Introduction to publication ethics and the COPE ethics toolkit

In this session, COPE Trustee Trevor Lane and Council Member Siri Lunde Stromme (co-chair of the COPE Membership subcommittee) introduce the basic principles of publication ethics and how to use guidance and tools available to ensure publication ethics is embedded in a journal's day to day practice.

This discussion is one of eleven sessions hosted by COPE during Publication Integrity Week 2023.

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Publication ethics workshop

This workshop introduces listeners to some of COPE’s basic principles on publication ethics. 

Siri and Trevor review the Ethics Toolkit and Core Practices, and highlights common issues encountered by journal editors.

Publication ethics cases

Using real cases brought to COPE by members, Trevor and Siri ask participants how they would respond and talk through the different routes they could take.

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Related COPE resources

• Ethics toolkit for a successful editorial office COPE guidance for editors

• COPE Core Practices

• Principles of transparency and best practice in scholarly publishing

• General approach to publication ethics for the editorial office
• E-learning
• COPE Audit (members only)
• How to become a COPE Member
• COPE membership application frequently asked questions

 

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