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General approach to publication ethics for the Editorial Office
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, - Flowcharts
What to do if a reviewer suspects undisclosed conflict of interest in a submitted manuscript
COPE's guidance on what to do if a reviewer suspects that there is an undisclosed conflict of interest in a submitted manuscript. (Version 2, 2013)… - Flowcharts
What to do if a reader suspects undisclosed conflict of interest in a published article
COPE's guidance on what to do if a reader suspects that there is an undisclosed conflict of interest in a published article. (Version 2, 2013) To avoid future problems: always get signed statements of conflicts of interest from all authors and reviewers before publication. Ensure that journal guidelines include a clear definition of what a conflict of interest is.… - Flowcharts
English: all flowcharts
For ease of use, we have gathered together here all of COPE's flowcharts into one downloadable PDF file (18 pages): What to do if you suspect redundant (duplicate) publication (2 flowcharts) What to do if you suspect plagiarism (2 flowcharts) What to do if you suspect fabricated data (2 flowcharts) Changes in authorship (4 flowcharts) What to do i… - Guidelines
Sharing of Information Among Editors-in-Chief Regarding Possible Misconduct
…Sharing of Information Among Editors-in-Chief Regarding Possible Misconduct Introduction This guidance has been drafted following a COPE Discussion Forum (4 September 2013) and - CaseOn-going
Undisclosed conflict of interest
2018We published two peer-reviewed articles—one protocol and one paper with the results of a comparative analysis comparing a group of people associated with a specific “complementary medicine health care organization” (CMG), with the general population, which concludes that the group has “unusual health indicators” (more favourable than the general population). The papers originally contain… - Discussion documents
Handling competing interests. January 2016
Introduction Competing interests (also known as conflicts of interests — COIs) are ubiquitous. One definition is as follows: “A conflict of interest (COI) is a situation in which a person or organization is involved in multiple interests, financial interest, or otherwise, one of which could possibly corrupt the motivation of the individual or organizat… - CaseCase Closed
Author of rejected paper publicly names and criticises peer reviewer
2016The first author of a paper rejected by our journal publicly identified one of the four peer reviewers for the paper by name. She did this during a media interview conducted after the paper was published by another journal. The first author implied in that interview and subsequently on Twitter that the paper was rejected because of that person's review and also claimed the reviewer did not reve… - CaseCase Closed
Author requests for certain experts not to be included in the editorial process
2016A prospective author contacted the editorial office of a medical journal to request that an intended submission was not reviewed or consulted on by experts involved in a number of published guidelines on the topic of the paper. The author named some of these experts, which included members of the journal’s editorial board (including editor A). The author justified this request by explain… - CaseCase Closed
Attempt to supress legitimate scientific results
2015The journal is operated by institute A, and the editor is an employee of institute A. A manuscript was submitted late in 2014 by authors from institute B, a similar type of organisation in the same country. The manuscript was reviewed by two referees who both recommended publication following minor revision. One of the reviewers noted that the abstract contained a vague statement related to the… - Discussion documents
COPE Forum 9 December 2015: COPE consultation/guidance document on handling competing interests
Introduction Competing interests (also known as conflicts of interests (COIs)) are ubiquitous. One definition is as follows “A conflict of interest (COI) is a situation in which a person or organization is involved in multiple interests, financial interest, or otherwise, one of which could possibly corrupt the motivation of the individual or organization. The presence of… - CaseCase Closed
Author disagreement regarding article corrections
2015We received an original article which was accepted and published. The article was written by multiple authors from several centres, and the corresponding author undertook the task of standardising the content, making several corrections to the original text. The author proofs were sent to the corresponding author, who reviewed them. However, once published, one of the co-authors indicate… - Seminars and webinars
Conflicts of interest in medical publishing — Professor Christopher Baethge, Chief Scientific Editor of Deutsches Ärzteblatt (German Medical Journal) and Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
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The range of conflicts of interest and how they should be managed – Presented by Dr Neville Gibbs, Head of Department of Anaesthesia; Editor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
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Arabic: all flowcharts
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Chinese: all flowcharts
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Croatian: all flowcharts
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French: all flowcharts
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Persian: 14 flowcharts
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