- Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: Introduction to publication ethics
…Speakers Michael Wise is a bioinformaticist/computer scientist in the Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering … - Seminars and webinars
COPE webinar 2018: Creating and implementing data research policies
…href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected], which will answer queries within two business days. So far, 1091 journals have adopted data policies, mainly types 1, 2, and 3. Varsha Khodiyar (Data Curation Manager, Open Research Group, Springer Nature) described how the journal Scientific Data implemented its type 4 research data policy. This required adding advice on… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: November 2021
…an expanded effort in growing membership in underrepresented geographical regions, broader outreach efforts, and a major upgrade to our website. As you can see, after adding our usual activities, we have the makings of a very busy year. For those of you who were able to attend COPE’s first virtual seminar, I hope you enjoyed the sessions. We are currently editing the webinar videos so anyone… - Event
Scholarly publishing in a connected world: Turning disruptions into opportunities
…publishing industry more widely. There will be tips on how to spot and deal with suspected paper mill submissions and guidance on how to manage large scale paper mills. Read more and register… COPE webinar: Allegations of misconduct
…src="/files/u1069951/thumb_Susan_Garfinkel_pic.jpg" style="width: 90px; height: 90px; margin: 5px; float: left;" /> Susan Garfinkel, Assistant Vice President for Research Compliance, Ohio State University, Ohio Dr Susan Garfinkel is currently the Assistant Vice President for Research Compliance at the Ohio State University.She serves as the senior coordinator for research misconduct and assists in coordinating…- Event
COPE webinar: Enhancing partnerships of institutions and journals
…/cooperation-between-research-institutions-and-journals-research-integrity">Cooperation between research institutions and journals on research integrity cases Speakers Susan Garfinkel, Associate… - Event
Open Access and Medical Publishing: ISMPP
ISMPP invites COPE members to attend a special 90-minute ISMPP U educational webinar, Open Access and Medical Publishing, on Wednesday, January 30, at 11 am EST/4 pm in the UK. The webinar is open to all and free to COPE members. Expert speakers representing different stakeholder views – industry (Shire), funder (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), publisher (Wiley and American… - News
Wiley launch new ethics guidelines
Wiley has launched the second edition of its Best Practice Guidelines on Publishing Ethics: A Publisher’s Perspective. In the new edition, guidance has been added about whistle-blowers, animal research and clinical research, particularly around clinical trial registration. The press release can be read in full - News
A vision for a more trans-inclusive publishing world: guest article
…names per request does not pose any novel indexing challenge, and can and should be seamlessly rectified in this digital age. Back to top Author bios Theresa Jean Tanenbaum (“Tess”) Theresa Tanenbaum is an… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: February 2022
…editorial office that explains expected ethical practices in scholarly publishing and highlights resources to develop codes of ethical conduct and practice, these resources are always good as refreshers for everyone at all levels. So enjoy! - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: April 2022
…of the workshops, and they intend to release the report soon. Dan Kulp, COPE Chair COPE Digest newsletter: April 2022 In our latest guest article, find out more about a project to detect… News feeds (RSS)
These news feeds allow you to see when new content has been added to the COPE website. You can get the latest cases, members, news & events and publication ethics blog entries as soon as they are published, without having to visit the website. Feeds are also known as RSS. There is some discussion as to what RSS stands for, but most people plump for 'Really Simple Syndication'. In essence,…- News
In the news: February 2018 Digest
…would be associated with higher rates of this behavior. One journal used badges and the other did not. The rate of data sharing, but not code sharing, was higher in the journal that awarded badges. While the results were only modest, the authors suggest that this is a reasonable, low cost way of incentivizing code and data sharing. - Case
Reviewer requests to be added as an author after publication
A paper was submitted to our journal. The associate editor assigned to the paper immediately assigned a reviewer who he knew was well qualified to give a good review, as they had worked with the authors before. The editor did think it odd that the reviewer was not an author on this particular paper, given the close collaboration. However, when invited, the reviewer (R1), did not flag up any con… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: December 2021
…="https://www.elsevier.com/connect/reviewers-update/the-case-for-more-diversity-in-peer-review">Elsevier making the case for more diversity in peer review, and others. I hope you find this issue of COPE Digest interesting and informative, and that you go into 2022 with a renewed drive to continue to improve diversity and inclusivity in scholarly publications. - News
Two new flowcharts and two revisions
…flowcharts have been added to the 'full set of flowcharts' PDF: http://publicationethics.org/files/Full%20set%20of%20flowcharts_0.pdf… - News
Upcoming CrossRef webinars
…4:00 pm (London)Moderator: Rachael LammeyRegistration Introduction to CrossCheck In this webinar you will learn about the innovative plagiarism screening service and… - News
COPE at Sense about Science workshop. Peer review: the nuts and bolts
…="https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/cope-ethical-guidelines-peer-reviewers">ethical issues. “Peer review is amazing” Sam Illingworth Sam Illingworth (Senior Lecturer in Science Communication, Manchester Metropolitan University) explained his own experiences of peer review, and although there are frustrations, peer review can be an amazing, positive experience helping researchers… - News
Collaboration
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Case discussion: Editing peer review comments
…href="https://publicationethics.org/events/cope-forum-friday-6-march-2020">COPE Forum on 6 March. With this in mind, we highlight two cases from the COPE archive: Case 97-08 likely predated the online editorial management systems that allow confidential comments for the editor to be separated from their comments for the author. The submitter of the case…