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Ethical Editing – Winter 2010 issue
Download the Winter issue of Ethical Editing, the newsletter from COPE (http://publicationethics.org/newsletters). This issue's theme is ‘misconduct’. We would very much welcome any feedback or comments you may have. Please contact us via the website.… - News
Ethical Editing – Summer 2011 issue
Download the Summer issue of Ethical Editing, the newsletter from COPE.This issue's theme is 'Exploring the ethical landscape'. We would very much welcome any feedback or comments you may have. Please contact us via the website.… - News
Ethical Editing – Autumn 2011 issue
Download the Autumn issue of Ethical Editing, the newsletter from COPE.This issue's theme is ''Evaluating current ethical practices''. We would very much welcome any feedback or comments you may have. Please contact us via the website.… - News
Ethical Editing – Winter 2011 issue
Download the Winter issue of Ethical Editing, the newsletter from COPE.This issue's theme is ''Ethics around the globe''. We would very much welcome any feedback or comments you may have. Please contact us via the website.… - 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.… - News
Ethical Editing – Summer 2012 issue
Download the Summer issue of Ethical Editing, the newsletter from COPE. This issue's theme is '' Correcting the literature''. We would very much welcome any feedback or comments you may have. Please contact us via the website.… - Event
COPE Lightning Talk: Text recycling in research writing
…guidelines and informational resources for editors, authors and instructors. It’s now time for editors and publishers to clarify their organisations practices regarding the legality of text recycling. REGISTER TODAY Cary Moskovitz, Thompson Writing Program, Duke University, NC - News
Ethical editing – Autumn 2010 issue
Download the Autumn issue of Ethical Editing, the newsletter from COPE (http://publicationethics.org/newsletters). This issue's theme is ‘Correcting editorial inequalities’. We would very much welcome any feedback or comments you may have. Please contact us via the website.… - Event
COPE Lightning Talk: AI
30 January 2024, 13:00-14:00 GMT / UTC COPE members only New for 2024 COPE introduces Lightning Talks! We've created these to increase awareness and confidence in specific topics. Each talk will begin with a short introduction from experts, and then open up to discussion and questions from the audience. Join us to learn more, let us know your thoughts… - Event
COPE webinar: Diversity, equity and inclusion
Join us for our webinar on diversity, equity and inclusion. Learn more about the impact of discriminatory practices, recommendations for the promotion of equality, best practices around identity and name changes, and dealing with historical offensive content. More information … - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: January 2024
Looking forward into the new year, we see significant actions and opportunities before us. We know that we are stronger when we work together, and threats to the scholarly publishing industry are before us. The integrity of the scholarly record is being threatened by paper mills and a new position statement from COPE… - Event
Workshop: Introduction to publication ethics
…href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C0ovpFo_Sp2BeULr2AyfBA#/registration">REGISTER TODAY --> Introduction to publication ethics Monday 26 February 2024, 12:00-13:30 GMT / UTC This workshop is an introduction to the principles of publication ethics and how to use the guidance and tools available to embed publication ethics in a journal's daily practice. Trevor Lane and Anubhav Pradhan review the Ethics Toolkit and other COPE resources,… - Case
Anonymous information
We did contact the person (A) who was allegedly left off the paper, who confirmed that parts of our published paper are very similar to a Review he compiled internally for the institution where both authors worked. He also expressed surprise that this was brought to our attention in the described way. He did initially agree to pursue the matter but did not want us to reveal his identity. He… - News
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COPE now has its own Facebook page as well as a Twitter account. Click on the links to follow us: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/COPE-Committee-on-Publication-Ethics/107658079276587 Twitter: ‘Ask COPE’
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Handling self-admissions of fraud
In November 2014, the first author of a decade old paper in our journal and a 15-year-old paper from another journal informed us that he faked the data in two figure panels in the paper in our journal and one figure panel in the paper in the other journal. The main gist of the manipulation was loading unequal amounts or delayed loading of gel lanes. Self-admission of data falsification… - Case
Possible case of fraud
A paper was submitted to us describing an RCT carried out in a Far Eastern hospital. Soon after the manuscript had been sent out for review, one of the reviewers sent a letter alerting us to a “possible case of fraud”. The reviewer in question appears to have compared notes with another investigator in his institute, and together they realised that the same group had submitted two… - News
COPE European Seminar: The changing face and future of publication ethics
Join us at our European Seminar to celebate 20 years of COPE. Location The Seminar is at 20 Cavendish Square, London on 25 May 2017. Registration The Seminar is free for COPE members, £300 for non-members. Register today… Case Submitted
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