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COPE collaboration with FORCE11 Working Group
…develop or refine their policies, and to help editors handle individual situations they encounter. In line with our goal to support our members by providing practical resources, COPE is collaborating with the newly formed FORCE11 Research Data Publishing Ethics Working Group (WG) to lead the development of standards for research… Member Insight
…href="https://publicationethics.org/resources/seminars-and-webinars/managing-paper-mills">Practical steps for dealing with paper mills is available to watch again. Previous issues Member Insight: Artificial intelligence, February 2023 Member Insight: Author misconduct | New cases, October…- News
Revised and updated: A short guide to ethical editing for new editors
COPE's A Short Guide to Ethical Editing for New Editors has been fully revised and updated. The guide aims to summarise key issues and provide advice and resources for new editors. The revised guide can be found here.… - News
Hong Kong University join COPE's pilot initiative
We are delighted to announce that Hong Kong University is now part of COPE's pilot that will help form a membership package of support and advice for research institutions. Other institutions already part of the pilot are: Caltech, Ottawa Hospital… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: February 2022
…10 May. Hope to see you, virtually, there. Once again, COPE will be supporting the World Conference on Research Integrity, in May this year, as a Rhino sponsor. The conference's overarching theme is “Fostering research integrity in an unequal world”. The conference will be a hybrid event with… - News
New flowcharts: ethical concerns in data publication
…restrictions of published data: dealing with concerns Research Data Publishing Working Group COPE and FORCE11 formed the Research Data Publishing Ethics Working Group in January 2021 to lead the development of standards for research data in publications. In September of that year the… - Event
Meeting of ISMPP 2020
…The evolving role of the scientific communications professional in an open world Following the cancellation of the meeting in Boston, due to COVID-19, the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) will now be held by webinar on 16-18 June, 2020 (ET). The Meeting Program Focuses on 3 Themes: Day 1 - Open Science Day 2 - Effective… - Case
Massaging the impact factor
The editor in chief of a journal started insisting that authors include references from the journal in their articles. S/he provided examples of acceptance letters from several other journals in the field, which insist that their authors do this, as evidence that it is standard and acceptable practice. The authors do not agree and think this is an unethical attempt to massage the impact factor.… - News
Election of COPE council members Autumn 2011
Voting for the 2 vacancies on COPE council is now open and will remain open until Friday 28 October 2011. All Full and Associate Members are entitled to vote. Please note: there is only one vote per journal title, even for journals with multiple editors. The vote should be cast by the Member editor, who isusually the Editor-in-Chief, or otherwise by the nominated contact for the journal. See… - News
COPE and ALPSP collaborate on new publication ethics course
… For more information on what the course will entail, plus details on how to sign up, click here. … - 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:… - News
Editing, reviewing and writing during COVID-19
…many organisations, is grappling with the impact of the coronavirus. There is worldwide concern over COVID-19 and its impact on our daily lives, both personal and professional. Journal editors may be unsure of what to do in this unprecedented situation. How is COVID-19 affecting editors and publishers? Letter from the… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: February 2021
…COVID-19 pandemic. At the end of 2020, we reviewed the year’s activities in terms of our strategic goals and a synopsis of those activities is included in this month’s Digest. In particular, while we hope to have face to face meetings at the end of 2021, we have committed to online delivery of increased interactive events, including workshops, webinars and a virtual seminar. We also plan to discuss… - News
COPE North American Seminar and Forum 2012
COPE is pleased to announce its 4th North American Seminar and Forum. The COPE Forum will take place on the afternoon of 18 October (2–5 pm) followed by a whole day Seminar on 19 October.The theme of this year’s Seminar is “Correcting the literature”. More details can be found here.… - Event
COPE Forum November 2017
…agenda for the COPE Forum on Monday 13 November: 1. Update on COPE activities by the Chair 2. Forum discussion: Self-citation: where's the line? 3. New cases 17-11 Authorship dispute unsatisfactorily resolved by institution (JM) 17-12 Potential figure manipulation with corresponding author uncontactable (JM) 17-13 Unhelpful institution report… - News
COPE advice to editors on geopolitical intrusions on editorial decisions
…Update 2022 First released: 10 March 2022 Updated: 29 March 2022 There has been much discussion recently on government sanctions against Russia and the potential effect on Russian researchers. COPE has discussed the issue of geopolitical intrusion into editorial decision making previously in similar situations. COPE's position on this remains as… - Event
COPE Forum: 4 December 2013
The COPE Forum will be held virtually via webinar, on Wednesday 4 December 2013 (11am–1pm GMT). The invitation to join the webinar is below. We can accommodate up to 100 attendees, so please register quickly if you wish to join in the discussion. The agenda and materials are available - Seminars and webinars
Legal issues in corrections, retractions and expressions of concern — Mark Seeley, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Elsevier
…Download presentation: Legal issues in corrections, retractions and expressions of concern [PDF, 100KB]… - Case
Lost raw data
In a nutshell, if someone has lost their raw data, workup data and laboratory books (so that in effect their data cannot be checked/queried/verified/substantiated) what would be the implications of submitting his/her results to a journal? I have a very clear view. I would not do it. However, others seem to think that if you cannot prove that the results are wrong, then they must be accepted on… - Event
2018 Events
COPE Council members have been busy talking about COPE at meetings and conferences across the globe.