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Ethical aspects of conference proceedings
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COPE advice to editors on geopolitical intrusions on editorial decisions
…2013 1 August 2013 There has been much discussion recently on government, specifically US government, sanctions against Iran, the potential effect on Iranian researchers and some publishers have cautioned editors and reviewers about handling papers from Iran. A recent BMJ news item… - News
Thank you and farewell to Council Members
…target="_blank">Revista Española de Cardiología, the official journal of the Spanish Society of Cardiology, Spain Jason Hu - joined COPE while at ORCID, China. Now at Taylor &… - Forum discussion topics
Publishing when English is not your first language
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Peer review focus
…href="https://publicationethics.org/cases">submit a case for discussion. As is clear, COPE provides a lot of material for users about the peer review process. I encourage you to look through the content. It’s always terrific to find that one does not have to reinvent the wheel or ask the search engine to provide content when COPE will at least get you off to a good start solving or preventing problems. - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: March 2020
…trainer sessions. Stay tuned on this one and we will provide updates as we develop these tools as part of our initiative to facilitate membership of COPE for universities. Best regards, COPE Chair - News
Letter from the COPE Vice-Chair: May 2020
… COPE Vice-Chair Daniel Kulp Read COPE's May Digest to read the latest authorship cases brought to the COPE Forum and discussed by members. Our latest Forum discussion… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: May 2021
…forward to the day when we can once again meet face-to-face and enjoy each other's company. COPE Chair, Dan Kulp - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: November 2021
…of the year as we look forward to a bright and engaging 2022. Dan Kulp, COPE Chair… - Case
Online posting of confidential draft by peer reviewer
…reviewing her papers in the future. I have declined to do this on the grounds that it would be a further breach of confidentiality. Question for the COPE ForumIs there any more that can be done to obtain an explanation from reviewer A, or to satisfy the authors that we have investigated the matter to the limits of the journal's powers?… - Case
Low risk study with no ethics committee approval
…a human research ethics committee. Question(s) for the COPE Forum• Would retrospective research ethics committee review be appropriate to consider in this situation?… - Case
Satire in scholarly publishing
…that there has always been a place for humour in scholarly publishing, and several established medical journals regularly publish satire. They commented that the authors of the systematic review failed to thoroughly read the satirical article and did not fulfil their scholarly responsibility in performing the review. Question(s) for the COPE Forum• Does the publication of satire… - Case
Stolen article
…we suggested they do not necessarily need to share details of the company because proof they are the original authors and the authors of article B are not, may be enough for an investigation. The authors of article A said they would consider this. Question(s) for the COPE Forum• Could we have handled this case differently?• Should we contact the publisher of article… - Case
Dual submission and editor’s failure to take action
…to which he sent a two line reply asking as to what should be done. We suggested that the copyright of the article is still with us so he should remove the article from the journal’s website until the article is withdrawn in the correct manner. The editor has not taken any steps and the article is still displayed on the other journal’s website. Question(s) for the COPE Forum - Case
Publishing complications and patient safety
…specific patient demographics, such as age and gender, and I would do so without written patient informed consent. Question(s) for the COPE Forum Would this publication violate COPE guidelines? If yes, how could this be resolved? Is there any other way to resolve these issues? … - Case
Authors requesting withdrawal of articles from similarity check database in order to re-publish
…the article has been published before. Question for the COPE Forum Should CrossRef remove the article from the database and give the author a "clean slate" to submit the paper elsewhere? … - Case
Unresponsive authors delaying publication
…journals within the field. It does not appear that this article has been published in another journal simultaneously. Questions for the Forum ● How should the journal proceed? ● Can the final version be published without sign off from the authors? ● Should the advance article be withdrawn?… - Case
Deceased author and author delaying publication
…acknowledge the email reminders regarding the galley proofs so the production manager sent more emails reminding them that, as the journal policy indicates, approval is needed before publication. It has been almost two months since the production manager or production editor has received a response from the surviving author. Questions for the Forum How should… - Case
Authorship dispute involving a commercial institution
…this inhouse and that the patent they co-wrote and that overlaps with the article should be enough to determine authorship. For the moment, no action has been taken. Given that the complainant is an associate editor, the journal would like to ensure that all actions have been considered. Question for the Forum What further actions… - News
Paper mills: United to act
…collaborations on this topic. There is much more activity planned, both by STM and by COPE and the members of the United2Act Summit. We will report back regularly on progress. Deborah Kahn, COPE Trustee…