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Guest edited collections best practice
…ongoing. Related resources Addressing concerns about systematic manipulation of the publication process COPE guidance Fabricated data in a submitted manuscript COPE flowchart… - Event
11th Annual Meeting of ISMPP. Optimizing scientific value: Smart and systematic approaches to medical publications
The Internation Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) meeting will focus on the value of medical publications in contributing to scientific exchange and informing treatment decisions, with an emphasis on the patient “voice.” Case-based learning and group interaction will be featured throughout. Register at - News
Peer review resources
…-suspected-after-publication">Peer review manipulation suspected after publication Systematic manipulation of the publication process How to recognise potential manipulation of the peer… - News
Peer Review Resources: Peer Review Week 2019
Peer Review Week 2019 is themed "Quality in Peer Review". Some of COPE's resources are directed towards peer reviewers with guidance on how to peer review. COPE also has guidance for editors on how to identify peer review manipulation. Ethical Guidelines for Peer… - Case
Data manipulation and institute’s internal review
…research institute’s recommendation that without evidence to prove deliberate manipulation of the data no further action should be taken.—publish an expression of concern notice on each of the affected articles stating that discrepancies in the spectra were identified, the institute was asked to investigate, but that the original data were not available and they found no evidence of deliberate… - Seminars and webinars
ISMTE webinar 2020: Citation games
…reviewers and editors, and citation rings, citation manipulation undermines research integrity. Can we treat all citations as equal, such as those to articles in predatory journals, retracted or corrected articles, and non-peer reviewed content? Citation games: mocking research (PDF) Related resources - Case
The manipulated contributor list
A paper was published for which the authors’contributions were as follows: A and B had the original idea and planned the study. A was also responsible for collecting the samples and patient data. C established the database and participated in planning the clinical trial. D developed the enzyme linked immunoabsorbent assay and analysed all the samples. E and F were responsible for the statistica… - Research
Paper mills research
…and fraud day: Keynote Publication Integrity Week video 2023 Addressing concerns about the systematic manipulation of the publication process COPE guidance 2023 Systematic manipulation… - Case
Case of figure duplication and manipulation involving two journals
…scientific fraud. The results of the investigation are expected to take a further 6 months to complete. The case has, however, attracted some press attention and there is a danger that the journals will be brought into disrepute by association. Author D listed the figures in both papers E and F which the other co-authors had determined, on subsequent examination, to be fraudulently manipulated and/or… - Case
Satire in scholarly publishing
An intentional satire of a randomised controlled trial was published in a journal. In addition to multiple overt clues that the article was fake in the text, the article ended with a clear and direct statement in the acknowledgments that it was satire. Investigators conducting a systematic review on the topic inadvertently included the satire article in their review as a legitimate… - News
Post-publication discussions and corrections focus
…Article, What to do if you Suspect Systematic Manipulation of the Publication Process, and an update on How to Recognise Potential Authorship Problems. Guest articles from Research Integrity Officers - News
Letter from the COPE co-Chairs: August 2018
…reviewers and managing editors to call attention to unusual or questionable citations. This month’s Digest letter is focused on Citation Manipulation, a common issue facing all journal editors. Citations are perceived to be a barometer of productivity and quality of the science. In reality they can be a point of manipulation that detracts from the veracity of a manuscript. Citation manipulation… - Case
The critical commentary
We have accepted a systematic review for publication and have commissioned an accompanying commentary. The authors of the commentary noticed that a particular randomised controlled trial was included in the systematic review while a duplicate version of the trial, published in another journal, was excluded because of inadequate randomisation. The authors of the commentary pointed this out in… - Case
Exposing citation manipulation and fraud in the community
…intend to get involved, in organising special issues. The publisher is planning to issue a public statement to explain their actions and alert the scientific community to this manipulation. Questions for COPE Council Should the names of the guest editors and/or the fake identities be disclosed to the community? Alternatively, this information could be… - Case
Suspected image manipulation involving four journals
Editorial office staff at journal A noticed possible image manipulation in two figures of a new paper submitted by author X. These suspected manipulations involved images of gels which appeared to contain multiple duplicated bands. This prompted editorial staff to look at the submission history of author X to journal A in more detail. It was found that author X had previously submitted… - Seminars and webinars
European Seminar 2015: Research metrics, use and abuse
Download presentation: Research metrics: use and abuse [PDF, 1210KB]… - News
COPE at CSE Annual Meeting, New Orleans USA
…href="https://publicationethics.org/about/council/daniel-kulp">Dan Kulp discussed data manipulation and related COPE resources, and Deborah Poff gave two separate talks on international authorship, and citation manipulation. For COPE resources in these areas visit our Core Practices: Authorship and… - Flowcharts
Fabricated data in a submitted manuscript
…proceed with the review. Related resources Suspected fabricated data in a published article Image manipulation in a published article … - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: July 2019
Is self-citation ever an ethical action for authors to do? Is there ever a justification for editors or reviewers to recommend citations to their own work or their own journal? These are just some of the topics addressed in the new, and about to be released, COPE discussion document on citation… - Seminars and webinars
European Seminar 2015:Altmetrics in practice: where are they being used
…Download presentation: Altmetrics in practice: where are they being used (and misused)? [PDF, 2500KB]…