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ISMPP webinar: Graphical Presentation of Data in Medical Publications
…and often give rise to conclusions on the part of the reader. Without proper planning and design, data can be ignored and even misinterpreted. Simply - News
Standards in authorship webinar
On Thursday 29 June 2-3pm we're holding our first webinar for information, shared discussion and practical advice on common authorship issues faced by COPE members. Three guest speakers will present their views: Deborah Poff, Editor-in-Chief Journal of Academic Ethics; Kelly Cobey Senior Clinical Research Associate at Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada; Liz Allen,… - Event
COPE Workshop: MUNIN Conference
…Publication ethics workshop 10:30am - 16:00pm (CEST) In partnership with the MUNIN Conference on Scholarly Publishing, which runs from 29-30 November, Howard Browman, COPE Trustee, and Matt Hodgkinson, COPE Council Member, are leading a publication ethics workshop. The workshop will be based on COPE's Core… - Case
Redundant publication
A complaint of redundant publication was made by a reader, who claimed that a second paper had been published in the journal, after the first had already been published elsewhere. No permission letter was obtained by the author of the second paper and the first paper had not been cited. … - The editors should write to the authors and publish a retraction. - The editors should write to the… - News
COPE Forum discussion: Preprints: continuing the conversation
Preprint platforms have been common in physics and mathematics but the preprint landscape is changing rapidly with new platforms emerging across various disciplines. This raises opportunities for discussion across communities and for all those involved:… - 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
In the news: September 2018 Digest
…href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/08/29/400515" target="_blank">https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/08/29/400515 Uptake and outcome of manuscripts in Nature journals by review model and author characteristics. Study of double- versus single-blinded manuscript peer review: "The proportion of authors that choose double-blind review is higher when they submit to more prestigious journals, they are affiliated with less… - News
New: COPE Audit
Now updated to correspond with COPE's Core Practices! As a COPE Member benefit, the COPE Journal Audit is designed to support and encourage editors to identify areas of their journal's policies and processes… - Event
National Academy of Sciences Meeting
…occurrence, and monitored for improvement. Arthur M. Sackler Public Lecture In conjunction with this colloquium, Randy Schekman will present the 17th Annual Arthur M. Sackler Lecture. The lecture is free and open to the public. - News
New! Discussion document on Consent for Publishing Medical Case Reports
…="http://publicationethics.org/files/u7141/Discussion_document_on_Best_Practice_for_Consent_for_Publishing_Medical_Case_Reports%20%283%29.pdf">Discussion document on Best Practice for Consent for Publishing Medical Case Reports As with all of the COPE discussion documents, we welcome feedback, and we encourage journal editors and publishers to comment (whether or not they are COPE members). We are particularly keen to gather… - Event
ISMPP webinar: Coronavirus (COVID-19), its impact on publication planning
Free Webinar on COVID-19 and Publication Planning! ISMPP invites COPE members to attend a special 90-minute ISMPP U educational webinar - Coronavirus (COVID-19): Its Impact on Publication Planning - on Wednesday, April 29, at 11 am EDT/4 pm in the UK. This informative and complimentary ISMPP U is open to all! - Case
The anonymous critic
A letter containing details of a case report was submitted in February 1999. The authors were from Japan. After peer review and revision, the case report was accepted and a proof was sent to the authors. Two anonymous letters were then received, one on April 29 and another on 12 May, both from Japan. Both letters claimed that the author “has prized honour above everything else” and that he had… FORUM DISCUSSION TOPIC: comments please
…example from reviewers. The process is laid out in this flowchart. Journals and publishers should have a process in place for handling the reporting of competing interests come to light after…- Case
Revised version different from original version submitted
A paper was submitted and reviewed by one referee, who recommended that the paper be revised and then refereed again. The authors submitted the revised version which went back to the initial reviewer. In his second report the reviewer raised concerns that the revised version was fundamentally different from the first paper. The number of patients and the inclusion criteria had changed. This was… - News
COPE at Wiley research seminar, Japan
Trevor Lane, COPE Council Member, gave an invited plenary talk titled “Research Publication Ethics - Best Practices for all Stakeholders” at… - Case
Re-publication of peer reviewed articles as translations
…="https://publicationethics.org/search?t=duplicate+%28duplicate%29+publication&type%5B%5D=Flowcharts&sort=score">COPE’s flowcharts on duplicate publication includes a statement on translations: 'ICMJE advises that translations are acceptable but MUST reference the original.' In this case, if one version is designated as the original and the translated version follows, only the translated one would include a footnote… - News
COPE workshop August 2019: Santiago, Chile
On August 29, the IV Scientific Editor’s Forum was held at the Universidad de Los Lagos, in Santiago, Chile. Over 100 editors mainly from social sciences, arts and humanities attended for a two-day meeting on publishing and editorial standards. COPE held a workshop that was facilitated by Vivienne C. Bachelet (editor-in-chief of Medwave and… - Event
7th World Conference on Research Integrity
…is the first time this conference will be held in Africa, to ensure participation from African delegates. The conference will take place in person, or you can join via live streaming, from 29 May – 1 June 2022. WCRI will monitor the developments closely and will follow all recommendations of WHO and the South African health authorities. The conference will be relevant to Research… - Case
Duplicate submission
An article was submitted simultaneously to our journal and another journal (who is a member of COPE) on the same date. Both journals received letters saying that the article had not been submitted to another journal. When they received a favourable response from the other journal, and the article was published, we were informed by the authors that they wished to withdraw the paper from our jour… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: Ethical practice in research data publication - challenges, lessons and opportunities
… Over the past decade, we have seen a marked increase in the publication of research data, driven by journal, funder, and institutional policies. This has brought ethical challenges specific to datasets, which can affect the journal publication related to the…