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Addressing the issues in peer review - LSE Impact Blog post
Post on LSE Impact Blog by Elizabeth Moylan and Charon Pierson "Addressing the issues in peer review - new guidelines available from COPE". - News
Guidelines for Peer Reviewers Chinese version updated
COPE's Chinese verison of the Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers have now been updated. The update reflects invited input from the publication ethics community and institutions in the COPE membership pilot, and… - News
COPE at Sense about Science workshop. Peer review: the nuts and bolts
On Friday April 27th, Sense about Science, Voice of Young Science and SAGE Publications hosted a workshop for early career researchers to find out more about peer review. The session began with group work… - News
Peer Review Week 2018: new and revised COPE resources
…_2_LASpanish.pdf" target="_blank">Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers; What to consider when asked to peer review (infographic); How to spot potential… - News
Peer review focus
…describe different models of peer review and the responsibilities of reviewers, including declaration of competing interests, timeliness, and requirement of having sufficient expertise in the topic or methods to provide an unbiased, useful review. The COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers… - News
Diversity in Peer Review: Survey Results
Diversity in Peer Review The theme of this year’s Peer Review Week (10-15 September 2018) was diversity and inclusion in peer review. To understand more about how the COPE community views this topic, the COPE Member Services Subcommittee launched a 3-week online Peer Review… - News
Case Discussion: Editor and reviewers requiring authors to cite their own work
…managed. Journals should provide training for editors and reviewers and have policies on diverse aspects of peer review, especially with respect to adoption of appropriate models of review and processes for handling conflicts of interest, appeals and disputes that may arise in peer review. - Event
COPE Peer Review Workshop, pre-Munin Conference, Norway, 2019
…Breivika. In connection with the Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing, on November 26 there will be a workshop about the standards of peer review from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The target group for the workshop is journal editors. We also welcome administrative staff involved in technical support for… - Webform
COPE peer review workshop 2020
…certain experts not to be included in the editorial process Case 4 Author of rejected paper publicly names and criticises peer reviewer Registration (COPE Members only) Register for the COPE workshop by… - News
When the peer review process goes sideways
…for which they cannot provide an unbiased review, as noted in COPE's Ethical guidelines for peer reviewers. - News
Peer Review Resources: Peer Review Week 2019
Peer Review Week 2019 is themed "Quality in Peer Review". Some of COPE's resources are directed towards peer reviewers with guidance on how to peer review. COPE also has guidance for editors on how to identify peer review manipulation. Ethical Guidelines for Peer… Editing of reviewer comments: Forum discussion topic March 2020
…reviews of the work in question and to not be subjected to hostile or personal attacks. Examples of possible problematic reviews or circumstances for which some editors might consider whether to edit or quash the review: "This author group clearly is lacking any fundamental knowledge of the topic." The reviewer recommends inclusion of their own work in the reference list…- News
Case discussion: Editing peer review comments
…incorrect. What is an editor to do in their effort to balance the interests of the authors, reviewers, journals and readers? Can the editor edit the reviews? What if the editor disagrees with the entire review? Should they ever not send a review to the authors? COPE is developing a survey to find out what members think about these and related questions. The topic will also be discussed at the next - Event
JOR/ORS Workshop on Preprint Servers: Public Access and Peer-Review
Preprint servers are places where manuscripts and data can be made public on the internet. These sites are not peer-reviewed, but often stimulate discussion of the posted studies. This workshop will analyse the pro and cons of using preprint servers, review the policies of publishers and journals, and invite a lively discussion on the role of this new public access to data.… - News
Editing of reviewer comments: survey
Following our Forum discussion on this topic in March 2020, we would like to hear your views on an editor's ability to alter the contents of a submitted peer review. Views from editors and publishers will form the basis of a COPE discussion document on the topic. Please fill in the short survey. Deadline to complete survey: Friday 27 March 2020 - News
Editing, reviewing and writing during COVID-19
We bring together support and guidance on issues that have come about during this crisis. The collection includes articles on how authors, editors and reviewers are handling their work during this period and guidelines developed in response to the changing environment and workflow. COPE members are welcome to submit a case to the COPE… What peer review means in the arts, humanities and social sciences: Forum discussion topic June 2020
…authors 5. Issues of self-plagiarism 6. Difficulties in upholding anonymity to authors and/or reviewers during peer review 7. Recognising and dealing with bias in reviewer comments 8. Assuring fair representation of new voices and diverse perspectives 9. Potential conflict of interest between authors and reviewers 10. Managing complaints and appealsEditing, reviewing and writing during COVID-19
…="https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2021/02/10/how-the-pandemic-changed-editorial-peer-review-and-why-we-should-wonder-whether-thats-desirable/" target="_blank">differences in the quality of peer review for papers submitted prior to and during the pandemic were identified. The review of Covid-19 papers did not emerge as less thorough but there was a shift in the quality criteria used to assess the manuscripts. February…