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COPE Forum Meetings 2016
…(BST) Wednesday 3 August 2016 (at International Academy of Nursing Editors (INANE) Conference in London)8-9.30pm (GMT) Tuesday 8 November 2016… - Event
Medical Journal Editors: Short Course 2019
This international workshop (in its 23rd year) is designed to help editors ensure their journals achieve the maximum impact with the best research. The programme looks at the world of publishing, attracting (and keeping) good authors; ensuring quality and increasing… - Event
PSP Consulting: Editors' virtual courses 2021: Improving journal quality and impact
…boards What: A mixture of presentation and breakout discussions, supported by extensive handbook for later reference How: No software required, only Internet access How much: Cost: £320… - Event
COPE Forum: Monday 13 May 2019
…take action 19-07 Correcting the affiliation of an author after publication 4. Updates 18-06 Retrospective registration, outcome switching and ethical approval 19-02 Dispute arising from peer review of a rejected comment and published correction Read the… - News
Editing Medical Journals: Short Course
Date: 10-12 November 2010 Location: Oxford, UK Website: http://www.pspconsulting.org Now in its 13th year, this short course for Editors-in-Chief, Editorial Board members and managing editors helps build skills and awareness of what it means to be a journal editor and how to make your journal successful. The course covers: how to… - News
Data Sharing Policies in Scholarly Publications: Interdisciplinary Comparisons
Download pdf of poster COPE-funded research, presented as an abstract at the Peer Review Congress, 10-12 September 2017, Chicago. We are follow up this COPE funded research by producing a discussion document on the issues surrounding data sharing policies and this is expected… - News
Welcome to COPE's new Trustee
…COPE's new Trustee Suzanne Farley We're pleased to welcome Suzanne Farley as COPE's new Trustee, bringing years of experience in publication ethics. Suzanne is Research Integrity Director at Springer Nature. Springer Nature's Research Integrity Group provides policy… - Event
Scholarly publishing in a connected world: Turning disruptions into opportunities
Jigisha Patel, COPE Council Member, is speaking at ISMTE's Global Event "Scholarly publishing in a connected world: Turning disruptions into opportunities" at 11am on 2 November 2022. In a session on research integrity and ethics, Jigisha, and Sabina Alam, will be exploring the impact of the rise in paper mills and the impact it is having on journal editorial offices and the academic… - Event
COPE Forum: August 2018
…Boston, USA: 1. Update on COPE activities by the Chair 2. Forum discussion: What to consider when asked to peer review a manuscript 3. New cases18-07 Inconclusive institutional investigation into authorship dispute (MC) 18-08 Scientific misconduct claim from a whistleblower where the institution willnot investigate (LG) 18-09 Editor manipulation of the… - News
Responding to world events: ISMTE webinar
On Thursday 15 September, ISMTE held its delayed webinar on Responding to World Events, which had originally been conceived following Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing issues faced by publishers and editors on whether to make public statements or how to join various sanctions placed on Russia. The… - Resources and further reading
International standards for editors and authors
During the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity in Singapore in 2010, COPE helped develop two position statements setting out international standards for responsible research publication for editors and authors. They have been published as part of the conference proceedings under a Creative Commons licence* (details of the proceedings are - Event
ALPSP Workshop, Publication Ethics: Fraud and misconduct
…help delegates understand what the law requires, and the practical steps they can take to improve inclusion. ALPSP are offering COPE members a discounted rate of £468 excl VAT (the non member rate is £169) Programme and book here… - Case
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.… - 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… - 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,… - 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 - 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.