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Open Access and Medical Publishing: ISMPP
ISMPP invites COPE members to attend a special 90-minute ISMPP U educational webinar, Open Access and Medical Publishing, on Wednesday, January 30, at 11 am EST/4 pm in the UK. The webinar is open to all and free to COPE members. Expert speakers representing different stakeholder views – industry (Shire), funder (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), publisher (Wiley and American… - Event
Pakistan Association of Medical Editors (PAME) Conference
COPE Council member, Behrooz Astaneh, with present a talk about COPE, as well as moderate a workshop on publication ethics, at the Pakistan Association of Medical Editors (PAME) Conference in Lahore, 26-27 April. The programme can be found here. … - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: November 2021
…an expanded effort in growing membership in underrepresented geographical regions, broader outreach efforts, and a major upgrade to our website. As you can see, after adding our usual activities, we have the makings of a very busy year. For those of you who were able to attend COPE’s first virtual seminar, I hope you enjoyed the sessions. We are currently editing the webinar videos so anyone… - Case
Reviewer requests to be added as an author after publication
…conflict of interest or request that they should be an author on the paper. The reviewer returned a very good review and along with another two reviews (R2/R3), and after revision (where the revision once again was sent to R1) the paper was accepted and published. A few months later, the journal was approached by another researcher (E1 who is from the same laboratory as R1) who said that… - News
Complaints and appeals
…upcoming COPE Forum and more. Read April 2018 Digest: Complaints and Appeals… - Case
Confidentiality breach by an associate editor
…author group. We asked AE for comments and an explanation, and told him that manuscripts will not be assigned until a resolution has been reached. The reply from AE contained apologies for the "wrong behaviour" and a plea to be able to continue his work as AE. At no point was the resignation of AE offered to the journal.The editor and editorial team (deputy editors and managing… - Event
Scholarly publishing in a connected world: Turning disruptions into opportunities
…publishing industry more widely. There will be tips on how to spot and deal with suspected paper mill submissions and guidance on how to manage large scale paper mills. Read more and register… COPE webinar: Current Issues in Peer Review
…review webinar As part of this year’s Peer Review Week activities, join our COPE webinar for discussion of some of the topical issues in peer review that are faced by COPE members. We will be discussing: What is meant by transparency and openness in peer review? What is the role for…- Event
Neicon 7th International Scientific and Practical Conference
Behrooz Astaneh, COPE Council member, is speaking at this conference titled "2018: Editorial Policy, Open Access, Scientific Communications". - News
Collaboration
…in the Digest and include an upcoming workshop with the “Russell Group” and COPE members (mix of publishers and editors) to discuss research integrity and publication ethics. This is planned for April 2018 at Birmingham University, UK. A report will be produced following the workshop. COPE seminars are planned for China, Australia, North… - Event
EASE Conference
A stimulating programme of plenary lectures (including Bernd Pulverer, EMBO Press, María del Carmen Ruíz Alcocer, AMERBAC, and Mark Patterson, eLife) and parallel sessions covering a range of topics on editing and managing journals, sex and… - News
Wiley launch new ethics guidelines
Wiley has launched the second edition of its Best Practice Guidelines on Publishing Ethics: A Publisher’s Perspective. In the new edition, guidance has been added about whistle-blowers, animal research and clinical research, particularly around clinical trial registration. The press release can be read in full APAME 2013 Tokyo
…APAME 2013 Tokyo Asia Pacific Association of Medical Editors (APAME) Convention 2013, Tokyo, Japan Date: 2–4 August 2013 Venue: Japan Medical Association (JMA) Auditorium, 2-28-16, Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8621, Japan COPE will hold two 90 minute sessions on the afternoon of 3 August during the annual congress of the…- Event
ISMPP webinar: Graphical Presentation of Data in Medical Publications
ISMPP invites you to attend this special 90-minute ISMPP University educational webinar, on Wednesday January 25 at 11 am ET/4 pm GMT. The webinar is free to all regardless of ISMPP membership status. Webinar attendees will learn from experts about how to integrate essential graphical presentation elements into medical publications. Figures, tables and images contribute to data interpretation…