | Chinese | Croatian | 

…This is COPE's flowcharts in Polish Other languages: Arabic | Chinese | Croatian | 

…This is COPE's flowcharts in Spanish Other languages: Arabic | Chinese | Croatian | 

…This is COPE's flowcharts in Turkish Other languages: Arabic | Chinese | Croatian | 

COPE's guidance, as a flowchart, on what to do if you suspect an ethical problem with a submitted manuscript.     …

COPE's guidance as a flowchart on what to do if you suspect a reviewer has appropriated an author’s ideas or data. The instruction to reviewers should state that submitted material must be treated in confidence and may not be used in any way until it has been published …

…COPE Flowcharts COPE flowcharts offer a step by step process, for practical use on handling different aspects of publication ethics issues.  For ease of use, we have gathered all of COPE's flowcharts into one downloadable PDF which includes the flowcharts listed below. Allegations of misconduct Reviewer suspected to have appropriated an author’s ideas or dat…