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COPE Forum: Tuesday 15 December 2020
COPE members can now register to attend the December Forum, to be held on Tuesday 15 December 2:00-3:30pm GMT. The deadline to register is Monday 14 December. The discussion topic is 'Predatory publishing: next steps and where do we go from here?'. This will be followed by… - Seminars and webinars
European Seminar 2019: Text Recycling Research Project
…src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jK9e36vkiM8" width="100%"> Speakers from the Text Recycling Research Project (TRRP) Michael Pemberton, Georgia Southern University. Professor of Writing Linguistics, Director of the University Writing Center, and Editor of Across the Disciplines. "What do gatekeepers across academic fields believe about appropriate text recycling practice?" Cary Moskovitz (Lead… - Seminars and webinars
European Seminar 2019: Analysis of retractions, initiators and reasons for retractions
…perspective on retractions, and Howard Browman shares an update on COPE's revised retractions discussion document. Watch now To hear Thed Van Leeuwen's presentation, listen from 11:14. FORUM DISCUSSION TOPIC: Sharing of information among editors-in-chief regarding possible misconduct
Recent high profile cases of research misconduct have relied upon the sharing of relevant information among the Editors-in-Chief of the journals concerned during the months and years leading up to the final settlement of the cases (see http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10…FORUM DISCUSSION TOPIC: comments please
…References 1. Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers. Diversity and Inclusion Manifesto for Scholarly Publishing. https://diversitymanifesto.wordpress.com/ 2. Coalition for Diversity & Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC). https://c4disc.org/principles/ 3.…- News
Letter from the COPE Chair: January 2020
…Ottawa Predatory journals: no definition, no defence. We will be hosting our next COPE Forum for our members on 6 March 2020, with cases sent in by members for advice on next steps. In addition, we have our a topic for discussion ‘Editing of… - Case
Data anonymity
…the whole cohort? Did the authors receive consent to publish from the patients whose data were published? For information, advice on how to anonymise clinical data can be found in this paper (Preparing raw clinical data for publication: guidance for journal editors, authors, and peer reviewers. http://trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com… - Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum 4 September 2013: Sharing of information among editors-in-chief regarding possible misconduct
Background Recent high profile cases of research misconduct have relied upon the sharing of relevant information among the Editors-in-Chief of the journals concerned during the months and years leading up to the final settlement of the cases (see https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com… - Case
Ethical approval requirements for case study reports
…reporting is carried out. The key point from a publication ethics point of view is that journals should make their policies clear on when they expect ethics approval, as well as what declarations are needed at submission and in the paper. Examples of some comprehensive case report guidelines can be found at - Case
Alleged plagiarism
Journal A published a review paper. About a year later, the author of a paper published in 1997 in Journal B wrote to say that he had come across the paper in Journal A during a literature search. He pointed out that parts of this paper were virtually identical with his paper in Journal B. Although the author of the article in Journal A had made one reference to his article, this was only to on… - Case
Multiple failure to declare a relevant conflict of interest
During peer review of a manuscript submitted to journal Y, one of the referees indicated a belief that at least one of the authors had not declared a relevant conflict of interest (CoI). The article indicated that the authors had no relevant CoIs. The referee provided a URL to a press release that supported the allegation. It appears that one of the authors is the discoverer of a series of comp… - Event
COPE North American seminar
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COPE Forum: 3 February 2017 4pm (GMT)
…as soon as possible as the webinar is limited to 100 attendees. Deadline to register: Thursday 2 February Register 4pm Forum 4 - 5.30pm GMT The agenda with cases to be discussed will be posted here before the Forum. (Unfortunately we have had to cancel… - Event
COPE Forum: Thursday 14 October 2021
The 14 October 2021 COPE Forum will be held at 14:00-15:30pm BST (UTC + 1). - Event
COPE Forum: September 2023
…href="http://publicationethics.org/resources/forum-discussion-topics/peer-review-models">welcome your comments to add to the discussion. 3. New cases 23-13 How to handle offers of promotion of authorship for sale 23-14 Concerns over the withdrawal of a complaint … FORUM DISCUSSION TOPIC: comments please
…preprint servers: ArXiv https://arxiv.org/help/withdraw BiorXiv http://www.biorxiv.org/about/FAQ PeerJ Preprints https://peerj.com…- Case
Author withdraws manuscript upon payment request
…possible.' The mention of open access APC fee payment after acceptance could be stated upfront in the aims and scope on the homepage, such as in BMJ Open: 'BMJ Open is an online, open access journal, dedicated to publishing medical research from all disciplines and therapeutic areas. .... Authors are asked to pay article-publishing charges on acceptance; the… - News
Reflections on the COPE North American Seminar 2019
…consultants. Karin is a co-founder of the group “Women Also Know History”, which is a media and curriculum tool to support and promote the work of more than 3,300 women scholars of history in all specialties. It was modeled after a similar group for political scientists "Women Also Know… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: Ethical practice in research data publication - challenges, lessons and opportunities
… Over the past decade, we have seen a marked increase in the publication of research data, driven by journal, funder, and institutional policies. This has brought ethical challenges specific to datasets, which can affect the journal publication related to the… - Forum discussion topics
Claiming institutional affiliations
…100%; height: 100%; } .embedtool .fluid-vids {position: initial !important} /*-->*/ Standards and guidance on "institutional authorship" Authorship is the currency of research and academia. But what about author affiliations? Research…