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    Ethical aspects of conference proceedings

    September 2022 Watch the introduction to the topic "Ethical aspects of conference proceedings" with COPE Council member, Howard Browman.
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    COPE Forum 11 February 2019: Diversity and inclusion in research publishing

    It is widely recognised that teams and organisations in all sectors of society perform better and make better decisions when they embrace diversity and inclusion in their culture and, particularly, among their leadership. Diversity refers to having a wide range of human differences in the composition of a team. Inclusion, inclusivity, or inclusiveness refers to ensuring that all team members fe…
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    COPE Forum 9 December 2014: Publication ethics issues in the social sciences

    Background The history of research ethics in general and publication ethics more specifically was initially and primarily grounded in the biomedical sciences. As concern over issues of animal care, human participant protection and research integrity developed throughout the latter part of the 20th century, some members of the Social Sciences and Humanities communities ra…
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    COPE Forum 8 July 2014: ethical review

    …Fair play for “researchers”: Can editors and regulators develop a common approach to the need (or lack of need) for ethical review? There are a number of legitimate and valuable tools for gaining information and evidence for scientific advance and improving health care. These include research, evaluation, audit, and others. There is a real danger that UK “researchers” using tools other…
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    COPE Forum 4 March 2014: Issues related to papers submitted to “discussion” journals

    Authors in any subject area have always had a number of potential publications to choose from when they decide that they want to publish their research. As well as subscription journals to pick from, the increasing number of Open Access models has meant that the choices for authors are expanding all the time. A new type of publication that has arisen from the OA movement is the European Geoscie…