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Letter from the COPE co-Chairs: April 2019
…What we’ve learned: Reflections at the end of our term as COPE Co-Chairs Image credit: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated Jerry Segraves-jerrysfoto.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue-reflect.jpg We often reflect… - Guidelines
How to handle authorship disputes: a guide for new researchers
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When the peer review process goes sideways
…text-decoration:underline">Case 12-12 illustrated the pitfalls of using only the suggested reviewers. In this case, after an unusual pattern of very positive and very fast reviews were noted for papers of a particular author, the editors asked the author to explain. The author admitted that the provided emails either were not legitimate and were under the author’s control or were those of colleagues who provided… - Seminars and webinars
COPE webinar 2018: Creating and implementing data research policies
… Presentation Data research policies PDF 12 MB … - Translated resources
Proceso de revisión por pares comprometido en artículos publicados: caso
…La revista publicó notas de retractación para todos los artículos que el autor A estuvo de acuerdo en retractar. La revista ha tomado nota de la sugerencia de repetir el proceso de revisión por pares para el resto de los artículos. La institución del autor A se puso en contacto con la revista y quiere conocer todos los detalles mientras investigan al autor A. Basado en el caso 12-12… Cookie policy
…COPE protects any personal information you provide to us. The policy also describes how to get in touch with us if you have any questions or concerns. Related content All COPE policies Page history Last updated 11 April 2022 Back to…- Event
COPE webinar: managing paper mills
…top Related resources Paper mills: authorship for sale COPE Seminar 2021 Systematic manipulation of the publication process, COPE guidance, updated 2022 - Case
Comments linked to retracted papers
A journal has received comments linked to a research paper that later has been retracted. This has led to a debate over whether there should be some notification beyond the link to the actual retracted paper. Questions for COPE Council Should the comments themselves be retracted? What does COPE recommend? What do other journals do? … - Case
Publishing a letter concerning a paper published in another journal many years ago
Recently, Journal X received a letter to the editor based on an article published in another journal about 8 years previously. The editors of Journal X believe this letter is important to their readers. The original article was a seminal paper which changed practice. However, a group of authors challenged some of the data published in this trial in a subsequent review published about 7 ye… - Case
Data integrity issues
Several years ago, a third party contacted the journal with concerns about data irregularities in two randomised controlled trials published about 10 years ago. Both of the papers were published before the journal had strict requirements on data upload to a public repository and availability. The journal sent an initial email to the corresponding author of both papers (the same author fo… - Case
Author accused of sexual harassment
A reviewer for Journal X declined to review a paper as author Y has been the subject of a sexual harassment investigation. Author Y left the institute before the result of the investigation, thereby avoiding the outcome of the case. There is an academic loophole which allows those accused of misconduct to avoid any potential consequences by resigning before the outcome of the investigation, mea… - Case
Can a published journal article be submitted to conferences?
An article is submitted to a journal and accepted for future publication. The authors receive the acceptance letter and the script is waiting for the final publication process (within 4-6 months). During this time the authors ask the journal if they can present the full text of the article at a conference (which is going to be held before the publication by the journal). They also declar… - Flowcharts
Addressing concerns about systematic manipulation of the publication process
…="https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/systematic-manipulation-publication-process">Systematic manipulation of the publication process flowcharts Managing paper mills COPE seminar, September 2022 How do we deal with the growing problem of paper mill - Seminars and webinars
Post-publication corrections
…misconduct JAMA Network article Handling difficult cases a discussion on PLOS Blog Related COPE resources Dealing with concerns about the integrity of… - News
Predatory behaviour in publication ethics
…="https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2017/02/28/predatory-publishing-rational-response-poorly-governed-academic-incentives/">colluding in poor practice by publishing in predatory journals). Scholarship in this area tends to focus on the - Translated resources
Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (Portuguese)
…Transparência e melhores práticas, edição atualizada, Version 4.0, 2022 Transparência e melhores práticas Português - Revisado por Luciano Panepucci, após tradução automática via Documentos Google. Version 4.0, 2022. Edição anterior: Princípios de Transparência e Boas Práticas em… - Forum discussion topics
Editorial conflicts of interest
March 2022 Watch the introduction to the topic "Editorial conflicts of interest" with COPE Council member, Itamar Ashkenazi. - Forum discussion topics
Dealing with complaints about the integrity of published research
June 2022 Watch the introduction to the topic "Dealing with complaints about the integrity of published research" with COPE Council member, Jigisha Patel.