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Letter from the COPE co-Chairs: April 2019
…What we’ve learned: Reflections at the end of our term as COPE Co-Chairs Image credit: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated Jerry Segraves-jerrysfoto.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue-reflect.jpg We often reflect… - 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… - News
Case discussion: Editor manipulation of impact factor
…journal-level citation metrics are widely quoted as an indicator of journal influence, but also widely misused in research evaluation systems. They are known to be prone to manipulation, such that Clarivate Analytics suppresses titles from its Journal… - Forum discussion topics
Editorial conflicts of interest
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Ethical aspects of conference proceedings
…{ position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } .embedtool .fluid-vids {position: initial !important} /*-->*/ COPE Forum discussion Many COPE members publish both journals and books, and wonder what are the similarities and… - News
Letter from the COPE co-Chairs: December 2018
…librarians and funders in China voiced support. For “E” and our economic forces, let’s take trends in global research spend. OECD countries spent over USD1trillion on research first in 2010, and continued to increase that budget… - News
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 - 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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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…