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In the news: July & August 2022
…href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/06/16/study-retractions-take-too-long-curb-misinformation">new study in PNAS which found that by the time a paper is retracted, public attention is already diminished. Data and reproducibility A study has found that many researchers do not comply with their… - Case
Should we retract a published paper with a high similarity match?
The journal published an original article in 2022. Recently, we received feedback from a third party that the paper is similar to the authors' other work published in 2019. The duplicate rate of the initial submission was 31% and the final version was 24% which is within the journal’s standard. The concern was that the paper may not add value as the authors have already published similar… - News
In the news: March & April 2022
…href="https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/2/e057854">bias against women authors and research related to women's health. Retractions and corrections Piotr Rzymski makes the case for hard retraction in cases of extremely flawed science. To address concerns that the - News
In the news: January 2019 Digest
…opinions include Bernard Rentier’s blog “Open Access: is Plan S heaven or hell ? How about giving it a dispassionate look?” https://bernardrentier.wordpress.com/2018/12/10/open… - News
COPE Forum: 9 December 2015
The next COPE Forum meeting is being held on Wednesday 9 December 2015, 12noon–1.30pm (GMT). The COPE Forum will be held virtually via webinar. The agenda and materials can be downloaded here (PDF 478kb). The invitation to join the webinar is below. We can accommodate up to 100… - Event
12th EASE General Assembly and Conference
COPE will hold a Forum/workshop at the next European Association of Science Editors (EASE) conference, to be held in Split, Croatia, in June 2014. Registration is now open. Click here for more information. … - News
In the news: January 2018 Digest
…target="_blank">http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0187394 But maybe this will all be a thing of the past when automated tools are writing our scientific papers, in the not too distant future? - News
Vacancies on COPE Council
Due to three council members coming to the end of their first term on council, we are seeking nominations for three new candidates. We are specially seeking candidates from Mainland Europe, Scandinavia and South America, and from the social sciences/humanities areas. The closing date for applications is: 28 April… - Event
APE 2017 (Academic Publishing in Europe)
The theme is Publishing ethics: doing the right thing—doing things right Join the ongoing international debate about the future of scholarly communication and scientific publishing. This is APE number 12. Full details and to register… Member Insight
…href="https://publicationethics.org/resources/seminars-and-webinars/managing-paper-mills">Practical steps for dealing with paper mills is available to watch again. Previous issues Member Insight: Artificial intelligence, February 2023 Member Insight: Author misconduct | New cases, October…Case Submitted
…meetings is specific to the particular case under consideration and may not necessarily be applicable to similar cases either past or future. COPE accepts no liability for any loss or damage caused or occasioned as a result of advice given by them or by any COPE member. Advice given by COPE and its members is not given for the purposes of court proceedings…- News
Letter from the COPE Chair: February 2022
…10 May. Hope to see you, virtually, there. Once again, COPE will be supporting the World Conference on Research Integrity, in May this year, as a Rhino sponsor. The conference's overarching theme is “Fostering research integrity in an unequal world”. The conference will be a hybrid event with… - News
Election of COPE council members Autumn 2011
Voting for the 2 vacancies on COPE council is now open and will remain open until Friday 28 October 2011. All Full and Associate Members are entitled to vote. Please note: there is only one vote per journal title, even for journals with multiple editors. The vote should be cast by the Member editor, who isusually the Editor-in-Chief, or otherwise by the nominated contact for the journal. See… - News
COPE and ALPSP collaborate on new publication ethics course
… For more information on what the course will entail, plus details on how to sign up, click here. … - News
SpotOn London 2012: Q&A with Dr Ginny Barbour
Leading up to the session on academic misconduct and fraud at SpotOn London, on 11-12 November, COPE chair Ginny Barbour did a Q&A for Nature. See here:… - Event
ALPSP Training Course: Publication Ethics: Fraud and Misconduct
Developed in collaboration with COPE, the second ALPSP training course on Publication Ethics: Fraud and Misconduct will be held on 12 February 2014 in London. COPE members are entitled to a discount on the non-ALPSP member rate. Click here for more information. … - News
COPE advice to editors on geopolitical intrusions on editorial decisions
…Update 2022 First released: 10 March 2022 Updated: 29 March 2022 There has been much discussion recently on government sanctions against Russia and the potential effect on Russian researchers. COPE has discussed the issue of geopolitical intrusion into editorial decision making previously in similar situations. COPE's position on this remains as… - Seminars and webinars
Legal issues in corrections, retractions and expressions of concern — Mark Seeley, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Elsevier
…Download presentation: Legal issues in corrections, retractions and expressions of concern [PDF, 100KB]… - News
Building an international register of ongoing systematic reviews: have your say
…style="margin-top:12.0pt">The register will be free of charge and will work in a similar way to clinical trials registers allowing researchers to prospectively record key features of their systematic reviews. Fuller details about the project have just been… - Event
COPE Mini UK Seminar 2014
COPE is delighted to announce a half-day mini UK Seminar, which will be held in collaboration with ISMTE (International Society of Managing and Technical Editors), on Monday 13 October 2014 at Charles Darwin House, 12 Rogers Street, London WC1N 2JU, 1–4.30pm. For more details and to register,