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Research data publishing ethics with FORCE11
…COPE working with FORCE11 research data publishing ethics Increases in research data-sharing practices have highlighted a growing number of ethical challenges related to the sharing and publication of datasets. While ethical best practices, guidelines, and recommendations for addressing ethical issues related to journal articles are well documented, there are currently no established… - News
2nd Brazilian Meeting on Research Integrity, Science and Publication Ethics
The 2nd Brazilian Meeting on Research Integrity, Science and Publication Ethics takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre between 28 May 2012 and 1 June 2012. Click here for more information. … Annual Trustees Reports and Financial Statements
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Good Publication Practice 2022
December 2022 Dr Trevor Lane, COPE Trustee and Council member, was invited to deliver a presentation introducing COPE’s mission and resources at the 2022 Forum on Good Publication Practice, held virtually on 2 December 2022. Hosted by the University of… - Event
Neicon 7th International Scientific and Practical Conference
Behrooz Astaneh, COPE Council member, is speaking at this conference titled "2018: Editorial Policy, Open Access, Scientific Communications". - Event
Peer review week
19-23 September 2022 "Research integrity: creating and supporting trust in research" is the theme of this year's Peer Review Week. Peer Review Week is a community-led yearly global virtual event celebrating the essential role that peer review plays in maintaining research quality. Peer Review Week celebrates the value of peer review that brings together… - Event
7th World Conference on Research Integrity
The 7th World Conference on Research Integrity will take place Cape Town in 2022 with the theme 'Fostering Research Integrity in an Unequal World'. COPE are 'Rhino' sponsors of this event. Sponsors support the event and keep it affordable to encourage participants from a wide range of countries and, as this… - 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… - Case
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… - Event
Forum on Good Publication Practices, University of Macau
…contributors are eligible authors? Misconceptions about plagiarism How to deter paper mills? Read more and register … - 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… - 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… COPE webinar: Current Issues in Peer Review
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Next COPE Forum: 3 June 2013
The next COPE Forum will be on Monday 3 June. This will held in the Council Chamber, The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), 5-11 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8SH… - News
Upcoming CrossRef webinars
…the web. Learn more about this new exciting initiative from CrossRef. Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2013Time: 8:00 am (San Francisco), 11:00 am (New York), 4:00 pm (London)Moderator: Rachael Lammey - Event
1st COPE South American Seminar – Brazil, Monday 12 November 2012
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ISMTE Asian-Pacific Conference 2017
Empowering editorial offices around the world. Register by Saturday 11 February for early bird registration and hotel rates. Register & more information… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2005: Programme
…The COPE Seminar 2005 took place on 11 March 2005 at BMA House, Tavistock Sq, London Download programme for the COPE Seminar 2005 [125KB]… - Event
PSP Consulting: Editors' virtual courses 2021: Improving journal quality and impact
9-11am BST Monday 18th October and 9-11am BST Tuesday 19th October. Improving quality and impact : Peer review and editorial boards This course is presented in two, 2-hour online workshops Objectives To improve the peer review process and make good decisions To identify the best reviewing methology To manage and utilize editorial… - 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…