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Plagiarism, double submission and reviewer ethicality
This is a complicated case which involves possible plagiarism, double submission and reviewer misconduct. The timeline is as follows: In year n, a paper P1 authored by A1 and A2 was published in the English language journal X. The paper describes a theoretical analysis of a particular phenomenon. In year n+6, paper P2 was published in a non-English language outlet by auth… - News
In the news: October 2018 Digest
…target="_blank">Penelope is a tool that journals can use to help authors obtain an automated manuscript check against journal requirements before they submit their manuscript to the journal. BMJ Open is participating in a study of the benefits of these 2 tools. Open Access PayWall: The Business of ScholarshipVideo of interviews with a wide range of stakeholders about profit margin (30… Membership application FAQ
…than one full-time equivalent paid member of staff per journal (ie, run mainly on voluntary efforts) and with zero income/funding from any source (including from a publisher). Can I apply for membership for my university or research institute? In 2022 COPE launched a new membership category to support university and research institute members who:- News
Diversity, equity, inclusivity and accessibility: COPE commentary
…within the wider publishing community. In March 2022 we issued a position statement which stated that COPE is committed to creating an inclusive and equitable culture, where all voices are welcomed and heard, and difference is celebrated. Through our words and actions, we intend to work for… - News
In the News: July Digest
…Intellectual property Preprints are one of the fastest growing types of content, at around 30% a year for the last two years, compared to 2-3% article growth during the same period. - Forum discussion topics
Ethical considerations around watchlists
…that all parties consult legal counsel for individual cases. COPE is exploring the need for guidance on ethical issues surrounding watchlists and welcomes comments on this topic. - News
Letter from the COPE co-Chairs: December 2018
…="https://mailchi.mp/publicationethics/authorship-issues-peer-review-manipulation-cope-digest-december-2018">Read December Digest: Authorship Issues | Peer Review Manipulation (Image credit: Leaf changing colour. License: CC0 Public Domain https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=59188&picture=leaf-changing-color)… - News
In the news: August
…open access and found that from the 234 respondents, about 75% understood that open access as a concept is related to the ability of readers to access the content. They were somewhat discouraged that about 30% raise concerns about cost to publish, low quality, and poor reputation for OA journals. The authors raise questions about how those researchers, who may wish to publish in OA journals to make… Facilitation and Integrity FAQ
…style="text-decoration:none;">[email protected] with any other queries. COPE resources are available under a CC BY-NC-ND license, and thus the resources may be used by journals and publishers regardless of whether they are COPE members. A reference to COPE materials or COPE standards on the journal’s web pages does not, by itself, imply COPE membership. Therefore, it is…- Seminars and webinars
Webinar 2020: Understanding text recycling
…For one example, the Association of Computing Machinery gives authors all rights over any future work deriving from an article published with them—as long as the new work contains at least 30% new material.) Related resources Equal Opportunities Policy
…href="https://publicationethics.org/cope-policies">All COPE policies Page history First published: 31 December 2022 Back to top…- News
In the news: July 2021
…/may/22/world-expert-in-scientific-misconduct-faces-legal-action-for-challenging-integrity-of-hydroxychloroquine-study" target="_blank">questioned the methodology of an RCT of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19 disease by Dr. Didier Raoult in March 2020. Since then, Raoult has waged a public campaign, including publication of her home address and calling her names such as “nutcase”… - News
Where next in peer review? Part 2: COPE commentary
…href="https://publicationethics.org/resources/forum-discussions/artificial-intelligence-fake-paper"> Forum on AI, this time focusing on fake papers. The launch of ChatGPT 3 in November 2022 (and version 4 in March 2023) led to a huge surge in publicity and mainstream usage, and in February the COPE Officers issued a position statement which stated that AI should not be cited as an author in scholarly… The ethics of audit and research
…scrutiny? The definition of clinical science is much broader than it was 20 or 30 years ago, and much of what we do now is about patients and how to treat them. It has to be scrutinised by an ethical body. This includes audits and anything else used to measure something that is important for patients. If we include this, should we then extend it to animal…- News
In the news: June Digest
…informed and responsible. Those interested should contact the organisers to participate in a 2nd workshop in 2020. Unfortunately, I've spent about 30 minutes trying to figure out to do so, and I can't provide a contact method. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01643-3 The Hong Kong Manifesto for Assessing… Subcommittees and working groups
…National Centre for Transgender Health) Robyn Speer (Luminoso) Back to top Conference proceedings Established in 2022. Many COPE members publish both journals and books, and wonder what are the similarities and differences with conference proceedings. A number of these members reference…- News
A vision for a more trans-inclusive publishing world: guest article
…divorce, or religious conversion to see how baseless this rigidity is. It is a vestigial and obsolete limitation that digital publishing has inherited from the print publishing world. The change from print to digital dominance has taken place only within the last 30 years. It is only possible and worthwhile to consider changing published works to correct the names of transgender authors because the vast…