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Facilitation & Integrity 2023, a year in review
…F&I cases are classified by the concern raised by the presenter. So far in 2023 there have been 10 types of concern which have attracted five or more cases. These are: Handling of retractions and expressions of concern (20 cases). Concerns about Integrity of published work, including potential manipulation of data or images (14 cases)… Equal Opportunities Policy
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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
What does peer review mean in the arts, humanities and social sciences?
…The recent hoax article problem with respect to fake articles on diversity, inclusivity and identity politics also challenged the merit, quality and legitimacy of the scope and standards of some types of journals, including those that publish feminist scholarship. Recently, this… - Forum discussion topics
Bias in peer review
…class="resource-download-inline__type"> Presentation Bias in peer review presentation PPTX 10 MB The ethics of audit and research
…not been subject to any kind of scrutiny before despatch, because it was for the purposes of audit. It caused a great deal of distress to recipients. In Australia, the term quality assurance is used. This includes 10 different processes, such as process mapping. Even health service research can be applied in a quality assurance manner. There are some tricky issues…- News
Allegations of Misconduct webinar summary, April 2019
…patients. There is no reason that the original paper could not have included the results of Tests A, B and C on those same patients. This would be “Salami Slicing”. Salami publication:Definitions and examples Vesna Šupak Smolčić. Biochemia Medica. 2013;23(3):137-141 Nancy Chescheir Q: What… - News
Case Discussion: Withdrawal of paper at proof stage
…as authorship, intellectual property, maximising reproducibility and minimising bias, withdrawals/corrections, complaints/appeals, business practices, and any fees and waivers. In fact, publishers and editors should check they adhere to the all 10 COPE Core Practices, which are aligned with the 16 international Subcommittees and working groups
…National Centre for Transgender Health) Robyn Speer (Luminoso) Back to top Conference proceedings Established in 2022. Many COPE members publish both journals and books, and wonder what are the similarities and differences with conference proceedings. A number of these members reference…- News
A vision for a more trans-inclusive publishing world: guest article
…design, advocacy, and research. She helped draft the Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM) name change policy: the first such policy to be formally adopted by a major publisher. Her article in Nature advocating for more trans inclusive name change policies in academic…