- Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum 11 September 2012: Publishing offensive material
…_final.pdf">Summary of the discussion at the COPE Forum and of the comments on the COPE blog [PDF, 19KB] … - Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum 12 March 2013: Text recycling
…consensus and consistency on the issue, editors at BioMed Central produced some guidelines. These guidelines were posted on the COPE website and members were invited to comment, and the topic was discussed at the COPE Forum on 12 March 2013 Read more comments on text recycling posted on our website before… - Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum 30 April 2018: Preprints: continuing the conversation
Preprint platforms have been common in physics and mathematics but the preprint landscape is changing rapidly with new platforms emerging across various disciplines. This raises opportunities for discussion across communities and for all those involved: preprint platforms, journals, authors, funders and institutions. COPE has facilitated this discussion previously via an earlier forum… - Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum 4 June 2013: Authorship, contributorship, who’s doing what, and what do we need?
The topic for discussion at this Forum was ‘Authorship, contributorship, who’s doing what, and what do we need?’ Authorship issues are one of the most common issues that COPE members have to deal with. Leaving aside the ethically problematic issues of ghost, guest and gift authorship, seemingly simpler authorship disputes of for example, who deserves authorship, or what author order should be… - Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum 4 December 2012: Citation manipulation
The topic for discussion at this Forum was ‘Citation manipulation’. The issue of self citation has been discussed in a number of places before. The focus here is on a form of citation manipulation that qualifies as coercion, where an editor or others affiliated with a journal pressure an author to add citations from that journal for the implied purpose of increasing citation rates and, by… - Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum 11 November 2019: Artificial intelligence (AI) in decision making
…could/should be used. COPE members discussed these ethical issues in the COPE Forum. Read the discussion in the pdf and send us your feedback and… - Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum 18 June 2012: Electronic Responses to Blogs and Journal Articles
The topic for discussion at this Forum was ‘Electronic Responses to Blogs and Journal Articles’. Specifically, what are the issues, in terms of publication ethics, surrounding blogs where journals are the target of concerted 'attacks' by the proponents of one particular viewpoint, and are there appropriate guidelines on managing such situations?… - Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum 5 November 2018: Predatory Publishing
…is confusion between some legitimate open-access peer review journals and predatory open-access journals, and sometimes include legitimate scholars on their editorial masthead. The Forum discussed further issues and possible solutions. This discussion and posts on our website are summarised in the document attached here.… - Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum: 13 November 2017: Self-Citation: where's the line?
A recent post on Scholarly Kitchen [1] raised some interesting points about the ethics surrounding citation, and specifically self-citation. Previously, COPE has discussed related issues surrounding self-citation by journals and editors [2] and citation of preprints [3]. During this forum, we broadened the discussion… - Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum 11 February 2019: Diversity and inclusion in research publishing
…feel engaged and their contributions and perspectives are valued. Efforts to actively promote both diversity and inclusion need to be ongoing, given that demographics and team composition continuously change with time. The Forum discussed how COPE can help members to encourage diversity and inclusion and how it can be improved for different communities involved in research publishing. This is… - Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum 23 September 2014: Standard retraction form
Hervé Maisonneuve, Université de Lyon, France, suggested “a standard retraction form” as the topic for discussion at this Forum. Background Retractions are often used as a proxy for publication quality. Retractions have been studied with cohorts of various sizes over differing time periods. Time after time these studies have pointed out that there is often… - Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum 26 February 2018: Expressions of concern
…How should journals use expressions of concern? They are “used to raise awareness to a possible problem in an article”. They are a relatively new, rare, and non-standardized type of editorial notice compared to corrections or retractions and “considerable differences in policy and practice remain between journals”. Journals are grappling with when expressions of concern are appropriate and wh… - Forum discussion topics
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… - Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum 10 June 2015: Prior publication and theses
…Question What is the best and most responsible general advice to provide to students and faculty on this question? Notes from forum discussion topic on prior publication and theses - Seminars and webinars
How to get started: COPE resources
…href="https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines/ethics-toolkit-editors">Ethics toolkit for a successful editorial office COPE Core Practices COPE Flowcharts COPE Forum … - Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum 24 July 2017: Preprints: what are the issues?
…href="http://asapbio.org">http://asapbio.org) will convene a meeting in July in which the establishment of standards will be among the issues discussed. To date there have been few public discussions around the ethics of making unverified research available in this way and there are a number of issues that arise. Not all ethical issues around preprints have a link with journal articles and COPE may wish to consider ‘mission creep’… - Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum 10 March 2015: Coming back from disgrace
The tragic suicide of Yoshiki Sasai, one of the authors of the retracted STAP stem-cell paper (discussed in the Letter from the Chair in the August 2014 edition of COPE Digest), highlights the fact that, above all, the communication of research is about people and about trust. Some researchers are seemingly able to bounce back from a finding of serious research misconduct. For example, Hwang… - Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum 8 July 2014: ethical review
…editor disagrees. The HRA approached COPE and together it was agreed to put this discussion paper on the COPE website for discussion at the COPE Forum, to seek views and, if possible, establish a common approach which would not disadvantage “researchers” (and would expedite health care work). Questions for discussion 1. What current guidance do journal editors use… - Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum 4 December 2013: persistent complainers
…How should a journal deal with persistent complainers? The topic for discussion at this Forum was ‘How should a journal deal with persistent complainers?’ Background Every so often a journal may get not one, but a series of complaints from the same source. These complaints may be directed at an author, an editor, or the journal in general. If these… - Seminars and webinars
COPE Seminar 2006
The COPE Seminar 2006 took place on 10 March 2006 at BMA House, Tavistock Sq, London Download programme for the COPE Seminar 2006 [PDF, 156KB] …