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Second International Congress on Publication Ethics, Shiraz, Iran, 4–5 December 2014
The Second International Congress on Publication Ethics will be held in Shiraz, Iran, on 4–5 December 2014. This is a scientific partnership between COPE and Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. All individuals working in the field of scientific medical publications as well as those interested in ethical approaches to scientific publications are welcome to attend. For… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: April 2022
…Book Wars: The Digital Revolution in Publishing. More information will follow shortly. COPE will also be well represented at the World Conference on Research Integrity. I will be moderating a session on “When and how to report to institutions, journals, publishers, or elsewhere.” This session will explore the available resources and the barriers to reporting… - Seminars and webinars
Good Publication Practice 2022
…ghost authorship; and knowingly using predatory journals and unethical editorial services such as paper mills. COPE’s current efforts in combatting paper mills were highlighted, including guidance on ‘Systematic manipulation of the publication process’, a 2022 webinar on ‘ Publication and research ethics related to geopolitical issues
…race, or religion of the authors. COPE position statements COPE advice to editors on geopolitical intrusions on editorial decisions (2022) The protection of vulnerable groups…- News
Letter from the COPE co-Chairs: November 2018
…China. Adrian Ziderman has been re-elected for a second term to COPE Council. We welcome them all as we move into the next year. Read November Digest: Post-Publication Discussions and Corrections COPE co-Chair - Case
Informed consent
A group of researchers are conducting a study of whether women aged 65 to 69 years will accept screening for breast cancer. They plan to invite these women for screening in the same way as they invite younger women for screening but will not know that they are part of a research study. The authors want advice on whether journals would be willing to publish their results, despite the fact that… - Seminars and webinars
European Seminar 2013: Posters
…">Poster: Fraud and deceit in medical research [PDF 22KB] Poster: Authors’ awareness of publication ethics: An international survey [PDF 25KB]… - News
Post-publication discussions and corrections focus
…--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read November Digest: Post-Publication Discussions and Corrections. This issue of Digest announces new resources What to do if you Suspect Image Manipulation in a Published… - Event
COPE Forum: September 2022
…cases. Submit a case to COPE Forum Do you have a publication ethics case you'd like to bring to the COPE Forum for discussion and advice? Submit a case The deadline to submit a case for this Forum is: Tuesday 13 September 2022. Forum agenda On 27 September 2022 the COPE Forum will be held at 16:00-17:30pm (BST… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: June 2022
Travel is once again becoming a part of my life. I recently returned from a wonderful trip to Cape Town, South Africa to participate in the 7th World Conference on Research Integrity (WCRI). The 30-hour trip from New York to South Africa was well worth it. I loved reconnecting with professional colleagues that I had not seen in years and making… - News
Revised Good Publication Practice guidelines published
The newest revision of the Good Publication Practice” (GPP) guidelines is now freely available (free account registration may be required). The revised guidelines, called GPP 2022, were published on 30 August 2022 in the Annals of Internal Medicine and are the fourth version of GPP, first published in 2003. The GPP… - News
Case Discussion: Editor and reviewers requiring authors to cite their own work
…discussion document which will be ready, on our website, early this year. Nancy Chescheir on behalf of the COPE Education Subcommittee Read January 2019 COPE Digest newsletter and use the COPE… - News
Complaints and appeals
…upcoming COPE Forum and more. Read April 2018 Digest: Complaints and Appeals… - Event
Scholarly publishing in a connected world: Turning disruptions into opportunities
Jigisha Patel, COPE Council Member, is speaking at ISMTE's Global Event "Scholarly publishing in a connected world: Turning disruptions into opportunities" at 11am on 2 November 2022. In a session on research integrity and ethics, Jigisha, and Sabina Alam, will be exploring the impact of the rise in paper mills and the impact it is having on journal editorial offices and the academic… - Case
Can a scientific paper be published anonymously?
The assumption is that everything should be signed and there is no adequate reason for anonymisation. Writing a paper is like signing a cheque and the authors must be prepared to take the responsibility. The laboratories concerned could be anonymised. The distinction is that this is a scientific paper and the authors have to be prepared to stand by what they report and therefore they must sign… - News
Case discussion: Editing peer review comments
…href="https://publicationethics.org/events/cope-forum-friday-6-march-2020">COPE Forum on 6 March. With this in mind, we highlight two cases from the COPE archive: Case 97-08 likely predated the online editorial management systems that allow confidential comments for the editor to be separated from their comments for the author. The submitter of the case… - Event
COPE Forum: December 2022
…advice? Submit a case The deadline to submit a case for this Forum is: Thursday 24 November 2022. --> Forum agenda On Thursday 8 December 2022 the COPE Forum will be held at 14:00-15:30pm (GMT / UTC) 1. Update Update on COPE activities by the Chair. 2. Forum discussion topic We begin the… - News
In the news: July & August 2022
…stakeholder groups. Diversity, equity, inclusivity, and accessibility Learned Publishing has issued a call for papers for a special issue on implementing DEIA initiatives. Nature has published an editorial, the first in its history to be signed by guest editors, to…