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Publication ethics in an open world
…4th World STM Journal Forum: Publication ethics Dan Kulp, COPE Chair, was invited to speak at the 4th World STM Journal Forum organised by the Chinese Association of Science & Technology (CAST), July 2021. Dan spoke about the some of the current issues around publication ethics in the industry such as: authorship issues; fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism; image mani… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: Driving diversity, equity, and inclusion to shape the future of publication ethics
A summary of recent COPE activities in the area of diversity and equity, followed by three talks giving great insights, guidance and practical advice on collecting diversity data from publishing activity, creating diverse and representative editorial boards, and managing allegations of discriminatory behaviour. Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) are integral… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: Trustworthy AI for the future of publishing
The new COPE Discussion document “Artificial intelligence (AI) in decision making”, was launched at the COPE webinar, discussing ethics issues relating to the application of artificial intelligence in editorial publishing processes. The session… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: Ethical authorship versus fraudulent authorship
In this webinar, the speakers cover ways of promoting ethical authorship and preventing fraudulent authorship. The CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) system, authorship definitions and policies, and relevant operating procedures and education are reviewed from institutional and publishing perspectives. This session is one of - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: Keynote address
The keynote address opened the COPE Seminar 2021. Taking place over a week, the online seminar included a series of nine sessions, with speakers invited to share their experiences. - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: Introduction to publication ethics
This workshop-type event was designed for new and inexperienced editors, with information about COPE and its resources, including COPE’s eLearning course and audit tool. The overview of COPE is followed by discussion of four cases on different issues, in a session with polls and feedback from attendees. The discussion of cases includes how to use COPE flowcharts and o… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: Ethical practice in research data publication - challenges, lessons and opportunities
This seminar session featured four members of the research publishing community discussing their experiences and perspectives on current workflows, standards and ethical issues around dataset curation, management and publication. This session is one of nine webinars forming the COPE Seminar 2021. - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: Authorship for sale
…How do we deal with the growing problem of paper mills? The webinar panelists discussed the prevalence of paper mills, the systematic manipulation of the publication process by individuals or organised groups to guarantee publication, often through sale of authorship or manipulating article acceptance. This session is one of - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: Reducing the inadvertent spread of retracted science: taxonomy considerations
In this webinar, the speakers discussed findings from a Sloan funded project, Reducing the inadvertent spread of retracted science. Panelists shared resources for educating authors, editors, and other stakeholders about the importance of retraction, ideas for emerging cross industry collaborations, and suggestions f… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: How do publication ethics practices for journals apply to book publishing?
COPE, with a group of current industry members and members of COPE Council, is working towards developing guidance for publishers and editors of books. The speakers delve into publication ethics issues for books, how that is evolving, and whether publication ethics issues in books are similar to issues seen in journals. They also give their perspective, as publishers, and share their experienc… - Seminars and webinars
Webinar 2021: Diversity, equity and inclusion
…Diversity, equity and inclusion in scholarly research and publishing This webinar, recorded May 2021, deals with the impact of discriminatory practices in editorial processes and peer review, promoting of social justice and equality in scholarly publishing, best practices around identity and name changes, including examples of implementation, and addresses hi… - Seminars and webinars
CSE Annual Meeting 2021: Ethics clinic
…Ethics Clinic: ethics of data sharing Dr Trevor Lane, COPE Council member, was an invited panellist in the Ethics Clinic at the virtual 2021 Annual Meeting of the Council of Science Editors (CSE) on 5 May 2021. The Ethics Clinic is a regular feature of the CSE Annual Meeting and is jointly sponsored by the CSE Editorial Policy Committee and COPE. This year’s topic was the ethics of dat… - Seminars and webinars
ISMTE webinar 2020: Citation games
…Citation games: mocking research Matt Hodgkinson, COPE Council member, was invited to speak at the ISMTE European Virtual Event 2020. Matt explored the ethics of citations, looking at who subverts best practice, why they do it, how they can be countered, and what are the consequences. From self-citing authors, to coercive revi… - Seminars and webinars
ISMTE webinar 2020: Transparency in the Publishing Process
…Ethical use of professional editorial and publishing support services Dr Trevor Lane, COPE Council member, was an invited speaker at the 2020 Asia Pacific Virtual Event of the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE), which was themed 'Evolving Trends in Scholarly Publishing'. In the session on 'Transparency in… - Seminars and webinars
Webinar 2020: Understanding text recycling
In 2020 we hosted a webinar with invited speakers from the Text Recycling Research Project (TRRP) to hear about their latest findings, and the ethical and practical issues involved in establishing good practice and effective policy. Watch now - Seminars and webinars
Webinar 2019: Allegations of misconduct
In 2019 we hosted a webinar discussing allegations of misconduct, with a research institution perspective on research misconduct, and a discussion on the role of editors, journals and publishers in dealing with allegations of misconduct. Watch now - Seminars and webinars
WCRI 2019: Perspectives on predatory publishing
COPE was invited to speak on predatory publishing at this WCRI plenary. Deborah Poff kicked off with a preview of COPE’s discussion document on predatory publishing, currently in preparation. She gave a philosophical whistle-stop tour of the complexities in defining and naming the problem. There is disa… - Seminars and webinars
WCRI 2019: Responsible authorship
COPE was invited to speak on responsible authorship in this panel discussion. Charon Pierson gave a view from COPE with an analysis of 134 authorship cases that have been submitted to COPE, by members, for discussion and advice. The qualitative analysis of cases related to authorship and contributorship reflects several broad categories of intentional and unintentional behaviours by auth… - Seminars and webinars
European Seminar 2019: Exploring Publication Ethics Issues in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
We set out to ask: •Are AHSS editors aware of COPE and how can we best communicate our services to them? •What issues are they dealing with that are problematic and what do they need in terms of support? •What is COPE not currently providing? Respondents were asked to report issues that were most widespread and frequent: 1) Addressing langu… - Seminars and webinars
European Seminar 2019: Analysis of retractions, initiators and reasons for retractions
Session on retractions at the European Seminar 2019 chaired by Heather Tierney, COPE Council, with presenter Thed Van Leeuwen, who shares the results of a study of all retracted papers published in journals processed for the Web of Science (WoS). Thed Van Leeuwen describes the reasons for retractions, motivation for retraction and who retracts. Catriona Fennell gives the publisher's perspective…