- Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: Reducing the inadvertent spread of retracted science: taxonomy considerations
…Science: Shaping a Research and Implementation Agenda, and is assistant professor at the School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She studies the science of science through the lens of arguments, evidence, and persuasion, with a special interest in controversies in science. She has held research positions across the US, Europe, and Chile. Her recent work has focused on… - News
In the news: October 2018 Digest
…href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06201-x" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06201-x Australian “research integrity” training course for researchers, available on line. https://twitter.com/OreiQut/status/1041827339032702976 Regulations US FDA is proposing heavy fines on… The ethics of audit and research
…are issues around the ossification of process, how innovation and change can be accommodated, and about the perverse incentives that any bureaucratic system imposes on everyone who interacts with it. In a recent paper in the BMJ (2005; 330: 468-73), Derek Wade…- Forum discussion topics
What does peer review mean in the arts, humanities and social sciences?
…sometimes the final paper have to be approved by the indigenous IRB. This is true in Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii. Also, the Navajo in the US have a native indigenous IRB. So, the research needs to be approved by the university IRB and by the indigenous IRB. Due diligence for editors is to ensure that any appropriate IRBs, and not just the research IRB, but it could be a community IRB, an indigenous… - News
In the news: June Digest
…publication landscape is difficult and important and sometimes full of surprises. Witness the identification for 152 previously open access journals that have "reverse flipped" to a closed-access model. The authors suggest some possible explanations for this counter-prevailing practice phenomenon. - News
Letter from the COPE co-Chairs: July 2018
…target="_blank">FAIR and accessible? The discussion was so good that we’re doing it again. So please, do join us for Transparency 2025 discussion at WCRI 2019 in Hong Kong (find out more here). We have a fresh set of stellar panelists for you. And together we’ll continue the conversation. COPE co-chairs - News
In the news: November 2018 Digest
…findings. COPE Council member Deborah Kahn Read November Digest: Post-Publication Discussions and Corrections… - News
In the news: January 2021
…January Digest for new and updated cases from the Forum and the discussion on next steps in predatory publishing. In response to an increase in cases and queries about author name changes after article publication, COPE formed a working group to develop guidance and Rachel Safer updates us on the aims of this guidance. We welcome a guest article on 'A vision for a more trans-inclusive publishing world' which describes… - News
In the news: August 2021
…href="https://www.councilscienceeditors.org/about/awards/" target="_blank">award has gone to CRediT, a high-level taxonomy that includes 14 roles that can be used to represent the roles typically played by contributors to scholarly output. A name change policy has been launched by the17 US national laboratories and 17 publishing organisations and services. "The partnership between the national laboratories, major scientific publishers,… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: June 2022
…and fear of lawsuits. Luckily, lunch forced us to stop, or we might have been there for another hour. Two other symposia especially held my interest. The first, “Recent advances in research integrity” highlighted recent advances as well as fostering reproducibility and the detection of flawed manuscripts. For the last topic, Joris van Rossum introduced the Revised principles of transparency and best practice released
…newsletter, a compilation of articles, resources, and research of interest to medical journal editors. #PublicationEthics Further information Please contact: Sarah Gillmore, Engagement and Outreach Officer Follow us on Twitter: @C0PE …- Case
Authorship dispute
…co-authorship should include the excluded authors C, D and E as the principal authors. We sent the complaint made by the excluded co-authors C, D, and E to author A (the corresponding author of the published version) allowing him the chance to answer all of the allegations made by the excluded co-authors. In his reply, he assured us that he was the principal author of the case report, as originally… - Case
Duplicate submission or self plagiarism. Is the author to blame?
…proceedings. The reviewer sent us the article downloaded from the conference website highlighting the overlapping paragraphs, which was nearly 80%. The journal wrote to the authors asking for an explanation. The authors stated that they had submitted an abstract of their work for participation in the international conference. The abstract was accepted on the condition that they submitted the… - News
Creating and implementing research data policies: COPE webinar report
…sharing journey”. The second presentation was given by Todd Carpenter (Executive Director of the US National Information Standards Organization [NISO]). Noting that the number of research data policies is growing, Todd argued for the need for global standards, which NISO is spearheading. He outlined four roles that standards can play in data… - News
Editor to Editor support for Journal Management
…and to contact us! Peggy L. [email protected]: 860-573-7464Professor Emerita, University of ConnecticutEditor, Advances in Nursing Science Leslie H. [email protected]: 207-415-1590Editor-in-Chief, CIN: Computers, Informatics,… - News
Case Discussion: Editor and reviewers requiring authors to cite their own work
…discussion document which will be ready, on our website, early this year. Nancy Chescheir on behalf of the COPE Education Subcommittee Read January 2019 COPE Digest newsletter and use the COPE… - News
WCRI 2019: Predatory publishing plenary
…the law. Education such as by Think. Check. Submit is useful, but predatory publishing can be seen as criminal and the US Federal Trade Commission successfully sued OMICS, resulting in a $50 million fine. See Deborah's presentation - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: April 2020
…href="https://publicationethics.org/about/council/deborah-poff-0">Deborah Poff Read COPE's April Digest for new publication ethics cases which were recently discussed by members at the COPE Forum. We welcome new COPE Council members who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the positions, and call out for applications to help us in two newly created COPE Trustee posts. With a roundup of publication ethics news including… COPE webinar: Understanding text recycling
…Review, Science and Engineering Ethics, and BioScience. He has served as a consultant on writing pedagogy and led faculty workshops at a number of US colleges and universities. Cary directs the Text Recycling Research Project. Michael Pemberton, Georgia Southern…- News
In the news: October 2020
…existing EU rules for drug trials, US legislation, and WHO best practices. In addition, the HRA will require submission of ‘lay summaries’ (ie, summaries of trial results that non-experts can understand).” Challenges and support in the publishing industry The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) convened a a virtual seminar on "New Directions" to explore 2020's