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Peer Review Week 2021
Peer Review Week 2021, September 20-24, is dedicated to the theme: Identity in Peer Review This year’s event is dedicated to the theme "Exploring the multifaceted role of identity in peer review". During the week, participating organisations will host virtual events and activities exploring the multifaceted… - Webform
COPE authorship workshop 24 February 2021
…Online cases workshop for COPE members Wednesday 24 February 2021 9:00-10.30am (GMT); 17.00-18.30pm (AWST); 20.00-21.30pm (AEDT) The authorship workshop is free for COPE members but spaces are limited to the first 50 applicants. Only those registered will be able to attend the workshop. You will… - Event
ACSE webinar: Principles of Transparency update
Sunday 5 February, 9.30am to 10.30am Dubai Time Zone (UTC +4) Find out what's new in the 4th version of the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Speakers at the Asian Council of Science Editors (ACSE) webinar are COPE Council Members Jiayi Xu and Trevor Lane. Register today … - News
In the news: November 2018 Digest
…Post publication discussion and corrections On October 25th, Retraction Watch released a database of 18,000 articles and conference papers which had been retracted since the 1970s. - Event
International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) Annual Meeting
ISMPP is offering a 10% registration discount to COPE members for its 16th Annual Meeting, The Evolving Role of the Scientific Communications Professional in an Open World, 20-22 April 2020, in Washington, DC. Check out the meeting at www.ismpp.org/annual-meeting, and enter 16AMCOPE in the… - News
In the news: November 2020
…href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-020-03631-1" target="_blank">case study of a single paper retracted in 2008, 3 years after it's publication, the authors used network analysis, citation context analysis and retraction status visibility analysis and found 148 direct citations from 2006-2019 and 2542 second-generation citations. The retraction was not mentioned in… - Event
Ask COPE - 21 April 2015
The next Ask COPE will be held on Tuesday 21 April at 3pm (British Summer Time). See here for further details.… - News
Expressions of Concern: Forum discussion topic
…and what happens if the concerns are later found not to be valid. This will be discussed at the start of the next COPE Forum on Monday 26 February. Please leave any comments on our discussion document, whether or not you are planning… - News
In the news: March 2018 Digest
…target="_blank">http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/02/26/1715374115 Conflicts of interest This article on COI in peer review concludes that journals should develop COI policies for reviewers and editors, as well as for authors - News
Editing Medical Journals: Short Course
Date: 10-12 November 2010 Location: Oxford, UK Website: http://www.pspconsulting.org Now in its 13th year, this short course for Editors-in-Chief, Editorial Board members and managing editors helps build skills and awareness of what it means to be a journal editor and how to make your journal successful. The course covers: how to… - News
Welcome new COPE Council members
The results of our recent Council elections have been confirmed and we are pleased to welcome two new members to Council: Howard Browman and Frits Rosendaal. Frits Rosendaal is Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis and chairman of the - News
December 2017 news
…Humans Run Experiments, a Robot Writes the Paper The future of automated scientific writing is upon us--and that's a good thing.Robot writes paper Fostering Integrity in Research A consensus study report of The… - 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… - News
COPE authorship workshop February 2021
…Online cases workshop for COPE members only Wednesday 10 February 2021 15:00-16:30pm (GMT); 10.00-11.30am (EST) Wednesday 24 February 2021 09:00-10:30am (GMT); 17.00-18.30pm (AWST); 20.00-21.30pm (AEDT) Following on from the success of our virtual workshops last year, COPE is delighted to announce an online workshop on… - News
In the news: July Digest
…(21.4% of articles, reviews and conference abstracts in 2001 declined to 10.4% in 2017). However, there are global variations which is correlated with subject areas. https://www.timeshighereducation.com… - News
Peer review week 2022: webinars
As part of Peer Review Week 2022, COPE hosted the webinar Practical steps for managing paper mills. The speakers give practical tips on how to manage systematic manipulation of the publication process, at scale, and describe their experience of dealing with paper mills affecting their journals, - News
Reducing the inadvertent spread of retracted science
…="https://osf.io/5z2n4/?view_only=c7e1c5ecb59f4b81962700a298dc0326">https://osf.io/5z2n4/?view_only=c7e1c5ecb59f4b81962700a298dc0326 Piller, Charles (2021). Many scientists citing two scandalous COVID-19 papers ignore their retractions. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abg5806 Dr.Jodi Schneider (PI), Assistant Professor, School of… FORUM DISCUSSION TOPIC: comments please
…costs. Retraction Watch, 28 January 2016; http://retractionwatch.com/2016/01/28/sharing-data-is-a-good-thing-but-we-need-to-consider-the-costs/ This will be discussed at the start of the next COPE Forum on Friday 12 February. Please do leave any comments below, whether or not you…- Event
COPE Forum: Tuesday 23 March 2021
The 23 March 2021 COPE Forum will be held at 14:00-15:30pm (GMT). COPE Members can now register to attend the March Forum; the deadline to register is Monday 22 March. The discussion topic will be on the subject on publication ethics and books. This will be… - News
Self-Citation: Where's the Line? - Forum discussion 13 November 2017
…comments Register for the Forum by Friday 10 November…