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Ethical considerations around book publishing
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In the news: May 2021
…discussion can be found here. Peer review CUP has recently published an open access book “Reading Peer Review”, in which the authors analyse the database of peer review reports at PLOS One to gain… - News
In the news: July 2021
…="https://community.cochrane.org/news/new-policy-managing-potentially-problematic-studies-systematic-reviews" target="_blank">Cochrane has developed a new policy and implementation guide. As part of a group of initiatives by the Indian University Grants Commission to address global concerns raised about the quality of papers published by Indian researchers, all researchers are required to take a course on Research and Publication Ethics in 2020-2021. At the Central University of Haryana, the - News
COPE delegation, Beijing, 2017
…cases. ISTIC (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China) aids the research integrity office of MOST (Ministry of Science and Technology). Their work is on research integrity and journal oversight. In their meeting with COPE they explored how COPE might get involved with their… - News
In the news: March Digest
…retractions of their own work, as well as adding a section describing study limitations to all published articles. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/leap.1282 COPE Council Member Rachel Safer… - Case
Authorship issue
…now left the institution). Dr A held the IRB. Dr A had instructed Dr C not to publish until the mother paper was completed. Dr C was asked by the editors to comment on these points, and he responded by saying that: the intellectual contribution from Drs A and B was minimal; he (Dr C) had added the relevant addendum to the IRB myself; Drs A and B had threatened to ruin his career if he did… - Case
Author requests for certain experts not to be included in the editorial process
…a policy for handling requests to exclude individuals from the journal’s editorial process. The following has been added to the journal’s editorial policy: “We reserve the right to send manuscripts to the reviewers of our choice”. The editor considers the case closed. Related resource Spanish version: - Case
Professional misconduct of one author
…a valid reason for issuing a correction to the literature. Moreover, if ICMJE authorship criteria are being used, the reason for removal of an author needs to be added; it must be an academic reason; and all authors would have to agree and sign off in… - News
Artificial intelligence: Lightning talk summary
…The checks carried out by AI are done at various stages: as part of initial verifications, as peer review is initiated, and as it continues. Sometimes flags are raised late in the process, for example, if new data have been added to the training bank after the article went into the process. Deciding when to run checks is a complicated process, especially when a manuscript is also changing as it… - Case
Conflicts of interest between authors and editors
…should declare this and not participate in the peer reviewer assignment or any editorial decisions, and a note should ideally be added in the paper about the independence of the peer review process. If the editor were already an editor in the previous articles and took part in their review process, their peer review has been compromised. A post-publication peer review would be needed with an… - News
In the news: November 2020
…change. In this post, Stuart Read, Anne Parfitt and Tanvir Bush outline three provocations that researchers can ask as part of an inclusive research practice. Peer review 322 editors of high-impact journals across ecology, economics, medicine, physics,… - News
Guest article: Research misconduct
…becoming better at uncovering it? These are difficult questions to answer for many reasons. In particular, because of the underlying research culture which drives misconduct and difficulties inherent in defining what it is. Back to top Research integrity While most - News
Case discussion: critiques after publication
…can be contacted and an expression of concern added in the interim. If the author remains uncooperative, the editor is bound to retract the paper for the sake of not misleading readers, researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and other stakeholders. The retraction notice should transparently explain what post-publication review procedures were followed and what happened. As an additional… - News
New Members: July-October 2019
…href="https://publicationethics.org/core-practices">Core Practices. New members ACS Chemical Heath & Safety Advances in Operator Theory Annals of Functional Analysis - News
In the news: February Digest
…journals (Hybrid OA). If there is a significant public health benefit, articles must be published on a preprint server and Wellcome-funded organization must sign or publicly commit to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment. Text Recycling: Forum discussion topic March 2013
…should amend the literature by adding the missing citation and clarifying what is new in the subsequent publication versus the original publication. Journal editors should consider publishing a retraction article when: There is significant overlap in the text, generally excluding methods, with sections that are identical or near identical to a previous publication by the same…- News
In the news: January Digest
…behavioural research. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-019-0772-6 Ethical oversight ICMJE recommendations have been revised. The main changes are rephrasing COIs to relationships and activities, adding efforts for inclusion and diversity, and advising against citing predatory… - Forum discussion topics
Predatory publishing: next steps and where do we go from here?
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In the news: May & June 2022
…risking research integrity? Covid-19 Public health restrictions in the jurisdiction of where research is performed during the pandemic should be observed and editorial processes should affirm this. Peer review processes A historian of… - Forum discussion topics
What does peer review mean in the arts, humanities and social sciences?
…include adding non-native speakers to editorial boards to advise from a high level perspective in an important way; editors entering retirement offering mentorship outside the publication process; for society journals, pairing society members internationally with published mentors and see if they can meet the authorship criteria Post your comments and feedback below.