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Interactive case report of a patient with ongoing health problems
…to the patient. Several expert commentaries would be commissioned to accompany the third part of the case history. Patients are always asked to give written consent to publication. And the authors are asked to explain that the case will be discussed “live” on the journal’s website and to invite the patient to read the rapid responses and write a commentary about their health and experience of… - Translated resources
El autor de un artículo rechazado nombra y critica de forma pública al revisor por pares: caso
…COPE puede ser útil en este campo. Basado en el caso 16-12 Author of rejected paper publicly names and criticises peer reviewer Related resources - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: Driving diversity, equity, and inclusion to shape the future of publication ethics
…diversity and equity, including the author name change working group, diversifying editorial boards document, the webinar in May 2021, the peer review diversity survey, conducted as part of Peer Review Week 2021, and previewed the forum discussion in October. Diversity data collection - Case
Online trial of a new diagnostic tool
…at all. - Despite the claim that no relationship was formed, there is a de facto therapeutic relationship. - The paper indicated that the website was carrying out research on “patients” and so it could be argued that ethics approval should be sought. - The editor should engage the authors in a debate about the fact that there is a de facto relationship that could potentially harm vulnerable… - Case
Scientifically meaningless research without consent
_ The GMC had responded, saying that it had no role in this case and did no intend taking any action for serious professional misconduct. _ Shouldn’t the Preliminary Proceedings Committee investigate this in any case? _ Was this a study or simply normal practice during a surgical procedure? _ It had been written up, so it was evident that the author was trying to get it on the scientific… - Seminars and webinars
Artificial intelligence and peer review
…href="https://publicationethics.org/registration-cope-seminar-2021">REGISTER --> Back to top Using AI in peer review The speakers begin by talking about what functions AI is best suited to as a peer review tool. It is unlikely that any current AI can reliably carry out a well-substantiated review, and we should be thinking instead about utilising it as a tool to improve human-authored reports, and to carry out triage tasks. More… - Seminars and webinars
WCRI 2019: Preprints and their place in the publication ethics landscape
…(COPEand American Chemical Society) introduced the COPE discussion document on preprints and shared COPE’s recommendations for authors, journals, publisher, and preprint… - Case
Unethical research undertaken by a single handed GP
…then agreed to take calcium and ergocalciferol tablets for 2 weeks and to return for a further estimate of their cholesterol. The author observed that their cholesterol concentration decreased, and he observes that the reduction in cholesterol is similar to that published in large studies on the effects of statins. This is a scientifically meaningless paper, and there is no evidence that the GP got… - Seminars and webinars
Inclusive language: policing or progressive?
….pubpub.org/guidelines-on-inclusive-language-and-images-in-scholarly-communication">C4DISC. More than half had encountered issues with problematic or offensive language in submitted material, and the most common response was to request or encourage authors to make changes. Individuals also noted a number of other issues, including language barriers, rapidly changing recommendations for best practices, working with many different people in the editorial process, and handling… - CaseCase Closed
Publication of correspondence relating to a paper currently online
…Letter to the Editor and/or via the journal’s online commenting tool which allows comments to be posted with regards to individual papers. After this, several such communications and longer letters were sent which discussed the alleged flaws in the paper and repeated the calls for a retraction. The authors of the paper were invited to reply to the longer letter of the complainants and they too… - Forum discussion topics
Bias in peer review
…information for peer reviewers: “Reviewers must give unbiased consideration to each manuscript submitted. They should judge each on its merits, without regard to race, religion, nationality, sex, seniority, or institutional affiliation of the author(s). … Rooting your review in… - Discussion documents
Responding to anonymous whistleblowers, January 2013
This paper aims to stimulate discussion about how editors should respond to emails from whistle blowers. We encourage journal editors and publishers to comment (whether or not they are COPE members), and also welcome comments from researchers/authors and academic institutions. - Discussion documents
Best practice in theses publishing. March 2017
…that have already been published in academic journals. Authors, especially in the arts and humanities may, publish their thesis in its entirety with a commercial or non-commercial publisher in the form of a book or monograph after their degree has been conferred. This is an extract. Refer to the PDF for the full document.… - CaseCase Closed
Review of a book written by an editor of a journal
The editor decided not to solicit a review of the book authored by the co-editor because of the conflict of interest for the editor as well as potential book reviewers. Moreover, there are at least two other scholarly journals in the field that could review this book. On the other hand, an edited anthology in which an article written by the co-editor appears seems to be a likely… - CaseCase Closed
Duplicate publication allegation
…B was an extended abstract, included in a section of selected conference proceedings. Our records do not go back far enough to check whether the authors informed us of this but they did not reference their abstract in the article in journal A. The article in journal A is a full paper, with a materials and methods section, detailed results and enough information for someone else to replicate the… - Case
The tortuous tale of a paper, a letter and an editorial
…· The author should have referenced the letter and the rebuttal. · The editors of both journals should come clean and publish a notice of duplicate publication in journal Y as soon as possible. · Dr A had dealt with a rebuttal and Dr A could be… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: How do publication ethics practices for journals apply to book publishing?
…issues with the highest number of complaints or requests. Cambridge University Press (CUP) share a similar experience as plagiarism is the most common issue they see for books. Jennifer Wright explains issues they see in books that are not in the COPE Core Practices for journals such as author behavioural misconduct and sensitive misconduct eg text or images that could cause offence, distress or… - Translated resources
El editor y los revisores solicitan que se cite su trabajo: caso
…originales para prevenir problemas similares en el futuro. Basado en el caso 18-03: Editor and reviewers requiring authors to cite their own work Related resources - Seminars and webinars
Publication ethics, research integrity and climbing mountains
…more closely with universities and research institutes, and rethinking categories of retractions to note when they are instigated by the author. Dan Kulp, COPE Chair, then moderates the discussion as it opens to audience questions. Publication ethics, research… - CaseCase Closed
Sanctions for citation cartels?
…articles and ask for an explanation (eg, where is the paperwork surrounding the peer review)? The journal should assess the content of these articles, beyond the citation cartel aspect. If the editor or subject expert believe there is no validity to the research and the authors and institutions are not responding, retraction would seem appropriate.…