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COPE Forum: Tuesday 23 March 2021
The 23 March 2021 COPE Forum will be held at 14:00-15:30pm (GMT). COPE Members can now register to attend the March Forum; the deadline to register is Monday 22 March. The discussion topic will be on the subject on publication ethics and books. This will be… - Case
Questions of authorship, duplicate publication and copyright
In 1995 a group of nine authors published a paper in a leading general medical journal. Copyright was granted by all authors to the journal. In 1998 the senior author received a complimentary copy of a recently published book. One of the chapters was essentially a reprint of the original paper. It was attributed to the sixth, first and second authors. Neither the first nor second author (the gu… - Seminars and webinars
European Seminar 2019: Exploring Publication Ethics Issues in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
…language and writing quality while remaining inclusive was the most prevalent issue, with 64% encountering it and 42% of those encountering it frequently. This reflects wider issues of diversity and inclusion in scholarly publishing. Balancing issues of language and diversity was a key discussion point in the online groups, with some editors indicating tensions between full representation of authors… - News
Presentations from COPE 2013 Asia-Pacific Seminar now online
…sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">Anaesthesia & Intensive Care; Paul Taylor & Daniel Barr, from the Office for Research Ethics and Integrity at the University of Melbourne; and - News
Letter from the COPE Chair and Vice-Chair
…the ever-popular “Introduction to publication ethics and the COPE Ethics Toolkit” a webinar which is open to members and non-members. PROGRAMME AND REGISTRATION > Welcome to Susan Garfinkel and Mark Hooper Beyond the seminar, COPE’s Trustee Board and Council extend a warm welcome to - Event
ALPSP Webinar: Developing Ethical Commercial Revenues in a Changing Publishing Landscape
…tabindex="0">15:00 - 16:30 BST (London) / 16:00-17:30 CEST (Europe)* Chair: Gavin Sharrock, Business Development Director, Wiley This webinar, held by the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), will… - Event
COPE Forum: August 2018
…impact factor (MS) 18-10 Are copyrighted conference audiotapes considered "prior publication"?(SK) 4. Updates17-15 Stolen article 17-18 Pre-publication in a discussion paper series 18-02 Dispute between two authors 18-03 Editor and reviewers requiring authors to cite their own work 18-05 Undisclosed conflict of interest - Event
COPE Forum: Wednesday 9 June 2021
The 9 June 2021 COPE Forum will be held at 14:00-15:30pm BST (UTC + 1). The discussion topic "When and how to involve multiple journals and… - News
Responding to world events: ISMTE webinar
On Thursday 15 September, ISMTE held its delayed webinar on Responding to World Events, which had originally been conceived following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing issues faced by publishers and editors on whether to make public statements or how to join various sanctions placed on Russia. The… RePAIR consensus guidelines
…Colorado, USA. The COPE Secretary at that time, Charon Pierson, attended the conference and was one of the 20 member working group who participated in the development of these guidelines. The working group's expertise spanned multiple scientific and professional disciplines with representatives from 15 institutions, two US government agencies and five countries. Summary Researchers,…- Case
Profusion of copied text passages
…in the region of 25% to >35%. These are substantial values and certainly beyond fortuitous incidences. However, in almost all cases it is difficult to suspect acts of conscious (self)plagiarism as the copied text (ranging from single sentences or fragments of sentences to passages of 2–3 sentences) can be attributed to a very large number of sources: often more than 60, and in one case… - Case
Disagreement between authors and sponsor
…each of the concerns that had been raised. They stated that the discrepancies resulted to some degree from the use of a different analytic technique in the submitted article, citing the CONSORT statement as evidence that this technique has become the favoured form of analysis since the initial report, which was presented almost 15 years ago. They also acknowledged that one of the numbers presented in… - News
Case Discussion: Editor and reviewers requiring authors to cite their own work
…them to find resources that can help you. Let’s go through how you might get help with a similar problem. First, examine the list and descriptions of the Core Practices. There are four that apply to this case and these… - Event
COPE Forum: Monday 5 November 2018
…18-11 Increased number of casual submissions 18-12 A pre-submission inquiry with a bribe 18-13 Self-plagiarism and suspected salami publishing 18-14 Authorship conflict 18-15 Peer reviewer contacted by author 18-16 Data fabrication in a rejected manuscript 18-17 Possible plagiarism 18-18 Victim of article theft wants correction to list… - Event
COPE Forum: Monday 11 February 2019
…work 19-02 Dispute arising from peer review of a rejected comment and published correction 19-03 Possible plagiarism 19-04 Suspected plagiarism 4. Updates 18-08 Scientific misconduct claim from a whistleblower where the institution will not investigate 18-13 Self-plagiarism and suspected salami publishing 18-15 Peer reviewer contacted… - Event
COPE Forum: Monday 11 November 2019, 4pm (GMT)
…topic whether or not you are planning on joining the Forum. 3. New cases 19-12 Appropriate scope of review for retractions 19-13 Reproducibility of methodology 19-14 Removal of an author 19-15 Authorship dispute during review process 4. Updates on cases 19-09 Deceased author 19-08 Authorship issue related to misleading… - Webform
COPE authorship workshop 24 February 2021
…href="https://publicationethics.org/news/cope-authorship-workshop-2020">authorship workshop event page has details of the workshop format and Cases that will be covered. Alternative date This authorship workshop is also being held on 10 February 2021, 15:00 - 16:30 AM (GMT). You may only attend one of the dates. 10 February workshop is now full Your privacy When you register, COPE will collect your personal details… - Case
Duplicate publication
We were made aware of a double publication in our journal dating from 20 years ago. A paper which was originally published in French in another journal the year previously was translated and published in our journal. The editorial paperwork is long lost, however, the principal author is a member of our editorial board. They readily responded and explained that it was not uncommon at that time t… - Case
Erratum query
We have been notified that an erratum is about to be published on a Research article in Journal A, which is one of the key references supporting a Review article subsequently published in Journal B. All parties are agreed that the erratum (which corrects an oversight in reporting methodology) in no way affects either the data presented in the paper or the conclusions reached. Questio… - Event
COPE Forum: March 2024
…2024. Forum agenda Wednesday 20 March 2024, 14:00-15:30 (GMT / UTC) 1. Update on COPE activities Update on COPE activities by the Chair. 2. Forum discussion topic: Ethical considerations around watchlists We begin the COPE Forum with a discussion on