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COPE awards research grant to the EQUATOR group
The research project, entitled ‘What instructions and guidance do journals provide to their reviewers to assess submitted manuscripts? : A survey with particular emphasis on the use of reporting guidelines’, aims to survey journals’ instructions… - News
2nd Brazilian Meeting on Research Integrity, Science and Publication Ethics
The 2nd Brazilian Meeting on Research Integrity, Science and Publication Ethics takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre between 28 May 2012 and 1 June 2012. Click here for more information. … - News
COPE's eLearning course relaunched
…COPE is delighted to announce the relaunch of the eLearning programme on the COPE website. COPE members can now access the programme directly on the COPE website http://publicationethics.org/resources/elearning once they have logged in. We hope this will greatly improve your experience,… - Event
COPE Forum: dates for 2018
…(GMT) Deadline for submission of cases for the February Forum: 12 February Submit a case… - Event
ISMPP Asia Pacific Meeting 2019
…Nothing about us without us: Patient involvement in the communication of science ISMPP is offering a 10% registration discount to COPE members for its Asia Pacific Meeting, Bridging Global Standards and Regional Practices, 6 September 2019, in Tokyo, Japan. Learn about the meeting at - News
COPE Asia-Pacific Workshop 2018: Report
COPE Council Member Michael Wise was an invited speaker at the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors 2018 Asian-Pacific Conference, which was held on 27-28 March 2018 at the Novotel Singapore Clarke Quay. In a session on preprints on 27 March, he introduced the new - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: December 2021
As we rapidly approach the end of 2021 and prepare to turn the corner to 2022, COPE is releasing a new discussion document on Diversity and inclusivity, primarily written by our past-Chair, Deborah Poff. This is the culmination of a number of COPE activities around diversity, equity and… - News
In the news: May & June 2022
…science discusses whether peer review has a role in uncovering scientific fraud. Data The Force 11 Research Data Publishing working group has developed recommendations for the responsible handling of cases related… - Event
Peer review week
19-23 September 2022 "Research integrity: creating and supporting trust in research" is the theme of this year's Peer Review Week. Peer Review Week is a community-led yearly global virtual event celebrating the essential role that peer review plays in maintaining research quality. Peer Review Week celebrates the value of peer review that brings together… FORUM DISCUSSION TOPIC: comments please
…costs. Retraction Watch, 28 January 2016; http://retractionwatch.com/2016/01/28/sharing-data-is-a-good-thing-but-we-need-to-consider-the-costs/ This will be discussed at the start of the next COPE Forum on Friday 12 February. Please do leave any comments below, whether or not you…- Seminars and webinars
European Seminar 2019: COPE retraction guidelines
…allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KoWtpO5dx28" width="100%"> Presentation by Howard Browman Howard Browman, COPE Council, gives a review of COPE's updated retraction guidelines (PDF) The scientometrics of retracted articles and a publisher's perspective of… - News
1st COPE South American Seminar – Brazil, Monday 12 November 2012
…"Correcting the literature" Costão do Santinho Resort, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil COPE is pleased to announce its first seminar in South America, to be held on Monday, November 12 (8:30 am to 5 pm), in Brazil. The meeting will take place during the annual meeting of the Brazilian Association of Scientific Editors (ABEC), at the Costão do Santinho Resort, Florianópolis, 300… COPE position statements
…ChatGPT, cannot be listed as author of a paper, and their use must be fully transparent. Read the Authorship and AI tools position statement. COPE advice to editors on geopolitical intrusions on editorial decisions (2022) COPE considers that editorial decisions should not be affected by nationality, ethnicity,…- News
COPE Forum: 9 December 2014 meeting
The next COPE Forum meeting is being held on Tuesday 9 December 2014, 9–10.30am (GMT). The COPE Forum will be held virtually via webinar. The agenda and materials can be downloaded here (PDF 709kb). The invitation to join the webinar is below. We can accommodate up to 100 attendees,… - News
Forum agenda for 2 December 2009 meeting
Download the agenda and materials for the 2 December 2009 COPE Forum (Download PDF, 144kb).… - News
Artificial intelligence in the news
…href="https://iblnews.org/chat-gpt-at-capacity-due-to-its-massive-traffic/">registrations are currently suspended because of demand), both have been busy with talk of the - Event
COPE Forum: Thursday 14 October 2021
…%20is%20Monday%2022%20March.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%2D%2D%3E--> The discussion topic Bias in peer review, will be followed by discussion and advice among attendees on members' cases submitted in advance. Forum agenda 1. Update on COPE activities by the Chair. 2. Forum discussion: - Event
Forum on Good Publication Practices, University of Macau
…contributors are eligible authors? Misconceptions about plagiarism How to deter paper mills? Read more and register … - Event
COPE Forum: July 2023
…will be held at 12:00-13:30pm (BST / UTC+1) 1. Update on COPE activities Update on COPE activities by the Chair. 2. Forum discussion topic We begin the COPE Forum with a discussion on the topic of Best practices for guest edited collections. - News
Data Sharing Policies in Scholarly Publications: Interdisciplinary Comparisons
Download pdf of poster COPE-funded research, presented as an abstract at the Peer Review Congress, 10-12 September 2017, Chicago. We are follow up this COPE funded research by producing a discussion document on the issues surrounding data sharing policies and this is expected…