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Registry for systematic reviews created
A registry for the protocols of systematic reviews has been created. The aim of encouraging registration of systematic reviews (as for clinical trials) is to ensure the results are reported responsibly and according to the original design, and also to reduce non-publication of negative findings. The registry is described in a Lancet article DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60903-8 and can be found… - Flowcharts
Peer review manipulation suspected during the peer review process
COPE's flowchart on what to do if peer review manipulation is suspected during the peer review process. Peer review manipulation suspected during the peer review process - Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum 4 December 2012: Citation manipulation
The topic for discussion at this Forum was ‘Citation manipulation’. The issue of self citation has been discussed in a number of places before. The focus here is on a form of citation manipulation that qualifies as coercion, where an editor or others affiliated with a journal pressure an author to add citations from that journal for the implied purpose of increasing citation rates and, by… Increasing number of fraudulent papers produced by “paper mills”
…href="https://publicationethics.org/publishing-manipulation-paper-mills"> Systematic manipulation of the publishing process via “paper mills” and how to identify and tackle this type of fraudulent behaviour. Paper mills produce and sell fraudulent manuscripts that seem to resemble genuine research. Articles are bought by people who need to publish research in order to get a job or promotion. This type of manipulation is often difficult to spot until…- Seminars and webinars
ISMTE webinar 2020: Transparency in the Publishing Process
…/guidelines-new/principles-transparency-and-best-practice-scholarly-publishing">Principles of Transparency & Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing - Systematic Manipulation of the Publication Process - - Seminars and webinars
European Seminar 2011: Systematic review of authorship research across research disciplines
…Download presentation: Systematic review of authorship research across research disciplines [PDF, 800KB]… - Forum discussion topics
Systematic manipulation of the publishing process via “paper mills”
…href="http://publicationethics.org/systematic-manipulation-paper-mills">comments on paper mills posted on our website before the Forum discussion. Following this discussion, COPE revised the systematic manipulation of the publication process guidance. Related resources - Flowcharts
How to recognise potential manipulation of the peer review process
COPE's guide on how to recognise potential manipulation of the peer review process. It contains details on recognised features or patterns of reviewer activity and best practice recommendations on how to minimise peer review manipulation. How to recognise potential… - Case
Reviewer citation manipulation
This is a general scenario which has been observed in increasing numbers at our journal. We are finding that some reviewers provide a referee’s report which include a request to cite a number of papers, which on closer inspection are all authored by the referee. We would like to hear whether Forum participants have any policies or procedures for reviewers who are clearly manipulating… - Seminars and webinars
Image manipulation
In this session, Jana Christopher, Image Data Integrity Analyst at FEBS Press, offers an authoritative overview of current issues and tools in detecting image manipulation. This discussion was part of 'Publication Misconduct and Fraud Day' hosted by COPE during Publication Integrity… - Event
STM Research Integrity Master Class
…mills (systematic manipulation), submissions of manuscripts to more than one journal, retractions, and communication with research institutes. Read more and register…