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COPE Forum agenda and materials: 18 June 2012 meeting
The next COPE Forum meeting is being held on Monday 18 June 2012, 3-5pm, in the Council Chamber, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), 5-11 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8SH. All COPE members are welcome to attend, whether or not they are presenting a case. Download the agenda and materials here ( - News
COPE Forum agenda and materials: 11 September 2012 meeting
The next COPE Forum meeting is being held on Tuesday 11 September 2012, 3-5pm, in the Council Chamber, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), 5-11 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8SH. All COPE members are welcome to attend, whether or not they are presenting a case. Download the agenda and materials here ( - Seminars and webinars
North American Seminar 2016: Can you spot a fake? The trends of fake peer reviews
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COPE Forum: Tuesday 23 March 2021
…21-01 Preprint plagiarism 21-02 Author anonymity at the final proofreading stages 21-03 Author alleges discrimination by institutional report 4. Updates to cases previously brought to the COPE Forum 20-02 Institution wants to retract despite ongoing legal proceedings 20-06 Ethics approval for survey design 20-09 How to respond to… - Event
COPE webinar: Standards in authorship
Read the summary of our first COPE webinar for information, shared discussion and practical advice on common authorship issues faced by COPE members.. We will be discussing the main issues that are brought to COPE for advice, ranging from what constitutes authorship to guidelines for authorship and… - Seminars and webinars
North American Seminar 2014: Mobile platforms, linked content, and copyright: issues and answers
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COPE Indian Seminar at the Annual Conference of IAMJE
COPE will be running a seminar entitled “Publication ethics in India: Inspiring excellence” on 15 November 2013 at the Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Medical Journal Editors (IAMJE), 16–17 November 2013. There will also be a Workshop on Scientific Writing for Authors on 15–16 November 2013 and a Workshop for Peer Reviewers on 17 November 2013. COPE Vice-Chair, Charlotte Haug,… - News
Two new flowcharts and two revisions
In collaboration with BioMed Central, COPE has developed two new flowcharts on how to respond to whistle blowers: 1) when concerns are raised directly (http://publicationethics.org/files/RespondingToWhistleblowers_ConcernsRaisedDirectly.pdf), and 2) when those concerns are raised via social… - Seminars and webinars
North American Seminar 2015: Let’s all agree on what we’re counting and how: Progress on standards for new metrics in scholarship
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February Forum: agenda and discussion topic
…href="/files/u661/COPE%20Forum%20Agenda%20and%20materials%2026_02_18_final_3.pdf">Agenda and materials Register for the Forum … - News
Guidelines for Peer Reviewers Chinese version updated
COPE's Chinese verison of the Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers have now been updated. The update reflects invited input from the publication ethics community and institutions in the COPE membership pilot, and… - Event
COPE Forum February 2018
The first COPE Forum of the year, where we discuss cases submitted by members, will take place on 26 February from 4-5.30pm (GMT). Taking part in the Forum allows members to contribute to, as well as learn from, the cases being discussed. Deadline for submission of… - Seminars and webinars
European Seminar 2013: COPE’s new ethical guidelines for peer reviewers
…Download presentation:COPE’s new ethical guidelines for peer reviewers: background, issues and evolution [PDF 400KB]… FORUM DISCUSSION TOPIC: comments please
…Standard retraction form Hervé Maisonneuve, Université de Lyon, France, suggests a standard retraction form and would like feedback from COPE members. Background:Retractions are often used as a proxy for publication quality. Retractions have been studied with cohorts of various sizes over differing time periods.Time after time these studies…- News
COPE workshop August 2019: Santiago, Chile
On August 29, the IV Scientific Editor’s Forum was held at the Universidad de Los Lagos, in Santiago, Chile. Over 100 editors mainly from social sciences, arts and humanities attended for a two-day meeting on publishing and editorial standards. COPE held a workshop that was facilitated by Vivienne C. Bachelet (editor-in-chief of Medwave and… - Seminars and webinars
North American Seminar 2011: What is ORCID and Why is it Relevant for Editors?
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European Seminar 2013: Good practices from 10 years of addressing student plagiarism
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European Seminar 2015:Altmetrics in practice: where are they being used
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Prevention is better than the cure, so the saying goes. — Paul Taylor & Daniel Barr, Office for Research Ethics and Integrity at the University of Melbourne
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Standards in Authorship webinar summary
…(Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information) initiative that consolidates this drive further with a 14-term taxonomy of ‘contributorship roles’ for those involved in research. Image: Jorge Cham Critically, the information on roles is embedded in the article’s metadata and can be linked to an author’s individual ORCID. Of the webinar attendees, 58% were already…