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COPE Australian seminar 2014
…2014, at Karstens Melbourne Conference Rooms, 123 Queen Street Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. For details and to register see - Event
Peer Review: The nuts & bolts workshop (Sense About Science)
…href="http://www.senseaboutscience.org/pages/peer-review-workshops.html" target="_blank">http://www.senseaboutscience.org/pages/peer-review-workshops.html… - News
In the news: September 2020
…href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/leap.1325#.X1VWkyNqGmo.twitter" target="_blank">pressures and incentives for academics that motivate them to publish in predatory journals? Authorship Authors who have changed their name can now - Event
The 5th Annual GW Ethics & Publishing Conference
2012 CONFERENCE THEME:"PRESERVING, PROTECTING AND ENHANCING THE PUBLISHING ECOSYSTEM" This conference is designed for publishing professionals, but is open to the general public. More information can be found here.… - News
In the news: December 2018 Digest
…focus for 2019 will be research integrity. Peer review An editor at JAMA-Pediatrics wrote a nice overview on peer review for the lay readership of The New York Times. He highlighted the potential pitfalls and benefits, in fact Dr. Carroll titled his paper " - News
Editing Medical Journals: Short Course
…attract the best authors; how to manage your journal and, how to make your journal successful. Full course details can be found on the websiteor by emailing Pippa Smart [email protected]. … - News
Welcome new COPE Council members
The results of our recent Council elections have been confirmed and we are pleased to welcome two new members to Council: Howard Browman and Frits Rosendaal. Frits Rosendaal is Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis and chairman of the - News
In the news: November Digest
…Badges. https://www.webinarsains2019.com/ Think. Check. Submit. will be collaborating with the STEM Training in Ethics of Publication Practices (STEPP) programme, from Texas Tech University, which will research the challenges of dubious publishing practices and develop training materials to help researchers in making informed… - News
Research Cluster in Applied Research Ethics & Integrity
…academics. Research cluster in applied research ethics & integrity… - Event
Tokyo University & Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
COPE council member Tracey Bretag will give two presentations on academic and research integrity in Japan, during which Tracey will speak about COPE guidance. These will be at Tokyo University on 'Academic integrity - why is it so important?' with an audience of postgraduate global and community health students. This will be followed… - News
In the news: November 2018 Digest
…Post publication discussion and corrections On October 25th, Retraction Watch released a database of 18,000 articles and conference papers which had been retracted since the 1970s. - Event
COPE Australian Forum
The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) is holding a COPE Forum in Brisbane, on 14 November 2013 at: Don Carruthers eXchange Zone Level 5, Dorothy Hill Engineering and Sciences Library (building #50) The University of Queensland - St Lucia Campus Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia Building location: - News
In the news: May 2018 Digest
…-new-peer-review-problems-this-time-at-the-bmj/">https://www.healthnewsreview.org/2018/04/uncovering-new-peer-review-problems-this-time-at-the-bmj/ Data and reproducibility A bumper month for discussions of data and reproducibility. First of all, a useful article explaining how to determine whether sparse-data bias may have influenced the results of an article one is reading, and what to do if you suspect it is present. - News
In the news: March Digest
…target="_blank">https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0198117 Meanwhile, COPE Council member Vivienne Bachelet and colleagues have published a protocol of a research study to investigate the prevalence or otherwise of the misrepresentation of affiliations by authors. The results will be submitted to the WCRI and will be published in a peer reviewed journal - News
COPE at Sense about Science workshop. Peer review: the nuts and bolts
…exploring the strengths and weakness of peer review, and potential alternatives. We agreed that peer review ensured quality and public trust in published work, was a means of establishing validity and originality, and could facilitate new connections (especially when open). But we also agreed that peer review could be burdensome, resistant to new… - Case
The ethics of self-experimentation
…of interest.— The need for IRB or ethics committee approval would totally exclude from publication any self-experimentation research performed by an independent researcher because they will not have access to any ethics committee or institutional review board. This would have prevented the publication of reports of highly useful reports ( - Event
Medical Editors, short course
…formal lectures – active participation is encouraged! A folder containing extensive notes and background reading is also provided. This course is ideal for editors-in-chief, editorial board members and senior managing editors.Further information: http://www.pspconsulting.org/ or [email protected]… - Event
Peer Review Week 2021
Peer Review Week 2021, September 20-24, is dedicated to the theme: Identity in Peer Review This year’s event is dedicated to the theme "Exploring the multifaceted role of identity in peer review". During the week, participating organisations will host virtual events and activities exploring the multifaceted…