Outcomes of editors' attempts to investigate research misconduct
…Plagiarism 7 2 2 2 14% Total (%) 79 16 (20) 15 (19) 23 (29) 36 (46) In about one in five cases, the individual was exonerated. But in about 20% of cases,…- News
Standards in Authorship webinar summary
…Standards in authorship COPE Webinar 29 June, 2017 Watch and listen again to the recording of our Standards in Authorship webinar. COPE made history on 29th June 2017 with the first COPE educational webinar on the topic of - News
Vacancies on COPE Council
…Volunteer with COPE CLOSING DATE FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER We are seeking applications to serve on COPE Council. We have 9 vacancies owing to several Council Members stepping down from Council at the end of their second term and four Council Members completing their first term on Council who are eligible to stand for a second term. In line with COPE’s strategic goals… - News
COPE at COMPARE Life Sciences Workshop on Authorship, UK
…networking and speed grant writing. The afternoon was spent grappling with the complex issues around authorship ethics. During the afternoon’s panel debate we discussed ghost, gift and guest authorship (where researchers are unfairly left off or… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: July 2019
…Please help us by filling in our survey which should take no longer than 10 minutes. Begin survey. COPE Chair - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: December 2019
…of our members and the larger scholarly community in the coming years. We send you all best wishes for the New Year. COPE Chair Deborah Poff… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: October 2020
…published in the journal Prometheus, and gives an insightful assessment of current preferences for data sharing processes and platform solutions across different disciplines. COPE Chair - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: February 2021
…publishing. COPE has established a working group with member organizations to address ethical issues around book publishing, particularly with respect to monographs and anthologies. At a later stage, the committee intends to address the more complex topic of conference proceedings. - Case
Plagiarism of published paper
…a second email on 29 July. The Dean finally acknowledged receipt of our letter on 1 August saying he will investigate the case. The editor sent a follow-up email on 25 August and the Dean immediately replied that the case is now under investigation.… - Case
Fraudulent data presented in a manuscript
Author A submitted a trial comparing the safety and feasibility of two delivery techniques in patients. The trial, which was done at author A’s institution, was assessed by inhouse editors, who decided to send it out for peer review. During the peer review process, some reviewers pointed out that “this work seems premature, experimental and hard to believe”, and also expressed suspicion… - Case
Suspected unattributed text in a published article
…href="http://publicationethics.org/files/Web_A29298_COPE_Text_Recycling.pdf">COPE/BioMed Central guidelines on text recycling. COPE resources: COPE flowchart on plagiarism Text recycling Seminars
…_final%20%281%29.pdf">Download PDF of the seminar programme) "Weighed and Measured: How metrics shape publication (mis)behaviour The 2015 European Seminar and Workshop was held on Friday 17 April 2015 at the Representation of the State of Hessen to the European Union, Rue Montoyer 21, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Altmetrics in practice: where are they being used (and…- News
In the news: January 2018 Digest
…src="/files/u7140/PLOS.png" style="float: right; margin: 3px; width: 100px; height: 29px;" />Especially when intense competition for journal space and research funding can encourage authorship and citation manipulation. Who are the culprits, and why do they do it? - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: November 2019
…University of Cambridge, who emphasised how librarians can help address issues of publication ethics in their role as mentors to researchers and, in many cases, researchers in their own right. We hope you enjoy reading this month’s Digest. - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: January 2020
…regards, COPE Chair Deborah Poff In COPE's January Digest we launch the predatory publishing discussion document, hear from Helena… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: January 2021
…We wish you all a safe and healthy beginning to the year, and look forward to engaging with you in 2021. COPE Chair Deborah Poff, CM,PhD - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: March 2021
…src="/files/u7140/deborahpoff1%20%283%29.jpg" style="border-style:solid; border-width:2px; float:left; height:121px; margin:3px; width:90px" />COPE Chair Deborah Poff, CM,PhD… - Case
Falsified references
An article was submitted to my journal and was sent for peer review. An editorial board member realised that a number of the references were incorrect: publication dates had been changed to make them more current. The author was contacted by email and telephone who said he/she had a number of students working for him (who were not listed as authors or in the acknowledgment) and they must… - News
In the news: May 2018 Digest
…Cheating amongst students in Russell Group universities has surged by 40% between 2014 and 2017.https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/apr/29/cheating-at-top-uk-universities-soars-by-30-per-cent And in other news Two new initiatives are raising the profile of… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: May 2019
…href="https://publicationethics.org/events/cope-european-seminar-2019">COPE European seminar in Leiden, the Netherlands. We will announce the focus of the seminar in our next Digest newsletter. This will be followed by a meeting of our Council and Board who will be developing our strategic plan for the next three years, which we will be happy to share with you. Warm regards til next month,