by Linda Gough
Dear COPE member,
The cases discussed at the COPE Forum meeting on 3 March 2009 and the advice given are now available to view on the COPE website.
New cases
09-01 Paper published that is a verbatim copy of another published article by another author
08-28 Advice regarding a weird type of content and its authorship
09-02 The case of the four "T"s
09-03 Multiple publication of research
09-04 Possible serial misconduct in relation to coauthors and other activities
09-05 Suspected contact between reviewer and an author led to coauthorship of the reviewer
09-06 Duplicate publication?
Updates on the following cases have also been published.
08-11 Clear case of duplicate publication?
08-12 Should we always follow the decisions of ethics committees?
08-18 Duplicate submission
08-22 Confidentiality and consent in case reports
08-27 A severe case of plagiarism?
08-29 A case of duplicate publication?
08-30 Failure to ask permission
08-31 Repeated alleged plagiarism in case reports
Kind regards
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