COPE has received a number of requests from its members on how to respond to anonymous whistle blowers. We have now developed our response in the format of a discussion document which can be seen here.
Ivan Oransky co-founder of Retraction Watch and Ed Pentz the Executive Director at Crossref join Trevor Lane to discuss the acquisition of the Retraction Watch database by Crossref. They talk about the benefits this brings to the community and how this partnership improves access to the data by authors, readers and publishers. The conversation moves on to the wider picture of researcher incentives and trust signals.
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.
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.
Stakeholders from across the research integrity spectrum gathered to discuss solutions to the paper mill problem. “It was the first time we had a group of people come together and co-create a set of actions which we’re going to take forward to combat this problem,” Deborah Kahn, COPE Trustee
We are delighted to announce the launch of a series of practical flowcharts for journals and data repositories who are dealing with ethical concerns relating to data publication. Each of the four categories outlined in the 2021 recommendations has accompanying flowcharts for issues that occur before and after publication.