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Duplicate publication
Advice on this case is from a small number of COPE Council Members. Most cases on the COPE website are presented to the COPE Forum where advice is offered by a wider group of COPE Members and COPE Council Members. Advice on individual cases is not formal COPE guidance. Council agree with your course of action. The translator… - Guidelines
Editing peer reviews
…reviewer comments Forum discussion, March 2020 Editing of reviewer comments survey, June 2020 Who owns peer reviews? discussion document and podcast, September 2017 - CaseCase Closed
Late addition of new author to article
Advice on this case is from a small number of COPE Council Members. Most cases on the COPE website are presented to the COPE Forum where advice is offered by a wider group of COPE Members and COPE Council Members. Advice on individual cases is not formal COPE guidance. The advice would be to put a hold on the publication of… - CaseCase Closed
Institutional review board approval needed?
…sponsored the thesis but had not gone through an IRB. Question(s) for the COPE Forum 1. Is there ever a time when IRB approval should not be required before review and publication of research? 2. How strictly should the editor adhere to these requirements? With this submission, it would be an automatic reject without IRB approval. … - Case
Is it possible for an article to have two corresponding authors?
Advice on this case is from a small number of COPE Council Members. Most cases on the COPE website are presented to the COPE Forum where advice is offered by a wider group of COPE Members and COPE Council Members. Advice on individual cases is not formal COPE guidance. There are no ethical issues with having two… - Guidelines
Sharing of information among editors-in-chief regarding possible misconduct
Sharing of information among editors-in-chief (EICs) regarding cases of suspected misconduct can play a significant role in preserving the integrity of the scientific record, allowing EICs of affected journals to conduct investigations with greater efficiency and effectiveness. This guidance has been drafted following a COPE Forum Discussion in 2013, and Discussion Document in 2014 on… - Forum discussion topics
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… - CaseCase Closed
A case of plagiarism?
…/>Questions for the COPE Forum(1) What can we do?(2) Can we retract without the approval of the author? The author has threatened legal action if we retract.… - CaseCase Closed
Data fabrication in a rejected manuscript
…an investigation. However, this investigation exonerated the lead author from misconduct, who went on to publish one of these manuscripts elsewhere and is still publishing suspicious manuscripts in other journals. Question(s) for the COPE Forum • Should other journals be warned about this case so that they can take a view about further submissions? • Should anyone else… - Research
An analysis of peer review cases brought to COPE from 1997-2016
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Spanish: COPE Nuestras principales prácticas (Latin American Spanish)
…resources COPE Core Practices (English) Back to Translated Resources page… - CaseCase Closed
The role of the lead author
…rationale for making further content changes and hence intends to resolve the situation himself by suggesting to any authors who do not agree with him that they are removed from the authorship list and acknowledged for any key contributions (as appropriate). Question(s) for the COPE Forum • Is the suggested handling by the lead author appropriate? Are there are other solutions… - Case
Personal remarks within a post-publication literature forum
…volunteer their time for free and may be discouraged from participating if they get into a public spat. We would like COPE’s opinion and guidance on how we dealt with this case, and if we should have done anything differently. For instance: · Were we right to remove the initial “follow-up” comment from the site? - Flowcharts
Scientific rigour of unpublished data: dealing with concerns
…href="https://publicationethics.org/news/cope-collaboration-force11-working-group">FORCE11 and COPE Research Data Publishing Working Group. Key points Concerns may relate to errors or gaps in the dataset as a result of: Unintentional errors Incomplete datasets Data manipulation Related resources Scientific rigour… - Flowcharts
Scientific rigour of published data: dealing with concerns
…href="https://publicationethics.org/news/cope-collaboration-force11-working-group">FORCE11 and COPE Research Data Publishing Working Group. Key points Concerns may relate to errors or gaps in the dataset as a result of: Unintentional data errors Partially available datasets Data fabrication Related resources - Flowcharts
Authorship and contributorship of unpublished data: dealing with concerns
… This flowchart has been developed by the FORCE11 and COPE Research Data Publishing Working Group. Key points Concerns may relate to a change in author order or other authorship and contributorship issues. Where agreement cannot be reached, consider contacting the… - Flowcharts
Authorship and contributorship of published data: dealing with concerns
… This flowchart has been developed by the FORCE11 and COPE Research Data Publishing Working Group. Key points Concerns may relate to a change in author order, or other dataset contributor or authorship issues. Where agreement cannot be reached, consider contacting the… - Flowcharts
Concerns about risk in unpublished data
…href="https://publicationethics.org/news/cope-collaboration-force11-working-group">FORCE11 and COPE Research Data Publishing Working Group. Key points Concerns raised about data with possible risk to: Individuals Certain communities Wider society Endangered species Related resources Concerns about risk in published… - Flowcharts
Concerns about risk in published data
…href="https://publicationethics.org/news/cope-collaboration-force11-working-group">FORCE11 and COPE Research Data Publishing Working Group. Key points Concerns raised about potential data misuse with possible risk to: Individuals Certain communities Wider society Endangered species Related resources Concerns about… - Flowcharts
Legal and regulatory restrictions of published data: dealing with concerns
… This flowchart has been developed by the FORCE11 and COPE Research Data Publishing Working Group. Key points Legal or regulatory concerns and datasets may relate to: Disputes over intellectual property. A breach of a national or legal…