Publisher membership application form

The application form below is for publishers submitting 5 or more journals. If you are a publisher with less than 5 journals, you must complete a Journal membership application for each of your journals.

Publisher applications submitted with less than 5 journals will be rejected, and will not be processed.

Eligibility:

Publisher membership is for publishers with 5 or more journals.
All journals must have been publishing for at least 1 year.
Applicants and their associated journals must agree to the COPE core principles of publication ethics as laid out in the Core Practices.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.

How applications are assessed:

The Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing form part of the criteria we use to evaluate publishers and journals, expecting publishers to adhere to them and follow the spirit of the principles in all aspects of their publishing operation
In addition to the Principles of Transparency, the Membership Administrator will evaluate the application by:
- Using the information and supporting documentation supplied on the application form
- Reviewing the publisher/journal website(s) to research the application
- Other sources, if deemed relevant, for example: feedback from Editorial Board members and publicly available information.
COPE will research reports of practices that do not apply our principles of publication ethics outlines in the Core Practices.
The Membership Administrator will supply the Membership subcommittee with all relevant documentation based on review and research of the application. The Membership subcommittee will make the final decision on membership, based on the application, the information reviewed and more subtle forms of assessment using the Membership subcommittee's experience.

Note:

All correspondence to members is sent via email unless otherwise requested
COPE reserves the right to withdraw membership if incorrect information is given in this form or comes to light after membership is approved.
COPE may ask for additional information in relation to your application

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We recommend applicants read our Membership application FAQ, which summarises the most frequently asked questions we receive in relation to applications for membership.

Problems?

If you experience any problems when you submit the application form, please email [email protected].

APPLICANT DETAILS

Title *

(Dr, Prof)

First name *

Last name *

Position in the company *

Address *

City *

Postcode *

Country *

Telephone *

Email *

Your journal details

Download and complete the fields on the Excel sheet below with details of all your journals.

Download Excel sheet

Attach your completed Excel sheet *

Files must be less than 2 MB.
Allowed file types: xls xlsx ods.

SENIOR ETHICS PERSON

This will be the COPE member representative who has responsibility for ethical issues in your organisation.

Title *

(Dr, Prof)

First Name *

Last name *

Position in the company *

Address *

City *

Postcode *

Country *

Telephone *

Email *

ADHERENCE TO THE COPE CORE PRACTICES

FAILURE TO PROVIDE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION MAY BE GROUNDS TO REFUSE YOUR APPLICATION

CORE PRACTICES *

Have you read the COPE Core Practices? https://publicationethics.org/core-practices

I confirm I have read the COPE Core Practices

Have you had any difficulty implementing the Core Practices in your journal practice? *

Yes

If yes

Please give details.

CONCERNS OR ISSUES RAISED AGAINST YOUR JOURNAL *

As a member of COPE, you agree to abide by COPE's process for handling concerns or issues raised against its members, and agree to participate in a dialogue with COPE in the rare event that a complaint is raised against you. COPE reserves the right to take further action, which could include suspension or termination of membership, if a member refuses to engage or co-operate with COPE in addressing a concern or issue raised against them.

I confirm I have read and understood 'COPE's process for handling concerns or issues raised against its members'

Publisher details

Publisher's name *

Website address *

Homepage

Date of foundation of your company *

Day

Month

Year

What is your business model? *

Please give brief details of your structure/model for journals, eg, open access journal or by subscription and provide any relevant links to your website.

Are your journals peer-reviewed? *

Please give brief details of the peer-review process and provide a website link to your peer review policy.

Are you a member of any publisher’s association? *

(eg STM, ALPSP, SSP, OASPA)

How many journals do you publish *

If you are not signing up all of your journals for COPE membership, please list the reasons

ADVERTISING *

Do your journals accept advertising?

Yes

If yes

Please provide a website link to information on what types of advert will be considered, who makes decisions regarding accepting adverts, and whether they are linked to content or reader behaviour (online only) or are displayed at random

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST *

Please provide a website link to the publisher’s policies on handling potential conflicts of interest of editors, authors, and reviewers. Please also provide a link to the publisher’s process for handling submissions from editors, employees, or members of the editorial board to ensure unbiased review. If you do not have a link to this information, please explain your policy and tell us why it is not on the publisher website

MISCONDUCT *

Please provide a website link to the publisher’s policies for the identification of/dealing with allegations of research misconduct.

Please provide a website link to the publisher’s copyright and licensing information.

AUTHOR FEES *

Do your journals require any fees or charges for manuscript processing and/or publishing? If so, please provide a website link to this information, or provide further information below.

ARCHIVING *

Do you have a plan for electronic backup and preservation of access to the content of your journals (for example, access to main articles via CLOCKSS or PubMedCentral) in the event that your journals are no longer published?

Publishing staff details

Please provide details of 2 other publishing staff (names, email, postal address and telephone – we may contact these members of staff regarding the information you have supplied)

Staff member 1

Title *

(Dr, Prof)

First name *

Last name *

Address *

City *

Postcode *

Country *

Telephone *

Email *

Staff member 2

Title *

(Dr, Prof)

First name *

Last name *

Address *

City

Postcode *

Country *

Telephone *

Email *

JOURNAL STAFF DETAILS

Please provide details of 2 Editors-in-Chief from any of your journals (names, email, postal address and telephone – we may contact these editors regarding the information you have supplied)

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 1

Journal name

Affiliation *

Title *

First name *

Last name *

Address *

City *

Postcode *

Country *

Telephone *

Email *

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 2

Journal name

Affiliation *

Title *

First name *

Last name *

Address *

City *

Postcode *

Country *

Telephone *

Email *

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