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Case histories and post publication debate
…applies to the published article as such. Hence it does not include further discussion or comments from others in the journal or elsewhere after publication. One could argue that this is implicit when giving consent, but one cannot expect patients to know or reflect upon such matters. In other words, is the consent truly informed? Secondly, the authors have access to a lot more medical… - Forum discussion topics
Artificial intelligence (AI) and fake papers
…Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal for Educational Integrity (Springer Nature), a Q1 (Education) journal published by BMC Springer. Dr. Eaton is the co-founder and co-editor of Canadian Perspectives on Academic Integrity. Dr Marie Souliére, Senior Publishing Manager, Frontiers. Elected Council Member, COPE Dr Soulière leads strategic publishing projects in open-access publishing, with… - Discussion documents
Citation manipulation
…roles, or removal or rejection of journals from citation indexes. Journals should develop policies and standards to determine self-citation thresholds, provide educational resources to support best practice and establish procedures to respond to potential misconduct. There may be instances where self-citation and requests for citations are legitimate … - Case
How to handle offers of promotion of authorship for sale
We have been approached via email by a company promoting authorship for sale. The email describes the service as providing 'co-authorship' of an existing article that has been submitted for publication in an indexed journal. The articles cover a range of disciplines and the company claims a high success rate for publication. Question for COPE Council: What steps… - Event
COPE Forum: 3 February 2017 4pm (GMT)
The COPE will at 8am and 4pm (GMT) will be held by webinar and is open to COPE members. Call for cases Cases can be submitted on our website and must be anonymised. We do like those presenting a case to take part in the Forum: pick which time is suitable for you. The February COPE Forum, where we discuss cases submitted by members, will be held by webinar. - Webform
Registration for COPE seminar 2021
…restriction on the number of sessions you can attend but the sessions are open to members only. When you have decided which sessions you wish to attend, please complete the registration form below. Registration Please note the seminar is for COPE members only and is free to attend After you register you will receive an email to confirm… - Event
Workshop: Introduction to publication ethics
…education, and research impact consultant based in Hong Kong, and a COPE Trustee and Council Member. - News
COPE in 2023: Update
…unethical journals, as well as supporting well-meaning journals in helping them to reach the high standards required. Our current assessment process tends to see a more positive outcome for journals in the ‘global north’ – which is clearly counter to our stated objective of providing more support and… - Case
Unethical withdrawal after acceptance to maximize the 'impact factor'?
…(ie, none of the publisher’s journals would consider future submissions from any of the authors, 2) the journal would write a letter to the superiors of the authors outlining the case and 3) they would still be responsible for the Article Processing Charge which is payable on acceptance; ours is an open access journal, with the fee schedule clearly disclosed and agreed upon by the submitting author… - Case
Duplicate submission and authorship dispute
…concerns should be raised to the institution. As the authors are from the same institution, and indeed the same department, this authorship dispute should be handled by their employer. If the second journal is not open access, then the second group of authors may have signed over copyright, so they may be copyright issues. This is impossible for the editor to adjudicate and so again, the… - Case
Personal remarks within a post-publication literature forum
…class="List1"> · Should we have been more open with Member A as to why we were asking to edit his words? · Should we have a policy on the “tone” of dissents and follow-ups, or is this just common sense (ie, keep it civil and constructive)? Was there anything… COPE Privacy notice
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Seminar 2021: How do publication ethics practices for journals apply to book publishing?
…Publishing Services with overall responsibility for Springer’s strategy and standards on publication ethics, providing expert advice on ethical issues, and overseeing other activities such as annual year reporting for Journal Editors, abstracting & indexing and digital preservation. - Case
Possible plagiarism
…email, one of the plagiarised papers was published in a peer reviewed pathology journal (although not one indexed in Pubmed). We propose to contact the editors of the journal in question—there is a European editor based in the UK—alerting them to the situation and asking them to investigate. Should we also contact the plagiarisees and/or the journal their paper was published in - Translated resources
Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (Portuguese)
…Publicações Acadêmicas, Version 3.0, 2018 Introdução O Committee on Publication Ethics (Comitê de Ética em Publicações-COPE), o Directory of Open Access Journals (Diretório de Revistas de Acesso Aberto-DOAJ), a Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (Associação de Editores Acadêmicos de Acesso… - News
Case Discussion: Lack of trial registration leads to new concerns about study conduct and ethical review/approval
…research), role of the funder in any of the study or reporting, ethical approval and consent, whether all authors had access to the study data, and data accessibility statements. Office staff, technical editors, or production staff could be trained to check such endmatter. Relevant COPE guidance for editorial office management is contained in the document titled “ - Case
Unable to contact authors
…request. The authors require permission from the journal to formally withdraw the paper if they wish to publish it in another journal. The main reason for not proceeding with publication is that if issues arose with the paper after publication, the authors would need to be contacted, especially if the editor does not have access to the raw data. Authorship implies responsibility for the research… History of COPE
…BMJ, The Lancet, British Journal of Anaesthesia, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Annals of Rheumatic Diseases and Journal of Clinical Pathology, and the first open meeting was held in November 1997. Richard Smith (editor of the BMJ) wrote “[COPE] may not prove useful in the long term, and we will be delighted if it is made…- News
Exploring publication ethics in the arts, humanities, and social sciences: Initial research findings
…This informed an online survey which ran during February 2019. The survey was promoted internally by COPE member publishers, through COPE’s mailing lists and across social media. Respondents were COPE members or non-members but had to be editors of AHSS journals. The survey included multiple choice and open answers. Survey findings are based on the 656 admissible survey returns. The paper of… COPE webinar: Allegations of misconduct
…Vice President for Research Compliance, Ohio State University, Ohio Tara Hoke, General Counsel, American Society of Civil Engineers, and COPE Trustee The webinar is free but is only open to COPE members. Register here. Speakers