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Developing a procedure to deal with retractions
The advised policies which members of the Forum suggested have not yet been implemented due to a massive ongoing redesign project for our website which has put many things on hold. It is unlikely this will be resolved until the new year; however, we have taken the Forum’s comments on board and intend, when the time comes, to implement the suggestions in the most thorough and transparent way… - Forum discussion topics
COPE Forum 12 March 2013: Text recycling
The topic for discussion at this Forum was ‘Text recycling’. Self-plagiarism, also referred to as ‘text recycling’, is a topical issue and is currently generating much discussion among editors. Opinions are divided as to how much text overlap with an author’s own previous publications is acceptable, and editors often find it hard to judge when action is required. In an attempt to get some… - Seminars and webinars
Publication misconduct tools
In this panel the audience heard from five representatives from organisations which produce tools to detect publication misconduct. Together they showed that while technology is creating new challenges for academic publishing, it can also be part of the solution. This discussion is one of eleven sessions hosted by COPE during - Flowcharts
What to consider when asked to peer review a manuscript
…of AI in reviewing Consider the review model and evaluation criteria If the reviewer has a good idea of who the authors are they should consider potential conflicts of interest Consider whether you have the necessary time and expertise to complete the review Sharing reviews is a possible mentoring opportunity but must be done with the permission of the… Membership subscription fees
…a discrete journal product published in intervals will be charged according to the number of articles that they publish a year. If a company wishes to register fewer than five journals then cumulative journal by frequency of publication rates apply. Number of articles Fees per…- Case
Dual submission
…Journal B, which happens to share an office with Journal A. The next month essentially the same paper originally submitted to Journal A was resubmitted. It was unchanged from the previous submission, but with a slightly different title. The editorial assistants of Journals A and B noted that, apart from some differences in the introduction, the two papers were identical. Journals A and B wrote to the… - Case
Anonymous peer review – author requesting manuscript file
…they have seen similar requests and, if so, how were those requests handled? Furthermore, do Forum members have explicit policies documenting what they allow authors to see with regard to manuscript files, and are these policies made public in their information for authors?… - Event
COPE Forum: December 2023
…href="https://publicationethics.org/case/complaint-protocol-special-issue">Complaint over protocol used in special issue … - Guidelines
Editorial board participation
…preclude an editor from joining the board or result in an editor’s removal if not resolved. Journals should ask potential editorial board members to provide a list of their potential conflicts of interest When journals recruit editors at any level, they might need to decide whether it is appropriate for any individual to be a member of more than one editorial board at the same time… - Case
Author cannot be located
…/> The editor could also ask the other authors to find the missing author, or to contact the author’s institution. A similar case can be found in the cases database:… - Discussion documents
Predatory publishing
…/resources/guidelines-new/principles-transparency-and-best-practice-scholarly-publishing">Principles of transparency and best practice in scholarly publishing. Negative effects of predatory publishing include deceiving authors into paying for non-existent services, wasting funding, and diluting the research with unreliable papers. Solutions to the problem of fake… List of delegates
…Baldwin International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice Aubrey Blumsohn Northern General Hospital, Sheffield Jane Borthwick Lancet Janet Boullin Oxford University Press Julie Brice Medical Education Margaret Corbett British Journal of…- Discussion documents
Citation manipulation
…journal publishing the citing article, and excessive citation between journals in a coordinated manner. Examples of legitimate self-citation are given where it is included or requested to address valid needs. COPE recommends that journals develop policies about appropriate levels of self-citation, provide education for editors and have clear procedures to respond to potential citation manipulation. - Case
An unethical ethics committee?
…is awaiting a reply. The editor also wrote to two of the trust chief executives and the research and development director of the third, from whom he is awaiting responses. Curiously, the research and development director is a former editor of the journal in question.… - Case
Confidentiality breach by an associate editor
The editorial team was unanimous in their decisions to stop collaboration with the associate editor and, regretfully, the collaboration stopped. The confidentiality issue was discussed with incoming associate editors during an annual associate editor course but this experience convinced the editors to emphasise the issue even more.… - News
Upcoming CrossRef webinars
…4:00 pm (London)Moderator: Rachael LammeyRegistration Introduction to CrossCheck In this webinar you will learn about the innovative plagiarism screening service and… - Case
Suspicious responses to authorship change requests
…spelling of author D’s first name changed between the second and third email addresses, and the spelling of the author D’s surname in the body of the third email did not match any of the email addresses, any prior correspondence, or the published article. The publisher suspects the corresponding author forged both of author D’s responses, but this is a serious accusation, particularly without having… - Translated resources
Proceso de revisión por pares comprometido en artículos publicados: caso
…Compromised peer review system in published papers Related resources Guias eticas para revisores pares - Translated resources
El autor solicita que ciertos expertos no participen en el proceso editorial: caso
…editorial de la revista: «Nos reservamos el derecho de enviar los manuscritos a los revisores de nuestra elección». Basado en el caso 16-08 Author requests for certain experts not to be included in the editorial process Related resources