- Seminars and webinars
European Seminar 2017: Publication ethics, the last 20 years
For COPE's 20th Anniversary, the 2017 COPE European Seminar invited Liz Wager to look back at the last twenty years of publication ethics. … - Event
COPE Forum: March 2023
…intelligence and fake papers" before we ask participants for advice on Members' cases. - Guidelines
Ethics toolkit for a successful editorial office
…A COPE guide To help ensure the integrity of the scholarly record and the publication process, editorial offices should define and implement best practices in publication ethics. This COPE guide is a comprehensive toolkit that explains expected ethical practices in scholarly publishing, and highlights resources for editorial offices to develop their codes of ethical conduct and… - News
COPE at Wiley research seminar, Japan
Trevor Lane, COPE Council Member, gave an invited plenary talk titled “Research Publication Ethics - Best Practices for all Stakeholders” at… - Guidelines
Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
…organisations that have collaborated to identify principles of transparency and best practice for scholarly publications. This is the fourth version of a work in progress (published 15 September 2022). We encourage its wide dissemination. Principles of Transparency and Best Practice… - Event
ISTME European virtual event
…citations, this talk will look at who subverts best practice, why they do it, how they can be countered, and what are the consequences. From self-citing authors, to coercive reviewers and editors, and citation rings, citation manipulation undermines research integrity. Can we treat all citations as equal, such as those to articles in predatory journals, retracted or corrected articles, and non-peer… - News
WCRI 2019: Predatory publishing plenary
…reacted to this challenge, including in founding the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and setting and following the Principles of Best Practice and Transparency (https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines… History and context of the COPE guidelines
…misconduct, the Guidelines on Good Practice were replaced in 2006 by a series of flowcharts. A revised Code of Conduct in 2007 The Code of Conduct was reorganised and updated by COPE Council in September 2007 and a further 'gold standard' of best practice was developed. The Code of Conduct was designed to provide a set of minimum standards to which all…- News
International Workshop for Journal Editors, Indonesia
…presentation and discussion on the theme of “Improving the quality of scholarly publications: a COPE perspective”. Among the subjects covered in the presentation were benefits of COPE membership, highlights of the latest revision of the Lessons from COPE's Facilitation and Integrity
9 April 2021 Prevention, education and best practices in publication ethics COPE’s Facilitation & Integrity subcommittee (F&I) provides a pathway to raise publication ethics concerns about COPE member journals.- News
Ethical oversight focus
…research guidelines. As many ethical issues are unique to the specific field of research, journals should consult the regulations and norms of their discipline to ensure that their policies reflect those standards. Nonetheless, COPE offers discipline-specific advice and discussion in areas such as - News
COPE Forum discussion: Preprints: continuing the conversation
Preprint platforms have been common in physics and mathematics but the preprint landscape is changing rapidly with new platforms emerging across various disciplines. This raises opportunities for discussion across communities and for all those involved:… - Seminars and webinars
Australian Seminar 2014: Student researchers and publication ethics
…Download presentation: Student researchers and publication ethics - TL;DR LOL ; ) [PDF, 6100KB]… - News
New COPE Discussion Document published
COPE has published a new discussion document on 'Sharing of information among editors-in-chief regarding possible misconduct'. (Click here for the document). This guidance has been drafted following a COPE Discussion Forum, in the wake of a number of high profile… FORUM DISCUSSION TOPIC: comments please
…it is worth noting that correcting the record in this way should be regarded as a positive step by a journal. Clarification of policy COPE’s Code of Conduct item 17 clearly states that “Editors should have systems for managing their own conflicts of interest as well as those of their staff, authors, reviewers…