- Event
Second International Congress on Publication Ethics, Shiraz, Iran
…to register, please visit the website. … - Event
COPE Forum: Friday 4 September 2020
Our September Forum, held by webinar (16:00-17:30 British Summer Time) will follow the usual format where we discuss a topic, followed by COPE members' cases presented for discussion and advice from all those participating in the Forum. Members can register to attend the Forum The… - Seminars and webinars
COPE webinar 2017: Standards in authorship
COPE's first webinar for information, shared discussion and practical advice on common authorship issues faced by COPE members, was held in June 2017. Authorship standards: perspectives from Guest… - News
Call for Cases for COPE Forum, 6 September
We are now accepting cases for the next COPE Forum, 3.00 - 5.00pm on Tuesday 6 September 2011. The meeting will take place at The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), 5-11 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8SH . Cases can be submitted here. Closing date for… - News
Second International Congress on Publication Ethics, Shiraz, Iran, 4–5 December 2014
…more details and to register, please visit the website.… - Case
Reviewer's identity revealed
…the Word file can be saved as a PDF but without including the tracked changes. Some ideas on changing the author name on comments in Word documents: four ideas to change author names for comment; and - News
Letter from the COPE Vice-Chair: December 2022
…membership criteria, offering guidance and mentorship to support them in developing best practices in publication ethics. Making membership criteria transparent and mapping the application process to these criteria. It is worth noting here that we currently reject approximately 80% of all applications which do not meet our strict assessment criteria, many from countries outside of the… - Case
Yet another case of duplicate publication
A paper published in journal A in 1990 was published almost verbatim in journal B the following year, and yet again in journal C in 1993. None of these publications made any reference to the others. The case emerged in the process of one of the authors applying for a professorship. The authors conceded their error when tackled on the issue. One editor agreed to publish notice of duplicate publi… - Case
Unethical research undertaken by a single handed GP
We have received a paper from a GP testing the hypotheses that because 24,25 cholecalciferol has a similar structure to commercially available statins, it may act as an inhibitor of HMA co-reductase. He screened 350 patients in his practice and identified 77 who had a cholesterol concentration above 6.5 mmol per litre. Thirty-three of them agreed to return for a second test 2 weeks later. They… - Event
COPE Forum: Thursday 9 December 2021
…href="https://publicationethics.org/case/deceased-author-and-author-delaying-publication">Deceased author and author delaying publication REGISTER… - Seminars and webinars
European Seminar 2019: Exploring Publication Ethics Issues in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
…globally and the quality of papers due to issues around language skills and access to literature. 2) Issues with detecting plagiarism and poor attribution standards was encountered by 58% of respondents. This was particularly prevalent among Business, Finance and Economics editors (79% of editors working in these fields). 3) 55% of respondents highlighted… - News
Letter from the COPE co-Chairs: August 2018
…href="https://publicationethics.org/about/council/geraldine-pearson">Geri Pearson and Chris Graf - Case
Plagiarism
A paper by Turkish authors was submitted to journal A. The paper was virtually the same as one published in the equivalent US journal B of the same specialty,but with different authors. The paper submitted to journal A seems to have been plagiarised from the paper published in journal B. The editor has written to the deans of the faculties of medicine to which the authors are attached. What mor… - News
Research Cluster in Applied Research Ethics & Integrity
…academics. Research cluster in applied research ethics & integrity… - News
Case discussion: gift authorship
…href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08989621.2020.1772060"> Accountability in Research published by Michael Reisig et al in 2020 identified gift authorship to be the most prevalent form of research misconduct, according to replies from tenured or tenure-track faculty at the top 100 research-intensive universities in the USA. This result, and past COPE Forum cases, suggests pervasive disregard, lack, misconception, or misinterpretation of… - Event
COPE Forum November 2017
…Forum. You are welcome to add your comments on this topic before the Forum, whether or not you are attending the Forum. Register to attend the Forum by: Friday 10 November Forum agenda and materials The… - News
COPE Members: update your details
…allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/N12baYKLN_s" width="560"> Sign in* to the COPE website (Sign in: top right hand corner tab)You’ll see a list of the journals and the publisher you’re associated with*If you have forgotten your password, enter your… - Event
COPE Forum: Tuesday 23 March 2021
The 23 March 2021 COPE Forum will be held at 14:00-15:30pm (GMT). COPE Members can now register to attend the March Forum; the deadline to register is Monday 22 March. The discussion topic will be on the subject on publication ethics and books. This will be…