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COPE Forum agenda and materials: 23 September 2014 meeting
The next COPE Forum meeting is being held on Tuesday 23 September, 3–5pm (British Summer Time). The COPE Forum will be held virtually via webinar. Download the agenda and materials here (PDF, 805kb). The invitation to join the webinar is below. We can accommodate up to 100 attendees, so please register… - News
In the news: September 2018 Digest
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COPE Forum: Thursday 3 March 2022
…Forum agenda On 3 March 2022 the COPE Forum will be held at 11:00-12:30pm (GMT / UTC) 1. Update on COPE activities by the Chair. 2. Forum discussion topic. We begin the COPE Forum with a discussion on the topic of Editorial conflicts of interest. 3. New… - Event
NISO Plus Conference 2023
The NISO Plus conference, over two days, will cover topics such as persistent identifier infrastructure, metadata and AI, peer review and metadata, and much more. COPE Council Member, Rachel Safer, will participate in the session on DEIA and NISO standards about COPE's work on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. 16 February 2pm… - Event
COPE Workshop: MUNIN Conference
…Publication ethics workshop 10:30am - 16:00pm (CEST) In partnership with the MUNIN Conference on Scholarly Publishing, which runs from 29-30 November, Howard Browman, COPE Trustee, and Matt Hodgkinson, COPE Council Member, are leading a publication ethics workshop. The workshop will be based on COPE's Core… - Case
Redundant publication
A complaint of redundant publication was made by a reader, who claimed that a second paper had been published in the journal, after the first had already been published elsewhere. No permission letter was obtained by the author of the second paper and the first paper had not been cited. … - The editors should write to the authors and publish a retraction. - The editors should write to the… - News
Audio versions of December Forum cases now online
You can now listen to the cases presented at the December COPE Forums in audio. Listen to the full discussion and hear how the Forum members debated the issue and the conclusions they arrived at. The December cases start from Case Number 11-23 (Possible… - News
COPE Forum discussion: Preprints: continuing the conversation
Preprint platforms have been common in physics and mathematics but the preprint landscape is changing rapidly with new platforms emerging across various disciplines. This raises opportunities for discussion across communities and for all those involved:… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: September 2022
Welcome to our annual edition of Digest celebrating Peer Review Week (19-23 September). This year’s theme is “Research Integrity: Creating and supporting trust in research”. As part of Peer Review Week, COPE is hosting a webinar on managing paper… - Event
International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) Annual Meeting
ISMPP is offering a 10% registration discount to COPE members for its 16th Annual Meeting, The Evolving Role of the Scientific Communications Professional in an Open World, 20-22 April 2020, in Washington, DC. Check out the meeting at www.ismpp.org/annual-meeting, and enter 16AMCOPE in the… - Event
ISMTE webinar: Responding to world events
15 September 2022, 16:00 (BST), 11:00 (EDT), 15:00 (UTC) When it is appropriate to respond to world events, and how to be effective in their response. COPE is represented at this ISMTE webinar by panellists Caroline Porter (COPE Trustee, and Associate VP Research Publishing SAGE Publishing) and Simon Linacre (COPE Trustee, and Head of Content, Brand & Press… - News
In the news: March & April 2022
…="https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/process-towards-agreement-reforming-research-assessment-2022-jan-18_en">join a coalition on reforming research assessment. Ethical oversight What does a Director of Research Integrity do? An interview with Sabina Alam of T&F. Clarivate has a 1-hour online course for editors, authors and peer reviewers about - 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]… - News
Election of COPE council members May 2012
Voting for the 5 vacancies on COPE council is now open and will remain open until Wednesday 23 May 2012. 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 is usually the Editor-in-Chief, or otherwise by the nominated contact for… - Event
STM Research Integrity Master Class
Matt Hodgkinson, COPE Council Member, is speaking at STM's Research Integrity Master Class on 7 December 2022. Participants at the master class will learn about the latest trends in research integrity and help to shape the future of how we advance trusted research. Matt contributes to the master class sharing COPE guidelines and processes in dealing with integrity issues such as paper… - Event
Next COPE Forum 6 September 2011
…Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), 5-11 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8SH (http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/how-find-us/how-find-us). All COPE members are welcome to attend the meeting, whether or not they are presenting a case. Download the agenda and materials - Case
Re-publication of peer reviewed articles as translations
…="https://publicationethics.org/search?t=duplicate+%28duplicate%29+publication&type%5B%5D=Flowcharts&sort=score">COPE’s flowcharts on duplicate publication includes a statement on translations: 'ICMJE advises that translations are acceptable but MUST reference the original.' In this case, if one version is designated as the original and the translated version follows, only the translated one would include a footnote… - Event
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…