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Letter from the COPE Chair: October 2019
…confidentiality with responsibility in dealing with cases and issues that have implications for other journals. We hope you enjoy this issue of Digest. Best wishes, COPE Chair - Case
Suspected contact between reviewer and an author led to coauthorship of the reviewer
…of reviewers. The reviews of the original version came with conclusions "Accept after major revision" (rev A) and "Accept after minor revision" (rev B). On that basis, on 12 December 2008 the Associate Editor submitted a decision "Accept after major revision", and requested the author to prepare it within 90 days. The revised version of the paper arrived on 20 December 2008. Without… - News
Case discussion: critiques after publication
…href="https://publicationethics.org/node/34586">Responding to whistleblowers when concerns are raised directly” and “Responding to whistleblowers when concerns are raised via social media”. Although not strictly social media, the PubPeer platform has a paid dashboard service to notify journal administrators of journal mentions. Whether and how… New UK Panel for Research Integrity
…instances occur. Project approval was granted through to September 2004. Professor Michael Farthing was appointed to lead the project on account of his expertise in the field and as former chair of COPE. One of the first tasks was to survey the membership to look at the nature and prevalence of research misconduct. Seventy per cent of the membership (86 members)…- News
Data and reproducibility: The role of research institutions
…src="/files/u7140/DORA_logo.png" style="width: 179px; height: 90px; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; float: right;" />This is consistent with other broader discussions internationally, such as the DORA initiative, which promote a reevaluation of traditional metrics (e.g., journal impact factors) used to hire, promote, and tenure researchers, and calls for the… - News
Diversifying editorial boards
…our upcoming interactive DEI workshop, which will feature during the COPE seminar in September. Your feedback indicated a high level of interest in diversifying editorial boards, and as such we wanted to share some initial thoughts here. Why diversify your editorial board? Consensus statement on research misconduct in the UK by COPE and BMJ
…About this resource BMJ 2012;344 https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e1111 Cite this as: BMJ 2012;344:e1111 © BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2012 For personal use only: See rights and reprints at BMJ permissions. Related resources- News
Open retractions data: podcast
… Summary Describe the new partnership between the two nonprofit groups and tell us how it came about? Crossref acquired Retraction Watch's database of article retractions, aligning with their shared mission. The partnership means Crossref… - Case
Ethical status of authors’ actions?
A consultant in public health and a consultant clinical biochemist employed by a health authority submitted a paper. It sought to address the question of benzodiazepine abuse and re-sale on the black market. The authors identified the practices with the highest prescribing rates for benzodiazepines, and asked GPs to agree to request urine samples from patients with a benzodiazepine prescription… Please, play a game with us!
…anonymously. She registers to attend the 90 minute webinar. In May… Sam heads to the 1-day COPE Seminar. She learns more about what makes humanities scholarship different from the natural sciences, and gains better appreciation that different research communities approach authorship and attribution significantly differently. She meets journal publishers, including Nick from a large research…- News
COPE in 2023: Update
…articles and disciplines. 2. We committed to surveying not only our members but also others with an interest in publication ethics, to receive input into what you think COPE’s priorities should be for the next three years. We have circulated a member survey and will be following that with a survey… - 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… - Case
Citing a retracted paper
…one might quite reasonably want to cite some key retracted papers to illustrate the issues involved. However, it is very important to mark the paper as retracted in the reference section so this is clearly marked for readers (eg, Author AB, et al. RETRACTED: Title of article. Journal name. 2015, 100: 1-7.) … - Seminars and webinars
Webinar 2022: Managing paper mills
…initial !important} /*-->*/ /*-->*/ Back to top Introduction: Manipulation of the publication process (paper mills) - guidance on dealing with large cases The session was moderated by - Forum discussion topics
Dealing with complaints about the integrity of published research
….embedtool embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } .embedtool .fluid-vids {position: initial !important} /*-->*/ COPE Forum discussion Between 2013 and 2015, COPE produced a number of documents on how to respond… - News
COPE delegation, Beijing, 2017
…cases. ISTIC (Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China) aids the research integrity office of MOST (Ministry of Science and Technology). Their work is on research integrity and journal oversight. In their meeting with COPE they explored how COPE might get involved with their… - Case
Paper submitted for publication without consent or knowledge of co-authors
…editor-in-chief of journal A with a request to retract the published article claiming the following:• Co-author A claims that this paper was submitted to journal A by CA during her absence (maternity leave).• Co-author A claims that she and the other 7 co-authors (authors B, C, D, E, F, G and H) were not informed about the publication in journal A by CA.• Co-author A claims that 90% of the… History of COPE
…unnecessary because the international profession produces an adequate response to research misconduct”. By 2000, COPE had over 90 members, a constitution was drafted, and Mike Farthing was elected Chair. 2003 to 2006 - a code of conduct for editors, and authorship guidelines Fiona Godlee became Chair of COPE in 2004. The Code of Conduct for Editors was launched and…- Case
Requesting authorship after publication
To support a recommendation to publish a correction listing Dr H in an acknowledgment (not as an author), the editors sent the institution the following post from Retraction Watch, which describes a similar situation. The institution agreed with this…