Facilitation and Integrity FAQ
…style="text-decoration:none;">[email protected] with any other queries. COPE resources are available under a CC BY-NC-ND license, and thus the resources may be used by journals and publishers regardless of whether they are COPE members. A reference to COPE materials or COPE standards on the journal’s web pages does not, by itself, imply COPE membership. Therefore, it is…The ethics of audit and research
…are issues around the ossification of process, how innovation and change can be accommodated, and about the perverse incentives that any bureaucratic system imposes on everyone who interacts with it. In a recent paper in the BMJ (2005; 330: 468-73), Derek Wade…- News
Case Discussion: Withdrawal of paper at proof stage
…alt="https://secure.adnxs.com/seg?add=8075952&t=2" src="https://secure.adnxs.com/seg?add=8075952&t=2" style="height:1px; width:1px" /> In our March issue of Digest Deborah Poff, COPE Chair, shares guidance and cases relevant to anyone who is new to publication ethics issues or needs a refresher. Following our recent Forum, we'd love to hear your views relating to editing of peer review comments in our survey. The results of… - News
Case Discussion: Lack of trial registration leads to new concerns about study conduct and ethical review/approval
…Trevor Lane on behalf of the COPE Education Subcommittee… - News
Authorship and Contributorship focus: an editor view and research institution view
…://publicationethics.org/resources/seminars/copes-first-webinar-information-shared-discussion-and-practical-advice-common">COPE’s webinar on “Standards in Authorship.” Mark Hooper and colleagues from QUT shared several resources on authorship and publication. In addition, Siu-wai Leung, University of… - News
Case discussion: Suspected plagiarism
…discipline. The similarity index needs to be reviewed carefully, and experienced editors will look at all aspects of the article and the sources when deciding if there is significant overlap. Is there a minimum cut-off score below which there is no need to check for plagiarism? One study found… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: Authorship for sale
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Seminar 2022: Relationship between universities and publishers
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Webinar 2020: Understanding text recycling
…allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pvbn5M0eENA" width="100%"> Summary Cary Moskovitz explains TRRP's current definition of Text Recycling and the differing perspectives on when text recycling is or is not appropriate. Michael Pemberton shares key… - Forum discussion topics
Predatory publishing: next steps and where do we go from here?
…href="https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5201748139806364687" target="_blank">Register to attend the Forum, Tuesday 15 December, 2-3.30pm (GMT). The Forum takes place by webinar and is available to COPE members only. --> Related resource COPE's Predatory publishing discussion document Your… - Forum discussion topics
Editorial conflicts of interest
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Ethical aspects of conference proceedings
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Case Discussion: Data fabrication in a rejected manuscript
…their policies regarding data sharing, what data should be made available, and when and where data should be archived. For example, Scientific Data and Common ethical and editorial dilemmas of author misconduct: how should we respond?
…reviews will suddenly count double the number of patients. An interesting viewpoint was published recently in the BMJ, suggesting that duplicate submissions encouraged competition among editors to reduce time to publication (BMJ 2005; 330: 305-7). Duplicate…- News
Case discussion: repeated complaints about a review
…href="https://publicationethics.org/resources/seminars-and-webinars/retractions-taxonomy">Reducing the inadvertent spread of retracted science”, and industry efforts are being made to detect citations of retracted papers. The Cochrane website has guidelines for dealing with COPE Privacy notice
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Webinar 2021: Diversity, equity and inclusion
…/*-->*/ /*-->*/ Back to top Key points Acknowledging lack of diversity and the continuing challenges facing publishing The session was moderated by - Forum discussion topics
Best practices for guest edited collections
…0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } .embedtool .fluid-vids {position: initial !important} /*-->*/ Special issues and guest editorship Publication of collections that are topic-themed is an established way of communicating…