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Case discussion: repeated complaints about a review
…overturned by new research thanks to technological or methodological advancements. Furthermore, data or findings from new research should not normally be added post-publication as a correction to update a paper; a new research paper should be prepared. Nevertheless, some journals do allow authors to publish meta-analysis update articles and online continually updated (“ - News
In the news: December 2021
…research data collection. It includes recommendations that, during research design, consideration should be given to whether gender questions need to be included and, if they do, nonbinary genders should be explicitly included. In this What peer review means in the arts, humanities and social sciences: Forum discussion topic June 2020
…href="https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6648412967995945996" target="_blank">register for the Forum by Monday 1 June 2020. Your comments Please do leave any comments below, whether or not you are planning on joining the meeting. Comments are reviewed and, on approval, added below. Please login as a member or register as…- Case
Publication of correspondence relating to a paper currently online
…the letters are published. As one piece of correspondence has become formalised as a letter, if this is from the complaining side, the authors should have the right of reply. An editorial note could eventually be added for transparency. … - Case
Request for removal for one author but a coauthor cannot be reached
…a conflict of interest at a new job, then that could be added as a conflict of interest if at the time of the research the author was also pursuing activities that may have affected the research, and the authors and possibly peer reviewers may need to revisit the validity of the paper. If it is a new conflict of interest, there could be an editorial note saying exactly which part/s of the paper that author… - Case
Conflicting authorship in a collaboration
…a comment and Author A provided a reply to the comment. Both the comment and the reply were evaluated by an independent referee who recommended that Researcher Y should rewrite the comment by omitting all unnecessary “comments” and focus on the science and methods. The independent referee said the reply should concentrate on clarifying and/or disproving if possible the comment. The referee added: “Both… - Case
Seven plagiarized manuscripts in one month by the same corresponding author
…in chief checked the manuscript and found that the author had completely copied it from a previously published article although it was stated in the cover letter that the material had not been previously published or submitted elsewhere for publication. The author only changed the author names and added their own and the second author's names (A and B). There were no common authors, and the… - News
Thank you and farewell to Council Members
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Case Discussion: Withdrawal of paper at proof stage
…="https://publicationethics.org/case/dual-submission-and-editor%E2%80%99s-failure-take-action">19-06, Dual submission and editor’s failure to take action), the copyright for a paper published in a journal was held by another journal because the authors did not formally withdraw their earlier submission. This case illustrates what might happen if editorial office processes and communications are unclear or inconsistent. The second relevant COPE Core… - Seminars and webinars
Webinar 2021: Diversity, equity and inclusion
…published paper? In this single-response question, the majority of the audience (73%) had not encountered any situations of offensive material. However, in those that had, 85% of experiences resulted in retractions, suggesting that whenever issues are raised, the concerns are legitimate enough to require intervention. Yes several times – 7 Yes once – 16 No, it came… - Forum discussion topics
Artificial intelligence (AI) and fake papers
…Chatbots in Relation to Scholarly Publications OpenAI’s image-creation tool DALL-E2 VC Bachelet and M. Rousseau-Portalis. A technology-based, financially sustainable, quality improvement intervention in a medical journal for bilingualism from submission to… - News
Case Discussion: Inconclusive institutional investigation into authorship dispute - university perspective comment
…for the Responsible Conduct of Research, 2018 (the Guide). Section 8.1 of the Guide provides for ‘Collaborative research across multiple institutions’ and states: ‘Institutions should consider how preliminary assessments and investigations into potential breaches of the Code are to be conducted for multi-institutional collaborations on a case-by-case basis, taking into… - News
In the news: October 2018 Digest
…funded grants. The authors conclude that while predatory journals have not yet undermined the Brazilian academic system—it may in the future. http://blogs.lse.ac… - Event
COPE Seminar 2021
…="https://publicationethics.org/resources/seminars-and-webinars/research-publication-ethics">Watch keynote address webinar Ethical authorship versus fraudulent authorship Unethical authorship practices include guest, gift, and ghost authorship, as well as not obtaining consent from co-authors and adding fake names as co-authors. Knowingly publishing in predatory journals or using paper mills to buy or sell authorship could also be classed… - Case
Disagreement between authors and sponsor
Following review of the Forum discussion, the society's board of directors agreed to proceed with publication of the article. Rather than drafting a full editorial to explain the controversy, a footnote was added to the manuscript to explain the unusual delay between acceptance of the manuscript and publication. The authors were notified of this, and agreed to the proposed language for the… - Case
Reviewer requesting addition of multiple citations of their own work
…authors to add citations to his work when reviewing their manuscript, often when there was no scientifically legitimate reason to do so. A deeper analysis of this reviewer’s activity showed that he predominantly asked for his own papers to be cited, as well as citations to papers that heavily cited his work. In some cases, he requested for more than 30 citations of his own papers to be added to… - Case
An ambiguous plagiarism case
…to say if they know the remaining coauthor in the paper in A, and an explanation also needs to be sought from the lead author of the A paper. Were they another helper in the paper in B and the thesis, or a co-conspirator or added or invited double gift/guest author? The editor should inform the institution of author A and ask them to formally investigate. If author A has published any other… - Case
Request to remove author from submitted manuscript due to academic misconduct
…and to take public responsibility for it, and so subsequent changes to the authorship list would not be allowed (unless they had been added without their consent). This may need to be nuanced if there are personal safety considerations. Two further suggestions were made for potential actions. The first is that the publisher could issue a carefully worded disclaimer to the effect that the work… - News
In the news: February Digest
…Journal B, a "value multiplied". As well, social networks between editors, authors and reviewers develop, leading to future collaborations. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2019/06/12/peer… Editing, reviewing and writing during COVID-19
…-role-of-academic-publishing/" target="_blank">published guidelines for authors, peer-reviewers, university press offices and journal authors to consider when publishing about suicide during the pandemic in order to prevent suicide deaths and avoid stimulating an increased rate of suicides in vulnerable populations. March 2021 In an analysis of two medical journals which use an open peer review process,