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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… - 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: 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… - Case
Editor adding reference to an author's work
Several years ago Author A was asked by Editor B to contribute an essay to a publication. The book took a long time to complete and underwent many modifications. When the book was published Author A noticed that several edits had been made to the text without Author A being informed and which Author A did not approve. The most notable edit is an added reference to a piece of text. The added… - 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
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
…src="/files/u7140/Geri%20Pearson_headshot_Digest.jpg" style="width: 90px; height: 125px; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; float: left;" /> APAME 2013 Tokyo
…APAME 2013 Tokyo Asia Pacific Association of Medical Editors (APAME) Convention 2013, Tokyo, Japan Date: 2–4 August 2013 Venue: Japan Medical Association (JMA) Auditorium, 2-28-16, Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8621, Japan COPE will hold two 90 minute sessions on the afternoon of 3 August during the annual congress of the…- Event
ISMPP webinar: Graphical Presentation of Data in Medical Publications
ISMPP invites you to attend this special 90-minute ISMPP University educational webinar, on Wednesday January 25 at 11 am ET/4 pm GMT. The webinar is free to all regardless of ISMPP membership status. Webinar attendees will learn from experts about how to integrate essential graphical presentation elements into medical publications. Figures, tables and images contribute to data interpretation… - 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… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: June 2022
…src="/files/council/dan-kulp-90x90.png" style="margin: 3px 9px; float: left; width: 90px; height: 90px;" />Dan Kulp, COPE Chair Read COPE Digest newsletter, June 2022, in which we launch the paper mills research report with STM and invite you to join the discussion on Dealing with complaints about the integrity of… - 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… - 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. - News
Letter from the COPE co-Chairs: September 2018
…href="https://publicationethics.org/about/council/chris-graf">Chris Graf and Geri Pearson - Event
ALPSP Workshop, Publication Ethics: Fraud and misconduct
This is a practical course to help you understand your legal and ethical obligations and implement a successful diversity and inclusion strategy in your workplace. Diversity and inclusion have never been higher on the news and social agenda than at present, and this course will… - Case
Plagiarism or redundant publication?
A manuscript was submitted with a covering letter clearly stating the originality and unpublished nature of the work. The authors stated that the results had already been orally presented at a meeting the previous year. Before sending the manuscript for review the editors discovered that the manuscript contained 60% of the Materials and Methods text and 90% of the Results section of…