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Seminar 2022: Book wars
…src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JqsKaZ4dtiM?rel=0"> Speaker John B Thompson is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. His publications… - News
Guest editorial: Tackling paper mills
…href="https://thebiochemistblog.com/2021/05/06/papermills-in-bioscience-reports/">targeted, for some time, by a ‘paper mill’. We were fortunate that the anonymous reader was reachable, and that they were willing to discuss with us and elaborate on how they had identified some of the issues in the figures, most commonly Western blots, microscopy images, and flow cytometry graphs. In addition to learning how to identify potential paper mill articles and issues in figures as… - News
COPE advice to editors on geopolitical intrusions on editorial decisions
…2013 1 August 2013 There has been much discussion recently on government, specifically US government, sanctions against Iran, the potential effect on Iranian researchers and some publishers have cautioned editors and reviewers about handling papers from Iran. A recent BMJ news item… - Event
Charleston Conference 2019
…& Francis) Claire Sewell, Research Skills Coordinator / Social Media Editor (Cambridge University Library / New Review of Academic Librarianship) Deborah Poff, Chair (Committee on Publication Ethics) Charleston Conference… - News
Thank you and farewell to Council Members
…target="_blank">Revista Española de Cardiología, the official journal of the Spanish Society of Cardiology, Spain Jason Hu - joined COPE while at ORCID, China. Now at Taylor &… - Forum discussion topics
Publishing when English is not your first language
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…href="/files/u2/Warwick_CHEIA.pdf">Download PDF (700 kb) Presented by Sabine Kleinert At the conference: Council of Higher Education Auditors' Annual Conference Warwick, UK September 2008 The editors' role in investigating publication misconductCOPE webinar: Understanding text recycling
…Information Policy Officer, Duke University Libraries David Hanson, formerly Faculty Research Librarian at UNC School of Law and Fellow at UC Berkeley Law Digital Library Copyright Project, has written and taught extensively on legal and ethical dimensions of copyright, publishing and access to information. He has contributed to briefs filed on behalf of libraries, academic…- Forum discussion topics
Author behavioural misconduct
…or not there is a topical link to the content? If so, how, and on what basis, might such a link be confirmed or denied? References Marin-Spiotta E. (2018). Harassment should count as scientific misconduct in Nature, 10 May 2018, Volume 557, page 141 Artificial intelligence (AI) in decision making: Forum discussion topic November 2019
…discussion topic, members' cases will be presented for discussion and advice from the participants of the Forum. COPE members need to register for the Forum by Friday 8 November 2019. Please do leave any…- Seminars and webinars
Webinar 2019: Allegations of misconduct
…height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u_dhX_UHRws" width="100%"> Summary Nancy Chescheir, COPE Council and Editor in Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology, introduced and moderated the webinar. Nancy reminded everyone of COPE's Core Practice Allegations of Misconduct, and what it means in its broadest sense: "Any practice… - News
Where next in peer review? Part 2: COPE commentary
…a surge in rapid, community-led peer review because of the urgent need to understand more about the virus. Unfortunately, a number of the resulting articles later had to be retracted and this damaged faith in community-driven rapid review. This time, however, we seem so far to have avoided these reservations. COPE… - News
Comments please: framework for editors when requesting patient consent for publication in small cohort studies
The International Rhuematology Editors' Group would like to receive comments from wider specialty communities on their framework below. Please send any comments to Shehnaz Ahmed. Framework for editors when requesting patient consent for publication in small… - News
New: Chinese resources
…href="https://twitter.com/i/moments/861565146476544001">COPE China #C0PEChina Tweets… - Seminars and webinars
Post-publication critiques
…co-founder of PubPeer, a not-for-profit website which allows readers and authors to comment on scholarly publications. Nick Wise is a researcher in fluid dynamics and an integrity ‘sleuth’ whose work has resulted in over 900 retractions. Peter Doshi is an associate professor of pharmaceutical health services research and leads the - Case
Dealing with cases with culturally offensive content
…including the use of disclaimers or ‘flags’ on individual articles, and general position statements on the historic context of language now deemed offensive (see, for example, an article by the Journal of the American Medical Association). Concerns were voiced that disclaimers could stigmatise the authors, and also imply the… - Forum discussion topics
Ethical considerations around watchlists
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Building an international register of ongoing systematic reviews: have your say
…published in The Lancet. In order to arrive at an internationally agreed minimum data… - Event
COPE Forum: 3 August 2016
The August COPE Forum, where we discuss cases submitted by members, is a face to face meeting in London at the International Academy of Nursing Editors (INANE) Nurses Conference. This will be held at the Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square, London. Register for the Forum - Webform
COPE Asia-Pacific Workshop, Melbourne 2020
…href="https://www.jasperhotel.com.au/" target="_blank">Jasper Hotel, 489 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Australia. Registration Please register for the workshop by completing the form below (unless you are also attending the ISMTE Conference - see below for details). The workshop is free for COPE members and ISMTE members. Registration will close on 1 September 2020. ISMTE…