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COPE Forum: Wednesday 22 June 2022
…Forum agenda On 22 June 2022 the COPE Forum will be held at 14:00-15:30pm (BST / UTC+1) 1. Update Update on COPE activities by the Chair. 2. Forum discussion topic We begin the COPE Forum with a discussion on the topic Dealing with… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: September 2022
Welcome to our annual edition of Digest celebrating Peer Review Week (19-23 September). This year’s theme is “Research Integrity: Creating and supporting trust in research”. As part of Peer Review Week, COPE is hosting a webinar on managing paper… COPE webinar: Diversity, equity and inclusion
…Moderator Tara Hoke, COPE Secretary and General Counsel, American Society of Civil Engineers. There will be time for questions at the end of the webinar and we…- News
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… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2022: Relationship between universities and publishers
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Conflicts of interest between authors and editors
…peer review policy). Any CoIs must be logged on the checklist so that the EiC can decide whether to invite another editor. However, as the published articles for which we have now discovered CoIs were accepted some time ago, and the AE of those published articles has no other conflicts of interest with the authors, can we consider this a special situation? We are thinking, for example, of… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2009: Programme
The COPE Seminar 2009 took place on 27 March 2009 at Woburn House, Tavistock Sq, London Download programme for COPE Seminar 2009 (PDF, 52KB)… - News
Letter from the COPE co-Chairs: January 2019
…px; height: 125px; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; float: left;" /> Read January 2019 COPE Digest newsletter and use the COPE Audit Tool, read a case discussion on citation manipulation, get dates in the diary for COPE events in 2019, and keep… - Event
7th World Conference on Research Integrity
The 7th World Conference on Research Integrity will take place Cape Town in 2022 with the theme 'Fostering Research Integrity in an Unequal World'. COPE are 'Rhino' sponsors of this event. Sponsors support the event and keep it affordable to encourage participants from a wide range of countries and, as this… - Case
Should we retract a published paper with a high similarity match?
…between the two papers is within its standard, the editors may still want to consider whether there is sufficient originality in the 2022 article to merit publication, or whether it constitutes either duplication or salami slicing, both of which are regarded as unethical practices. It may be beneficial to focus on the integrity of the article/s themselves. The percentage match rate should be… - Case
Double plagiarism
A researcher has written to us to point out that a paper published in a German journal in 1993 was put together almost verbatim from articles published in the BMJ in 1989 and the New England Journal of Medicine in 1992. About three quarters of the material in the article in the German paper comes from these two journals. It may be that the data are original but it seems unlikely. What should… - News
In the news: March & April 2022
…="https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/process-towards-agreement-reforming-research-assessment-2022-jan-18_en">join a coalition on reforming research assessment. Ethical oversight What does a Director of Research Integrity do? An interview with Sabina Alam of T&F. Clarivate has a 1-hour online course for editors, authors and peer reviewers about - News
In the news: February 2022
…conference with >1300 attendees from >80 countries in December, free of charge, that explored DEI issues, discoverability of research from areas outside Europe and North America, Research Integrity among other topics. Recorded content will be made available. DORA listed their own, and other organisations' progress in 2021 toward the - Event
COPE Forum: Thursday 1 August 2019
…to join this Forum in person, whether or not you are attending INANE. No need to register; just turn up. It will follow the usual format where members' cases are presented for advice and a Forum discussion topic. Members who are presenting cases, but can't attend, will be able to call into the Forum. Submit your case by 19… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2022: Book wars
…Political Scandal. Moderator Dan Kulp, COPE Chair, and Director of editorial development for journals, American Chemical Society (ACS). He received his PhD…