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Letter from the COPE co-Chairs: June 2018
…participate because he wanted his data and was reluctant to consider the broader implications. The clinical director wanted to protect staff and their personal opinions, to keep them separate from the care they provided in the clinic. While this scenario represents a broader and ongoing controversy in ethical oversight, ( - Case
Ethical conduct of qualitative research studies
…-evaluations">COPE’s guidance for editors on dealing with research audits and service evaluations may be useful. Related resources BMJ Quality and Safety policy - Event
COPE webinar: Enhancing partnerships of institutions and journals
…href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/difference/timezone/utc">Find out what time this is in your country REGISTER TODAY --> For some years, COPE has been discussing the fundamental relationship between publication ethics and research ethics, publication ethics being part of research and research publishing. COPE has recently launched… Self-Citation - Forum discussion November 2017
…of references in a given work that can or should be a limit in referring back to the authors’ own publications? Is there any guidance journals or publishers can give to authors about what is considered “appropriate” vs. “excessive”? Are there, or should there be rules about changing reference lists during revision, in particular in adding more self-citations if not specifically requested by the…- Seminars and webinars
Image manipulation
… Back to top Image fraud, beautification, and genuine errors Rapid changes in technology in… United2Act launches action against paper mills
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COPE webinar: Enhancing partnerships of institutions and journals
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Standards in Authorship webinar summary
…sciences on the topic of authorship. In the humanities, it is considered unethical if a supervisor is listed as an author on a student’s paper, a view at odds with that held in the sciences. As a result, the publication ethics issues in the humanities… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: Ethical authorship versus fraudulent authorship
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COPE at COMPARE Life Sciences Workshop on Authorship, UK
…href="https://publicationethics.org/authorship"> authorship and contributorship.QUT resources on authorship and publication. Elizabeth Moylan, Chair, Education subcommittee… - Webform
COPE peer review workshop 2020
Registration is now closed as the workshop is full Peer review workshop Thursday 24 September 2020, 4.00pm - 5.15pm (BST), online workshop (COPE Members only) This year's Peer Review Week is dedicated to 'Trust in peer review'. Peer Review… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: July 2019
…Please help us by filling in our survey which should take no longer than 10 minutes. Begin survey. COPE Chair Systematic manipulation of the publishing process via paper mills: Forum discussion topic September 2020
…the publication process are being seen. The production of fraudulent papers at scale via alleged ‘paper mills’ is one such manipulation. Paper mills are profit oriented, unofficial and potentially illegal organisations that produce and sell fraudulent manuscripts that seem to resemble genuine research. They may…- News
Letter from the COPE Chair: September 2021
…legitimate for an editor to modify a reviewer’s comments. It also gives guidance on the level of editing and editing procedure which will support consistent, fair, and transparent editing practices. Peer Review Week, 20–24 September, is upon us once again. This year’s theme is the “multifaceted role of identity in peer review”. I’m sure many of you… Cookie policy
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Letter from the COPE Chair: September 2022
Welcome to our annual edition of Digest celebrating Peer Review Week (19-23 September). This year’s theme is “Research Integrity: Creating and supporting trust in research”. As part of Peer Review Week, COPE is hosting a webinar on managing paper… - Case
Comments linked to retracted papers
…used for editorials and published letters that mention the paper in passing but have a wider, still valid message. This issue was discussed by Retraction Watch in 2016, in a post in which members of the board of the Center For Scientific Integrity (RW's parent organisation) - Case
Editor as author
…years. Patients as authors is becoming a standard in medicine as can be seen in this discussion. The BMJ Publishing Group has a campaign for patient-partnership. The editor should… - Case
Author accused of sexual harassment
…="https://web.archive.org/web/20211105032210/https://retractionwatch.com/2021/08/04/should-journals-retract-when-an-author-is-sent-to-prison-for-a-crime-unrelated-to-their-work/">similar issue on Retraction Watch: Discussions on how to handle this and similar cases touch on the frequent lack of definite evidence or the fact that formal cases may still be open or being appealed. Those accused, whether formally or informally, may… - Seminars and webinars
Introduction to publication ethics and the COPE ethics toolkit
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