COPE Forum: Wednesday 22 June 2022

Forum agenda

On 22 June 2022 the COPE Forum will be held at 14:00-15:30pm (BST / UTC+1)

1. Update

Update on COPE activities by the Chair.

2. Forum discussion topic

We begin the COPE Forum with a discussion on the topic Dealing with complaints about the integrity of published research.

3. New cases

Cases submitted by COPE members for discussion at the Forum.

• 22-04 Academic freedom
• 22-05 Data integrity issues 
• 22-06 Managing an editor’s undisclosed conflict of interest in a published article
• 22-07 Where should journals escalate serious concerns about an institution or institutional review board?

4. Updates to cases

Members who have previously brought cases to the COPE Forum update us on their progress.

• 21-10 Authorship of a commentary
• 21-15 Suspicious responses to authorship change requests
• 22-02 Is there a time limit for submitting a critique of a published article?
• 22-03 Possible peer review manipulation