Resources

Code of Conduct

Through the Code of Conduct, COPE aims to define best practice in the ethics of scholarly publishing and to assist editors, editorial board members, owners of journals and publishers to achieve this.

Flowcharts

Flowcharts are designed to help editors follow COPE’s Code of Conduct and implement its advice when faced with cases of suspected misconduct.

Guidelines

Access COPE's official guidance, including the Retraction Guidelines.

eLearning

COPE's eLearning course is designed to give editors a deeper understanding about publication ethics and practical guidance about how to detect, prevent and handle misconduct.

Discussion Documents

Discussion documents aim to stimulate discussion and debate within the academic publishing community. Comments on the documents will be used to inform future guidelines and policies.

International standards for editors and authors

Position statements setting out international standards for responsible research publication for editors and authors.

COPE Digest

COPE’s monthly newsletter, providing up to date news on COPE and publication ethics issues elsewhere.

Seminars

Programmes and presentations from previous seminars.

Research

Information on previous COPE research grant projects.

Resources and Further Reading

Links to COPE meeting reports and selected articles or news items on publication ethics which have been published elsewhere and may be of interest.

Sample Letters

(Members only.) Sample letters for editors covering a range of scenarios e.g. suspected plagiarism, change of authorship, undisclosed COIs.

Chinese resources

COPE Guide

Relevant information about COPE for editors, publishers, authors and journalists

Audit

Tool to help editors think about ethical issues and decide what is best for their journals

Archive

An archive of resources that have been retired, are redundant or out of date.

FAQs

FAQs are based on questions submitted by members to the COPE Forum. The answers come from a variety of individuals and reflect a range of opinions.