Sharing of information among editors-in-chief regarding possible misconduct: COPE Discussion Document

This paper aims to stimulate discussion about the sharing of imformation among editors-in-chief regarding possible misconduct in their journals. This guidance has been drafted following a COPE Discussion Forum, in the wake of a number of highprofile cases of research misconduct in which the sharing of information between the relevant editors-inchief (EiCs) was crucial to the final settlement of the cases.