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Attempted duplicate publication
…time period. The Editorial Board concluded that the author had violated publication ethics for medical journals, and plans to reject the manuscript, explaining the reasons to the author, and informing Journal B of its findings.… - Seminars and webinars
J-STAGE Seminar 2021: Peer review
Dr Trevor Lane, COPE Council member, was invited by the Japan Science and Technology Agency to speak at the First J-STAGE webinar on 28 July 2021 for local editors, academic societies, researchers, and administrators. Titled “Fundamental Principles of Peer Review and Peer Review Ethics”, the presentation introduced COPE to the 200+ attendees and covered topics including peer review models,… - Translated resources
Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (Portuguese)
…Publicações Acadêmicas, Version 3.0, 2018 Introdução O Committee on Publication Ethics (Comitê de Ética em Publicações-COPE), o Directory of Open Access Journals (Diretório de Revistas de Acesso Aberto-DOAJ), a Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (Associação de Editores Acadêmicos de Acesso… - Event
COPE Forum: 3 August 2016
The August COPE Forum, where we discuss cases submitted by members, is a face to face meeting in London at the International Academy of Nursing Editors (INANE) Nurses Conference. This will be held at the Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square, London. Register for the Forum - Webform
COPE Asia-Pacific Workshop, Melbourne 2020
…rescheduled to 14-15 September 2020 (previously March 2020). About Following on from the success of previous workshops in Singapore and Beijing, COPE is delighted to announce another half day workshop, in collaboration with ISMTE (International Society of Managing and Technical Editors), on Tuesday 15 September 2020, at the - Event
15th EASE General Assembly and Conference
The next EASE Conference will be the 15th EASE General Assembly and Conference to be held online from Wednesday to Friday, 23-25 June 2021 on the theme: Promoting sustainability in scholarly publishing: the role of editors The - News
COPE announces 1st Asia Pacific seminar and 3rd North American seminar
COPE has just posted details regarding its 1st Asia Pacific Seminar and Forum. Taking place in Melbourne, Australia on 14 November 2011, the theme is PUBLICATION ETHICS AT THE FOUR POINTS OF THE JOURNAL EDITING COMPASS. See here for more details. Registration is now - News
COPE at CSE Annual Meeting, New Orleans USA
COPE Council members participated in several discussions at the Council of Science Editors (CSE) annual meeting in New Orleans, LA. Heather Tierney was a panelist in the ethics clinc surrounding preprints, - News
COPE Forum: 8 August 2018
…usual format where members' cases are presented for advice and a Forum discussion topic. COPE members: if you submit a case, but can't attend in person, you can phone in to present your case but won't be able to join the rest of the meeting. - News
Think. Check. Submit. Survey 2018
Think. Check. Submit. helps researchers identify trusted journals for their research. Through a range of tools and practical resources, this international, cross-sector initiative aims to educate researchers, promote integrity, and build trust in credible research and publications. The team behind - Case
Attempted redundant publication?
Seven authors sent us a paper on hospital infections in children. We sent the paper to two reviewers, one of whom sent back a detailed comparison between the paper submitted to us and a paper published in another journal in 1996. The reviewer’s comments were: “Unfortunately, there is strong evidence that the study and its results have been published previously, comments with some… - Flowcharts
Suspected ethical problem in a submitted manuscript
COPE's guidance, as a flowchart, on what to do if you suspect an ethical problem with a submitted manuscript. Suspected ethical problem in a submitted manuscript - Event
COPE North American seminar
…word-wrap: break-word; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">ISMTE (International Society of Managing & Technical Editors), on Wednesday - Event
COPE Forum: Thursday 14 October 2021
…href="https://publicationethics.org/case/authorship-commentary">Authorship of a commentary Deceased author and author delaying publication 4. Updates to cases previously brought to the COPE Forum: Allegations related to multiple papers and journals Ethics approval and consent Unresponsive authors delaying… - Event
Taylor and Francis Scholarly Summit 2019
…Summit on 2 July 2019. This event for Taylor & Francis journal editors and society partners explores the theme of ‘Fit for the future: Building an open and ethical research environment’ with talks from COPE, Publons, and thought leaders such as Professor Lex Bouter (Vrije Universiteit) and Professor Dr Jean-Claude Burgelman (European Commission). Follow the day on social media using… - Event
ISMPP European Meeting 2020
…partnerships Innovating across the data generation and dissemination journey Maximising value of communication content and resonance with audience Futurescaping The meeting will also feature The Training Zone – a satellite session for new publication professionals - on 21 January, and 10 lively roundtable discussion topics. Learn about the meeting at - Event
COPE Forum: September 2022
…/ UTC+1) 1. Update Update on COPE activities by the Chair. 2. Forum discussion topic We begin the COPE Forum with a discussion on the topic of Conference Proceedings. Read more about the Conference Proceedings discussion 3. New cases Cases… - Webform
COPE peer review workshop, November 2020
…Peer review workshop Thursday 19 November 2020, online workshop 9.00am - 10.30am (GMT) (COPE Members only) REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED AS WORKSHOP IS FULL Following on from the success of our Peer Review Workshop during this year’s Peer Review Week, COPE is re-running… - Event
Next COPE Forum 6 September 2011
The next COPE Forum meeting will take place on Tuesday 6 September 2011, 3pm to 5pm. The meeting will take place at The Royal College of… - Event
COPE Forum: 8 November 2016 8am & 4pm (GMT)
…generated a lot of discussion "What can authors ethically do with action letters they receive (including reviews, which are sometimes signed)?". Deadline for cases 25 October 2016Submit a case Deadline for AMA questions 4 November 2016