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Suspected ethical problem in a submitted manuscript
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Attempted redundant publication?
…further detail only provided here.” The authors did reference their previous paper in their introduction to their present paper, but did not make clear that there was substantial overlap with the previously published paper and did not send us a copy. I have asked the authors for their comments. Assuming that the two papers do turn out to be substantially the same, should we contemplate some… - Case
The fraudulent letter
Letters to the editor are difficult to authenticate. The journal should publish a retraction and highlight this with an editorial. The dean should be notified and advised to write to every student pointing out this breach of ethics.… - Event
National Academy of Sciences Meeting
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Peer review week 2022: webinars
As part of Peer Review Week 2022, COPE hosted the webinar Practical steps for managing paper mills. The speakers give practical tips on how to manage systematic manipulation of the publication process, at scale, and describe their experience of dealing with paper mills affecting their journals, - News
In the news: January 2021
…data sharing statements, misuse of open access data, and issues of equity in open science. Preprints eLife, starting in July 2021 will publish only papers that have previously been posted on a preprint server, changing their model to be an organisation "that reviews and certifies papers that have already been… - Case
False memory syndrome
A doctor has submitted an account of how his daughter falsely accused him of having abused her as a child. His daughter is another British doctor. We would like to publish the account as part of a package of articles on false memory syndrome. The questions we are considering are: (1) Can it ever be right to publish something that describes the intimacies of a family conflict, to illustrate… - 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… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: Driving diversity, equity, and inclusion to shape the future of publication ethics
…href="https://publicationethics.org/about/council/caroline-porter"> The seminar was moderated by Caroline Porter (COPE Trustee, Executive Publisher at SAGE Publishing), who opened the event with a summary of recent COPE activities in the area of… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: Ethical practice in research data publication - challenges, lessons and opportunities
…src="/files/u7140/cope-seminar-iratxe-p-90x90-cir.png" style="float: left; height: 90px; margin: 3px 10px; width: 90px;" />Iratxe Puebla, Associate Director for ASAPbio moderated this seminar, prefacing the discussions on the increasingly widespread adoption of data publication with reference to the FAIR Guiding Principles of Data Management and Stewardship, which aim to ensure materials are… - Event
ISMTE North American Conference
Heather Tierney, COPE Council member, is presenting at the ISMTE conference in Baltimore on the following topics: Plenary Session 1: Preprints, Authorship Transparency, Bias in Peer Review August 2nd, 4.30-5.15pm Plenary Session 3: Transparency in Co-Authorship August 3, 12.00-12.45… - News
New: Chinese resources
…Chinese COPE resources We have new Chinese translations of COPE resources to add to our existing translated material. eLearning module: Introduction to Publication Ethics Guidelines: - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: November 2021
…of the year as we look forward to a bright and engaging 2022. Dan Kulp, COPE Chair… - Case
Author cannot be located
Advice on this case is from a small number of COPE Council Members. Most cases on the COPE website are presented to the COPE Forum where advice is offered by a wider group of COPE Members and COPE Council Members. Advice on individual cases is not formal COPE guidance. The article cannot be published without the necessary… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: Authorship for sale
…small journals get involved? Ana Marušić is Professor of Anatomy and Chair of the Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health at the University of Split School of… - Case
Should we have had author consent for a randomised controlled trial of a peer review?
…Conclusion A notice should be added to the Instructions to Authors, to the effect that from time to time their papers may be used in trials of peer review and that this may slightly delay the processing time. In addition, the letter acknowledging receipt of the article might also contain notice (but with a light touch). In both cases, the authors can be given the opportunity to opt out.… - News
COPE advice to editors on geopolitical intrusions on editorial decisions
…following clause, that is drawn from text developed by WAME, to our Code of Conduct for journal editors. "Editorial decisions should not be affected by the origins of the manuscript, including the nationality, ethnicity, political beliefs, race, or religion of the authors. Decisions to edit and publish should… - 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
European Seminar 2014: two travel grants to attend the COPE seminar
…COPE European Seminar 2014 report - Dr Parasuraman, Chief Editor of Journal of Young Pharmacist [PDF, 86KB] COPE European Seminar…