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Artificial intelligence: Lightning talk summary

New tools and directions in AI for scholarly publishing

January 2024 Lightning talk

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Letter from the COPE Chair: January 2024

Looking forward into the new year, we see significant actions and opportunities before us. We know that we are stronger when we work together, and threats to the scholarly publishing industry are before us.

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Guest editorial: Tackling paper mills

This is a guest editorial and opinions may not reflect official COPE guidance or policies.

A society publisher's perspective

Zara Manwaring, Managing Editor (Biochemical Society/Portland Press)

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Facilitation & Integrity 2023, a year in review

COPE’s Facilitation and Integrity subcommittee (F&I) is one of our most active services. When it was launched in 2010 its role was envisaged as dealing with complaints concerning member journals.

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Where next in peer review? Part 2: COPE commentary

In Part 1 of this Commentary we outlined some of the problems, solutions, and tools facing peer review. In Part 2 we address perhaps the most lively area of debate on this topic at the moment: the role of artificial intelligence (AI).

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Where next in peer review? Part 1: COPE commentary

We have become used to speaking about scholarly peer review with some scepticism. Critics note that it is subjective and therefore inconsistent, it can be slow, it tends to down-weight negative results, and it is increasingly susceptible to manipulation.

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Letter from the COPE Chair and Vice-Chair

Publication Integrity Week

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Diversity, equity, inclusivity and accessibility: COPE commentary

How COPE is working on diversity, equity, inclusivity, and accessibility

COPE is committed to creating an inclusive and equitable culture, where all voices are welcomed and heard, and difference is celebrated. Through our words and actions, we have been working – and intend to continue working – for real change.

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Guest editorial: Data availability statements

This is a guest editorial and opinions may not reflect official COPE guidance or policies.

The gap between promise and reality

Jasmine Jamshidi-Naeini[1], Andrew W. Brown[2],[3], Wasiuddin Najam[1], Colby J. Vorland[1], Stephanie Dickinson[1], David B. Allison[1]

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Paper mills: United to act

A year ago, COPE and STM (the trade association for the worldwide academic publishing industry) undertook a study with Maverick Publishing Services, using data from publishers and interviews with stakeholders, to understand the scale of the problem of paper mills, and to consider what actions should be taken.

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