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Duplicate publication
…concerning this method of treatment in the literature. The principal author had 3 co-authors all of whom signed the relevant documentation stating that they had played a substantial part in the preparation of the manuscript and stating that there were no conflicts of interest to be declared. Copyright, following publication, was ascribed to the publishing journal. In May 2005 the editor of… - Case
A case of duplicate publication?
…This is a difficult issue as the editor considers it a case of duplicate publication but the authors disagree. Some journals ask authors to send related papers when submitting their articles for publication. The Forum agreed that journals should have some form of declaration in the instructions to authors or the submission information must be very clear on the rules of duplicate… - News
COPE Digest: Publication Ethics in Practice. May 2014 (Vol. 2, Issue 5)
The latest issue of COPE Digest: Publication Ethics in Practice is now available on the COPE website. Click here to read.… - News
COPE Digest: Publication Ethics in Practice. June 2014 (Vol. 2, Issue 6)
The latest issue of COPE Digest: Publication Ethics in Practice is now available on the COPE website. Click here to read.… - News
COPE Digest: Publication Ethics in Practice. September 2014 (Vol. 2, Issue 9)
The latest issue of COPE Digest: Publication Ethics in Practice is now available on the COPE website. Click here to read.… - News
COPE Digest: Publication Ethics in Practice. October 2014 (Vol. 2, Issue 10)
The latest issue of COPE Digest: Publication Ethics in Practice is now available on the COPE website. Click here to read.… - News
COPE Digest: Publication Ethics in Practice. November 2014 (Vol. 2, Issue 11)
The latest issue of COPE Digest: Publication Ethics in Practice is now available on the COPE website. Click here to read… - News
COPE Digest: Publication Ethics in Practice. February 2015 (Vol. 3, Issue 2)
The latest issue of COPE Digest: Publication Ethics in Practice is now available on the COPE website. Click here to read.… - Case
Duplicate publication
An author published a paper in Journal A that looked extremely similar to one already published as guidelines in Journal B. Of 48 paragraphs of text, 41 were almost identical. It has since transpired that several authors who were involved in the writing of the article published in Journal B have not been acknowledged. Prior publication elsewhere had not been acknowledged in the Journal… - News
COPE Digest: Publication Ethics in Practice. April 2014 (Vol. 2, Issue 4)
The latest issue of COPE Digest: Publication Ethics in Practice is now available on the COPE website. Click here to read. … - Case
Duplicate publication in possibly four papers
This case involves four manuscripts. Three of the manuscripts were originally published in another language and then published in our English language journal. There is overlap in the authors who were involved in all four manuscripts. The first and second manuscripts were duplicated publications from another journal. The evidence is very clear. The papers were published in another… - Flowcharts
Changes in authorship: Removal of author – after publication
COPE's guidance, as a flowchart, on what to do for removal of an author after publication. Changes in authorship: Removal of author - after publication - News
Revised Good Publication Practice guidelines published
The newest revision of the Good Publication Practice” (GPP) guidelines is now freely available (free account registration may be required). The revised guidelines, called GPP 2022, were published on 30 August 2022 in the Annals of Internal Medicine and are the fourth version of GPP, first published in 2003. The GPP…