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Nature Publishing Group wins libel case
Nature Publishing Group has won the libel case brought against them by Mohamed El Naschie, former editor of Chaos, Solitons and Fractals (CSF) regarding an article published in 2008: ‘Self-publishing editor set to retire’. Read more on the judgement - Event
Paper mills meeting: WCRI2024
…projects that won’t be presented at WCRI2024. Most presentations will not involve slides, to maximise the number of people who can share their work. Interested participants can register for the paper mill meeting. You’ll be asked to provide your name and contact details, whether you wish to present, and in what capacity (ie as WCRI2024… - News
Wiley launch new ethics guidelines
…href="http://dmmsclick.wiley.com/view.asp?m=v9vyzrfes6yld5ex56dh&u=9348661&f=h">here and the Guidelines found here.… - Event
NISO Plus Conference 2023
The NISO Plus conference, over two days, will cover topics such as persistent identifier infrastructure, metadata and AI, peer review and metadata, and much more. COPE Council Member, Rachel Safer, will participate in the session on DEIA and NISO standards about COPE's work on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. 16 February 2pm… - News
COPE Competition!
…Please send suggestions by 15 September http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PFN7K68… - Event
2018 Events
COPE Council members have been busy talking about COPE at meetings and conferences across the globe. - News
Submit your poster for the Asia Pacific Seminar
…learning about. For more information and to submit your poster, see: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WR999XV. The deadline for abstract submissions is 1 September 2011. … - Event
INANE (International Academy of Nursing Editors): 2014 Annual Meeting
COPE Council members Charon Pierson and Geri Pearson will be holding a COPE Workshop at the meeting. Click here for more information.… - News
In the news: February 2022
…href="https://sfdora.org/2021/12/22/2021-in-review/">responsible assessment of research, including valuation, tools to reduce focus on journal-based metrics and biases while increasing inclusivity. Peer review Spin, or maximizing the positive aspects of research, is common in submitted research reports, and similarly common in final published articles. Funders should consider - News
In the news: January Digest
…Predatory Publishing Leading scholars and publishers from ten countries have agreed a definition of predatory publishing. It took 12 hours of discussion, 18 questions and 3 rounds to reach. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03759-y Allegations of… - News
COPE is now on LinkedIn!
If you are a member of LinkedIn you can join the COPE group. Click here to stay up to date with ethical issues.… - News
Editor to Editor support for Journal Management
…Guest article Peggy L. Chinn, RN, PhD, FAAN and Leslie H. Nicoll, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN The International Academy of Nursing Editors (INANE) has been supporting the work of nursing editors and the development of high quality nursing journals since 1982. INANE hosts an annual conference; the 37th meeting, in Boston, concluded… - News
Peer Review Week
…webinars, videos, interviews and social media activities designed to improve understanding of the principle of peer review and how it is practiced within the scholarly community. https://peerreviewweek.wordpress.com/?platform=hootsuite… - News
In the news: April Digest
…Research and Publication Integrity Plagiarism detectors are good in assuring that true plagiarism is detected and that original papers are not flagged incorrectly. “Horsefeathers!” asserts Debora Weber-Wulff. Buyer beware and it still takes a person to assess flagged articles. - News
In the News: July Digest
…funding, a blacklist of ‘poor quality’ journals and a government agency that is responsible for policing misconduct.https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05359-8This article in the Guardian argues that the level of competition in science, rather than driving innovation, is wasteful and damaging to…