- Seminars and webinars
Webinar 2021: Diversity, equity and inclusion
…votes; all of which could be considered to have vested interests in integrity and ethical conduct. Two options tied in second place were editorial board and specialist committees, both of which could be seen as external independent adjudicating bodies. Groups affected by the content – 60 Journal Editor – 59 Publisher – 57 Editorial Board – 46 Specialist… - Case
Duplicate publication
The editor of Journal A drew the attention of the editor of Journal B to two articles published in their journals which were remarkably similar. The editor of Journal A believed that certain passages of text suggested duplicate publication of results. The dates of publication indicated that these data were accepted first by Journal A. Should it turn out to be duplicate publication, the authors… New UK Panel for Research Integrity
…instances occur. Project approval was granted through to September 2004. Professor Michael Farthing was appointed to lead the project on account of his expertise in the field and as former chair of COPE. One of the first tasks was to survey the membership to look at the nature and prevalence of research misconduct. Seventy per cent of the membership (86 members)…- Forum discussion topics
Best practices for guest edited collections
…Permissions Guidelines (2022) for alternative proposals.' Q: I think for some journals with a large volume, it may not be possible for the EiC to have overview on every paper published in it. Perhaps the responsibilities can be distributed to a team of editors? A: The section on ‘Editing article collections’ in the - Case
Submission without knowledge of the corresponding author
…signature of the senior and corresponding author was clearly “pp”. The editor responded, pointing out the misconduct and received a prompt written response from the senior author agreeing that this was not the way to proceed. The senior author did not feel that the matter should be taken further other than through a formal letter from the editor to the author who had misdemeaned. What should the editor… - News
Case discussion: gift authorship
…href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08989621.2020.1772060"> Accountability in Research published by Michael Reisig et al in 2020 identified gift authorship to be the most prevalent form of research misconduct, according to replies from tenured or tenure-track faculty at the top 100 research-intensive universities in the USA. This result, and past COPE Forum cases, suggests pervasive disregard, lack, misconception, or misinterpretation of… - Event
ISMTE webinar: Responding to world events
15 September 2022, 16:00 (BST), 11:00 (EDT), 15:00 (UTC) When it is appropriate to respond to world events, and how to be effective in their response. COPE is represented at this ISMTE webinar by panellists Caroline Porter (COPE Trustee, and Associate VP Research Publishing SAGE Publishing) and Simon Linacre (COPE Trustee, and Head of Content, Brand & Press… - Case
Dealing with cases with culturally offensive content
…The Forum agreed that further guidelines will be useful. The forthcoming COPE guidelines will address some of the issues reviewed here and other resources can be found below: Simone Ragavooloo, Helen Macdonald and Kamran Abbasi, ‘Acting on historically offensive content in BMJ’s archive’, BMJ 2022; 378:o1829 doi… - Event
COPE webinar: managing paper mills
…are revisiting this topic to provide an update on progress and initiatives that are underway to address the problem. We will share the outcome of the first industry-wide research on paper mills carried out by Maverick Publishing for COPE and STM. There will also be updates on the latest guidance for editors… Submitting a guest editorial or opinion piece to COPE
…any loss or damage caused or occasioned as a result of the publication of a guest editorial or opinion article. Publication history This policy will be reviewed and updated at the discretion of the editors. Published: 25 January 2022 Updated: 20 June 2023…- Case
Is there a time limit for submitting a critique of a published article?
…they referred to the instructions to authors on the journal website which states that comments on published articles must be submitted within three months and will be published alongside a reply from the original author. The journal policy section has a similar statement but without a time period. The corresponding author replied that no concerns or objections should be considered by the journal as… - Event
8th Annual Meeting of International Association of Veterinary Editors (IAVE)
COPE Council member, Geri Pearson, will be talking about COPE at the 8th annual meeting of the International Association of Veterinary Editors to be held in St.Louis, Missouri. For more information see: http://www.veteditors.org/veteditorsmtg-2011.html… - News
COPE Forum agenda and materials: 23 September 2014 meeting
The next COPE Forum meeting is being held on Tuesday 23 September, 3–5pm (British Summer Time). The COPE Forum will be held virtually via webinar. Download the agenda and materials here (PDF, 805kb). The invitation to join the webinar is below. We can accommodate up to 100 attendees, so please register… - Case
Professional misconduct of one author
We are a scholarly publishing platform. We have recently encountered a unique case in which an author wishes to be removed from a published article due to allegations that have been made in the public domain about the lead and corresponding author. The first version of the article in question was published in 2017, with subsequent versions. Since then, the lead author of the… - Case
Change in author’s name after publication
An original work was published in our journal in September 2010. The article had five authors. Now, in February 2013, the third author is requesting an alteration in his/her name. The original name published was SFHS. The request is to change the name to SFH, both on the journal's website and Medline. No valid reason could be provided by the author for this change in name. The last name… - Case
Image duplication
…and asked for the opportunity to repeat the experiments. The response was again reviewed by the senior editor and discussed at a meeting of the editorial board, which again confirmed the view that there was a problem with one particular image. It was therefore decided not to accede to the request and the author was notified that a retraction for one paper would be issued (earlier it had also… - Event
COPE Forum: 3 February 2017 4pm (GMT)
The COPE will at 8am and 4pm (GMT) will be held by webinar and is open to COPE members. Call for cases Cases can be submitted on our website and must be anonymised. We do like those presenting a case to take part in the Forum: pick which time is suitable for you. The February COPE Forum, where we discuss cases submitted by members, will be held by webinar. - Case
The single author, randomised controlled trial
After a randomised controlled trial from a single author had been published, a letter was received in which the correspondent suggested that the original trial might be fraudulent. Firstly, the writer claimed that it was highly unlikely that just one author could perform a prospective, randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial, especially in a small district hospital. The…