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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
Plagiarism and copyright of material without permission
…electronic and hard copy published papers. It has a Creative Commons permission 3.0 publishing license. All authors submit written copyright forms for their articles before publishing. The CC license requires that an appropriate credit be given, which in this case has not been done. In this case, specifically: 1. All articles in this e-book that were 'stolen' from the journal have no… - News
Spanish version of flowcharts now available
14 out of the 17 COPE flowcharts are now available in Spanish and can be downloaded here. We hope to have the full set available here shortly. … - News
In the news: July & August 2022
…href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/06/16/study-retractions-take-too-long-curb-misinformation">new study in PNAS which found that by the time a paper is retracted, public attention is already diminished. Data and reproducibility A study has found that many researchers do not comply with their… - Case
Should we retract a published paper with a high similarity match?
The journal published an original article in 2022. Recently, we received feedback from a third party that the paper is similar to the authors' other work published in 2019. The duplicate rate of the initial submission was 31% and the final version was 24% which is within the journal’s standard. The concern was that the paper may not add value as the authors have already published similar… - Webform
COPE authorship workshop 24 February 2021
…Online cases workshop for COPE members Wednesday 24 February 2021 9:00-10.30am (GMT); 17.00-18.30pm (AWST); 20.00-21.30pm (AEDT) The authorship workshop is free for COPE members but spaces are limited to the first 50 applicants. Only those registered will be able to attend the workshop. You will… - Event
Ask COPE
The next Ask COPE session will be Tuesday 11 November at 2pm (GMT). For more details, click here.… - Case
Parental consent for participants
As editor of a psychology journal, I received a manuscript from a group of scholars. The authors describe a qualitative online study with adolescent girls, aged 15–18 years, who met in person with a stranger they first ‘met’ online. The girls describe their reasoning about the risks, the safety measures they used and reactions to discomfort they experienced in the meetings. The authors… - Event
COPE Asia Pacific Seminar 2013
COPE is delighted to announce its 2nd Asia-Pacific Seminar, which will take place in Melbourne on 15 February 2013. Click here for more details and to register.… - Event
Next COPE Forum: 3 June 2013
The next COPE Forum will be on Monday 3 June. This will held in the Council Chamber, The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), 5-11 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8SH… - News
Upcoming CrossRef webinars
…the web. Learn more about this new exciting initiative from CrossRef. Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2013Time: 8:00 am (San Francisco), 11:00 am (New York), 4:00 pm (London)Moderator: Rachael Lammey - Event
ISMTE Asian-Pacific Conference 2017
Empowering editorial offices around the world. Register by Saturday 11 February for early bird registration and hotel rates. Register & more information… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2005: Programme
…The COPE Seminar 2005 took place on 11 March 2005 at BMA House, Tavistock Sq, London Download programme for the COPE Seminar 2005 [125KB]… - Event
COPE Webinar, Understanding Text Recycling, August 2020
COPE is hosting a webinar on Text Recycling on Friday 7 August 2020, 16:00-17:15pm (BST) when we hear the latest findings from the members of the Text Recycling Research Project since they presented at last year's COPE European Seminar. Text recycling, also known as self-plagiarism is a common practice in research writing—especially in the sciences. It’s also complicated, both ethically… - Event
PSP Consulting: Editors' virtual courses 2021: Improving journal quality and impact
9-11am BST Monday 18th October and 9-11am BST Tuesday 19th October. Improving quality and impact : Peer review and editorial boards This course is presented in two, 2-hour online workshops Objectives To improve the peer review process and make good decisions To identify the best reviewing methology To manage and utilize editorial… - News
Ethical Editing – Spring 2012 issue
Download the Spring issue of Ethical Editing, the newsletter from COPE.This issue's theme is ''15 Years of COPE!''. We would very much welcome any feedback or comments you may have. Please contact us via the website.… - News
COPE endorses GPP3
…al. Good Publication Practice for Communicating Company-Sponsored Medical Research: GPP3. Ann Intern Med. Published online 11 August 2015 doi:10.7326/M15-0288… - News
COPE Forum: 9 December 2015
The next COPE Forum meeting is being held on Wednesday 9 December 2015, 12noon–1.30pm (GMT). The COPE Forum will be held virtually via webinar. The agenda and materials can be downloaded here (PDF 478kb). The invitation to join the webinar is below. We can accommodate up to 100… - News
In the news: February 2022
…Research Network promotes best practice in research and improving research integrity as well as trying to support institutional researchers, rather than focusing on those who commit research misconduct. FORCE11 hosted a virtual… - News
In the news: November Digest
…publishing choices. https://thinkchecksubmit.org/2019/10/17/think-check-submit-looks-forward-to-collaboration-on-new-research-programme/ Allegations of misconduct An investigation by King’s College London has found 26 of…