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DOIs for COPE guidance
…bibliographic information about the resource. For example, the DOI https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.1.7 will take you the latest version of the COPE guideline Sharing of Information Among Editors-in-Chief Regarding Possible Misconduct. To find further information about DOIs visit - Flowcharts
Arabic: all flowcharts
…This is all of COPE's flowcharts in Arabic. For the latest version (English language) of this guidance visit https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.26. Other languages: Chinese | - Event
ISTME European virtual event
The International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE) are exploring 'Evolving trends in scholarly publishing' during this two day event. COPE Council member, Matt Hodgkinson is speaking at this virtual event on Friday 20 November 10:00-10:30am (GMT). Matt will be exploring the ethics of… - Webform
COPE authorship workshop 24 February 2021
…Online cases workshop for COPE members Wednesday 24 February 2021 9:00-10.30am (GMT); 17.00-18.30pm (AWST); 20.00-21.30pm (AEDT) The authorship workshop is free for COPE members but spaces are limited to the first 50 applicants. Only those registered will be able to attend the workshop. You will… - Event
ISMTE webinar: Responding to world events
15 September 2022, 16:00 (BST), 11:00 (EDT), 15:00 (UTC) When it is appropriate to respond to world events, and how to be effective in their response. COPE is represented at this ISMTE webinar by panellists Caroline Porter (COPE Trustee, and Associate VP Research Publishing SAGE Publishing) and Simon Linacre (COPE Trustee, and Head of Content, Brand & Press… - Research
CrossCheck guidance: an analysis of typical cases of plagiarism in different disciplines 2010
…detect plagiarism, and their attitude to potential plagiarism once discovered. The following publication has arisen from this project: Helen Zhang, Xiaoyan JIA (2012). A survey on the use of CrossCheck for detecting plagiarism in journal articles. Learned Publishing 25:292–307 (doi:10.1087/20120408). Several English papers arising from this project are listed below and can be downloaded from… - News
COPE North American Seminar August 10, 2016 'Ethics in peer review'
COPE is delighted to announce its 7th North American Seminar, which will be held in collaboration with ISMTE (International Society of Managing and Technical Editors), on Wednesday August 10, 2016, at the Hilton Philadelphia City… FORUM DISCUSSION TOPIC: comments please
…clinical trial data—A proposal from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. New England Journal of Medicine, January 20. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1515172 Vickers A J. (2006). Whose data set is it anyway? Sharing raw data from randomized trials. Trials 7; 15. DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-7-15 Wager, E. (2016). Sharing data is a good thing. But we need to consider the…- Event
Update on publication guidelines and insights from AMWA, EMWA and ISMPP
The International Society of Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) invites members of COPE to a special educational webinar focused on medical publication guidelines, on Wednesday, January 28th, 11:00am – 12:30pm EST. The webinar will feature representatives from ISMPP, the American Medical Writers Association ( - News
COPE Asia-Pacific Workshop, Singapore
Following on from the success of previous workshops in Singapore and Beijing, COPE is delighted to announce another half day workshop, in collaboration with ISMTE (International Society of Managing and Technical Editors), on Wednesday 28 March 2018, at the Novotel Singapore Clarke Quay. The theme of the workshop is "Publication ethics". Editors, publishers, authors and all those… - News
SpotOn London 2012: Q&A with Dr Ginny Barbour
Leading up to the session on academic misconduct and fraud at SpotOn London, on 11-12 November, COPE chair Ginny Barbour did a Q&A for Nature. See here:… - Event
STM Research Integrity Master Class
Matt Hodgkinson, COPE Council Member, is speaking at STM's Research Integrity Master Class on 7 December 2022. Participants at the master class will learn about the latest trends in research integrity and help to shape the future of how we advance trusted research. Matt contributes to the master class sharing COPE guidelines and processes in dealing with integrity issues such as paper… - Event
Next COPE Forum 6 September 2011
…Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), 5-11 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8SH (http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/how-find-us/how-find-us). All COPE members are welcome to attend the meeting, whether or not they are presenting a case. Download the agenda and materials FORUM DISCUSSION TOPIC: Sharing of information among editors-in-chief regarding possible misconduct
Recent high profile cases of research misconduct have relied upon the sharing of relevant information among the Editors-in-Chief of the journals concerned during the months and years leading up to the final settlement of the cases (see http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28…- News
Letter from the COPE Chair: April 2022
…href="/policies/submitting-guest-editorial-or-opinion-piece-cope">submissions from our members to foster communications about issues of interest to you. In May, COPE has several events. COPE will be hosting a virtual Seminar to introduce membership for universities and research institutes. The keynote will be given by Professor John B Thompson, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge and author of… - News
In the news: November 2020
…href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-020-03631-1" target="_blank">case study of a single paper retracted in 2008, 3 years after it's publication, the authors used network analysis, citation context analysis and retraction status visibility analysis and found 148 direct citations from 2006-2019 and 2542 second-generation citations. The retraction was not mentioned in… - Event
ACSE webinar: Principles of Transparency update
Sunday 5 February, 9.30am to 10.30am Dubai Time Zone (UTC +4) Find out what's new in the 4th version of the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Speakers at the Asian Council of Science Editors (ACSE) webinar are COPE Council Members Jiayi Xu and Trevor Lane. Register today … - News
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, - Event
13th EASE Conference: Scientific integrity: editors on the front line
Registration is now open for the 13th European Association of Science Editors (EASE) General Assembly and Conference, School of Medicine, Strasbourg, France. COPE will be running a workshop on Friday 10 June. For more details and to register, see here.…