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International Network of Business and Management Journals (INBAM)
Adrian Ziderman, COPE Council member, will be presenting at a hands-on workshop on 'Publishing Ethics: What Authors Need to Know' at the annual conference of the International Network of Business and Management Journals (INBAM), in Barcelona, Spain. Click here for more information. … - News
Creating and implementing research data policies: COPE webinar report
…consistently implemented. Quick polls that were held during the webinar revealed that most of the audience had experience of journal data policies as a publisher or editor (85%). Only 9% had not had any experience of journal data policies. Of those who had, most had encountered policies that encouraged data sharing (80%) or required a data availability statement (80%). Fewer had encountered mandatory… - Case
The author who wasn’t an author
A paper was submitted crediting three authors. The paper was sent to one of the journal’s regular statistical reviewers without noticing that she happened to be the second author. She wrote back to say that she had not been involved in writing the manuscript, nor had she seen this paper before. She did say, however, that she had supervised the computer input of the questionnaire data and that… COPE team
…To contact any member of the COPE team, please use our contact form. Natalie Ridgeway Executive Officer Natalie joined COPE in…COPE webinar: Allegations of misconduct
…integrity are intertwined. A rigorous system to ensure that the published record is an accurate representation of well done research is necessary and there are multiple agents that can and should be involved. In this COPE webinar on “Allegations of misconduct”, we will discuss the interests and resources of universities and the COPE resources, including the function of the Facilitation and Integrity…- News
Post-publication discussions and corrections focus
…--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read November Digest: Post-Publication Discussions and Corrections. This issue of Digest announces new resources What to do if you Suspect Image Manipulation in a Published… - Case
Can a scientific paper be published anonymously?
The assumption is that everything should be signed and there is no adequate reason for anonymisation. Writing a paper is like signing a cheque and the authors must be prepared to take the responsibility. The laboratories concerned could be anonymised. The distinction is that this is a scientific paper and the authors have to be prepared to stand by what they report and therefore they must sign… - Event
COPE webinar: Enhancing partnerships of institutions and journals
…href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/difference/timezone/utc">Find out what time this is in your country REGISTER TODAY --> For some years, COPE has been discussing the fundamental relationship between publication ethics and research ethics, publication ethics being part of research and research publishing. COPE has recently launched… - News
In the news: February 2018 Digest
…would be associated with higher rates of this behavior. One journal used badges and the other did not. The rate of data sharing, but not code sharing, was higher in the journal that awarded badges. While the results were only modest, the authors suggest that this is a reasonable, low cost way of incentivizing code and data sharing. - News
Case Discussion: Editor and reviewers requiring authors to cite their own work
…discussion document which will be ready, on our website, early this year. Nancy Chescheir on behalf of the COPE Education Subcommittee Read January 2019 COPE Digest newsletter and use the COPE… - News
Letter from the COPE co-Chairs: January 2019
…px; height: 125px; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; float: left;" /> Read January 2019 COPE Digest newsletter and use the COPE Audit Tool, read a case discussion on citation manipulation, get dates in the diary for COPE events in 2019, and keep… - Case
Failing to get consent from an ethics committee
This case was described to me by an author who is about to submit a paper. He has discovered that a member of his team has produced a lot of fraudulent data for other studies, and has forged consent from ethics committees. This researcher has been reported to the GMC and his case is pending. The problem with the paper about to be submitted to us is that the fraudulent researcher falsely… - Case
Possible duplicate publication?
A journal accepted a paper and then discovered that a very similar paper by the same authors had been published in another journal the previous year. The latter journal carried the piece as a short report while the former planned to publish it as a full paper. The full paper carries extended research on oral and maxillofacial surgeons while the short report looks only at attitudes of den… - Seminars and webinars
COPE webinar 2018: Creating and implementing data research policies
…In addition, help and training need to be provided to ensure the policies are consistently implemented. Quick polls that were held during the webinar revealed that most of the audience had experience of journal data policies as a publisher or editor (85%). Only 9% had not had any experience of journal data policies. Of those who had, most had encountered policies that encouraged data sharing… - Case
Suspected fabrication of data
A reviewer expressed suspicion that data were manufactured. We wrote to the authors saying that our reviewer would like to see the original data. The author replied that this research was carried out in the USA. We then wrote back suggesting that his co-workers in the US would probably be delighted that this work was being submitted for publication and would happily send over the data but that… - Event
Scholarly publishing in a connected world: Turning disruptions into opportunities
…publishing industry more widely. There will be tips on how to spot and deal with suspected paper mill submissions and guidance on how to manage large scale paper mills. Read more and register… - Case
Uncertain treatment of four patients following previous published experiments
…patients with high blood cholesterol,including the familial form,and had found that oral administration of a choline and ascorbic acid mixture would lower the blood level more successfully than did clofibrate...the blood level of cholesterol would initially rise before it eventually fell, suggesting that cholesterol was being mobilised from the tissues into the blood stream prior to excretion.… - Case
Dual publication may be necessary in some situations
At a recent editorial board meeting it was suggested that in some disciplines straddling several specialties, transparent simultaneous publication might be necessary. It was suggested that this applies to sexually transmitted infections, and different readers may not have access to each other’s journals. For example, in a study of human papilloma virus epidemiologists, virologists, STD… - News
COPE at Sense about Science workshop. Peer review: the nuts and bolts
…="https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/cope-ethical-guidelines-peer-reviewers">ethical issues. “Peer review is amazing” Sam Illingworth Sam Illingworth (Senior Lecturer in Science Communication, Manchester Metropolitan University) explained his own experiences of peer review, and although there are frustrations, peer review can be an amazing, positive experience helping researchers… - Case
Plagiarism
COPE was advised that the paper has been rejected. The editor wrote to each of the six authors threatening them with being reported to the dean if their explanations were unsatisfactory. The editor received five replies with four different excuses. The editor was advised to write to the dean of the medical school and include the authors’ replies to the dean too.…