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Image manipulation
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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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Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
…The target readership of the journal. The types of manuscripts the journal will consider for publication (for example, that multiple or redundant publication is not allowed). Authorship criteria. ISSNs (separate for print and electronic versions). 3. Publishing schedule A journal’s publishing frequency should be clearly described, and the journal… - News
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
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Introduction to publication ethics and the COPE ethics toolkit
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Ethical concerns in research on urbanisation: perspectives from the Global South
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Seminar 2021: Trustworthy AI for the future of publishing
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Artificial intelligence: Lightning talk summary
…New tools and directions in AI for scholarly publishing January 2024 Lightning talk In the first of our new Lightning Talks Marie Soulière and Nishchay Shah spoke about new tools and directions in AI for scholarly publishing.… - Forum discussion topics
Ethical considerations around watchlists
…href="https://cabells.com/solutions/predatory-reports">Cabell’s Predatory Reports are the latest iteration, but as a paid-for service they engage in deeper evaluation of journals and are transparent about the criteria they use. Now, the increasing scale of systematic manipulation is leading to more calls for information sharing to protect the published record. Benefits and potential risks Watchlists of individuals…