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Plagiarism and copyright of material without permission
…electronic and hard copy published papers. It has a Creative Commons permission 3.0 publishing license. All authors submit written copyright forms for their articles before publishing. The CC license requires that an appropriate credit be given, which in this case has not been done. In this case, specifically: 1. All articles in this e-book that were 'stolen' from the journal have no… - News
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… - Event
COPE Forum: 3 August 2016
…rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px;">Please register for the Forum by emailing our - Case
Parental consent for participants
As editor of a psychology journal, I received a manuscript from a group of scholars. The authors describe a qualitative online study with adolescent girls, aged 15–18 years, who met in person with a stranger they first ‘met’ online. The girls describe their reasoning about the risks, the safety measures they used and reactions to discomfort they experienced in the meetings. The authors… - Event
COPE Asia Pacific Seminar 2013
COPE is delighted to announce its 2nd Asia-Pacific Seminar, which will take place in Melbourne on 15 February 2013. Click here for more details and to register.… - News
EASE/ISMTE joint meeting
23-24 September 2013, Blankenberge, Belgium COPE will be holding an interactive workshop at the joint meeting of the European Association of Science Editors (EASE) and the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE). In this workshop, a number of cases based on real-life examples brought to COPE, and covering some of the most pressing problems currently… - Translated resources
Cómo reconocer la potencial manipulación del proceso de revisión por pares
…involucrados en el proceso se conducen con integridad (Ref 1), el proceso de revisión por pares es susceptible de manipulación (Ref 2-4) tal como se comentó en el Seminario COPE 2016 en América del Norte For the latest version (English language) of this guidance visit https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.15 Related resources … - News
Ethical Editing – Spring 2012 issue
Download the Spring issue of Ethical Editing, the newsletter from COPE.This issue's theme is ''15 Years of COPE!''. We would very much welcome any feedback or comments you may have. Please contact us via the website.… - Seminars and webinars
European Seminar 2019: Retractions, a publisher's perspective
…autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KoWtpO5dx28" width="100%"> Retractions from a publisher's point of view Catriona Fennell, Director of Publishing Services, Elsevier shares the experience of retractions from a publisher's point of view. To hear Catriona… Sample Letters
…Before publication Download .doc (28 kb) After publicationDownload .doc (24 kb) Figure manipulation Download .doc (26 kb) Change of authorship Before publication- 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… 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…- Event
Call for cases: 24 April 2017 Forum
The COPE will at 6.30am and 4pm (BST) will be held by webinar and is open to COPE members. Call for cases Cases can be submitted on our website and must be anonymised. We do like those presenting a case to take part in the Forum: pick which time is suitable for you. Deadline for submissions: Monday 10 April - 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
In the news: May & June 2022
…science discusses whether peer review has a role in uncovering scientific fraud. Data The Force 11 Research Data Publishing working group has developed recommendations for the responsible handling of cases related… - 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
COPE Indian Seminar at the Annual Conference of IAMJE
COPE will be running a seminar entitled “Publication ethics in India: Inspiring excellence” on 15 November 2013 at the Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Medical Journal Editors (IAMJE), 16–17 November 2013. There will also be a Workshop on Scientific Writing for Authors on 15–16 November 2013 and a Workshop for Peer Reviewers on 17 November 2013. COPE Vice-Chair, Charlotte Haug,… - 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…