COPE Forum
…href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ky9BZZAETqG8VqdB7_wG1g#/registration">Register for the Forum --> The Forum takes place by webinar and is available to members only.…- News
In the news: January 2019 Digest
…href="https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2018/12/18/tangled-web-of-editorial-interests/ " target="_blank">https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2018/12/18/tangled-web-of-editorial-interests/ Ethical Oversight The ICMJE has updated its guidelines. Changes include more guidance on COIs, a recommendation on reducing the use of the impact factor as a measure of quality, the use of preprint servers and the depositing of data, and reporting of clinical trials. FORUM DISCUSSION TOPIC: comments please
…499-506.Kitchin, H. (2007). Research Ethics and the Internet. (Fernwood Press: Nova Scotia).Stanton, J. and Rogelberg, S. (2001). Using Internet/Intranet Web Pages to Collect Organizational Research Data. Organizational Research Methods, 4 (3), 200-217. This will be discussed at the start of the next COPE Forum on Tuesday 9 December 2014 at 9am (GMT). Please do leave any comments below,…- Case
Author disagreement blocks submission
…employment. A web search by the editor found several entries on author A, none of which was indicative of a current academic position. Author A’s email to the editor was from a non-institutional provider (gmail). The paper reports important work, in which human subjects volunteered to participate. It would, therefore, be very unfortunate for it not to be published. Question(s) for the COPE… - Event
Publication Integrity Week 2023
Taking place over a week, Publication Integrity Week included a variety of sessions, with speakers invited to share their experiences. Videos or written summaries of the sessions are available now. Links to each session are below. #C0PE2023 Webinar recordings and… - Case
Plagiarism, double submission and reviewer ethicality
…stated above. One of the complaints was submitted in the form of a paper for publication; at present, this has not been sent out for review but is simply being treated as additional evidence/confirmation of plagiarism. (We have recently discovered that this paper has been posted on a web site devoted to plagiarism discussions.) Other points: The co-authorship has changed… History of COPE
…COPE history timeline View COPE history, a visual timeline in full (PDF, 754 KB) 1997 to 2003 - first COPE meeting and a written…- Case
Authors requesting withdrawal of articles from similarity check database in order to re-publish
The Forum noted that retracting an article when the indexing of the article in a database such as Scopus or Web of Science changes is not an acceptable practice and is not in accordance with COPE’s Retraction Guidelines. This practice could be considered gaming the system. The authors should be disclosing, in their cover letter to the new journal, that the article was previously… - Case
Plagiarism by a possible predatory journal
…systematic reviews. Since the article is in the public domain it is permissible to provide the full citation, including the name of the journal. This could also have an educative function if there is a risk that the predatory journal is using a web bot which is targeting many authors from the same journal. The editors could also consider making a comment on a site like PubPeer, though this is unlikely to… - News
Open retractions data: podcast
…database's potential impact on generative AI tools, Ivan and Ed acknowledge its utility for specialised services but it would be very difficult for general large language models as they are trained on data from across the web without reference to provenance. What will happen after the 5 year partnership period is over The plan is for an ongoing relationship and expected renewal after… - News
Letter from the COPE co-Chairs: January 2019
…with a research agency to help us understand what members of these communities need from COPE. In December we conducted two online focus groups to hear about some of the issues faced by editors of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences journals. This feedback is helping us build a more wide-ranging web based survey for these groups and, in February, we will detail ways in which you can contribute to… - News
COPE in 2023: Update
…articles and disciplines. 2. We committed to surveying not only our members but also others with an interest in publication ethics, to receive input into what you think COPE’s priorities should be for the next three years. We have circulated a member survey and will be following that with a survey… - 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: October 2019
…article was rejected. Trevor discusses the case with reference to all of the relevant COPE materials, including “Sharing of Information Among Editors-in-Chief Regarding Possible Misconduct”. These guidelines were written by COPE in response to EIC concerns regarding balancing… - News
Editor to Editor support for Journal Management
…act of maintaining high quality of content that is both scientifically and practically sound. But as the welcomed and easily embraced World Wide Web (also known as the wild wild west) entered the picture, the issues facing editors grew by leaps and bounds. INANE has played a pivotal role in assuring that nursing journal editors have the awareness, resources and support for their editorial work in… - News
WCRI 2019: Predatory publishing plenary
…included some widely-regarded as predators, based on faculty recommendations. They have a new approach with the just-founded Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics (CARE), which will define acceptable publication venues across STEM and H&SS: those in Web of Science or Scopus, a curated set of journals from the previous list, and new journals vetted by CARE. Fake impact factors, promising… - News
In the news: October 2020
…="https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/journals-books/books/diversifying-readership-through-open-access" target="_blank">usage of open vs non-open access books and found that OA books were dowloaded 10 times more often, and cited 2.4 times more often, than non-OA books. A systematic search of "vanished" open access journals, using the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, discovered 176 open access journals that vanished from the web… - News
Case Discussion: Data fabrication in a rejected manuscript
…journal editor contact the journal that published the similar manuscript, following the COPE guidelines titled “Sharing of Information Among Editors-in-Chief Regarding Possible Misconduct”. However, the editor should not refer to… - Translated resources
El autor de un artículo rechazado nombra y critica de forma pública al revisor por pares: caso
…disculpas, pero mostró su deseo de que la revista hiciese pública su revisión. Los otros revisores y los autores estuvieron de acuerdo en hacer esta información pública y la revista rompió con el precedente y publicó una entrada de blog. Se recibieron comentarios mayormente positivos tanto en la sección de comentarios como en Twitter. La revista ha enmendado las instrucciones para autores en su página web… - News
In the news: December 2020
…the phenomenon of "vanished journals "- open access journals that disappear - Mikaek Laakso and co-authors consulted several major bibliographic indices and found 176 open access journals that vanished from the web between 2000-2019 from all major research disciplines and world regions. This highlights concerns about the integrity of the scholarly…