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COPE Forum: March 2023
…2. Forum discussion topic We begin the COPE Forum with a discussion on the topic of Artificial intelligence and fake papers. Whether or not you attend the Forum we welcome your… - Event
COPE Forum: April 2018
…/>18-02 Dispute between two authors (AC) 18-03 Editor and reviewers requiring authors to cite their own work (LJ) 18-04 License for a published scale (ES) 18-05 Undisclosed conflict of interest (GE) 18-06 Retrospective registration, outcome switching and ethical approval (EH) 4. Updates18-01 License for using a published scale - Event
COPE Forum: Thursday 9 December 2021
…="https://publicationethics.org/case/authorship-dispute-involving-commercial-institution">Authorship dispute involving a commercial institution Change of corresponding author after manuscript published online Suspicious responses to authorship change requests 3.… - Flowcharts
Fabricated data in a published article
…class="resource-download-inline__meta">PDF 103 KB Key points When a reader expresses suspicion of fabricated data in an article, first let the reader know how you will investigate. Follow the steps on the flowchart to understand who to contact and when… - Translated resources
Proceso de revisión por pares comprometido en artículos publicados: caso
Al percatarse de un alto volumen de envíos del autor A, el editor X mostró su preocupación sobre los revisores sugeridos por el autor y sus comentarios. El autor A había sugerido en la mayoría de los casos los mismos revisores para todos los envíos, los revisores sugeridos tenían direcciones de correo electrónico imposibles de verificar, los comentarios se devolvían muy rápido (en 24 horas) y e… - News
Peer review cases: Spanish translations
Following positive feedback from our peer review workshops, we are pleased to introduce Spanish translations of the peer review cases used at the workshops, with advice from the COPE Forum. Durante la Semana de la revisión por pares (#PeerRevWk20) celebramos un taller basado en cuatro casos que llegaron al COPE Forum para examen crítico y solicitud de asesoramiento porotros miembros… - Event
COPE Forum: Tuesday 23 March 2021
…a reader's repeated concerns 20-11 Unable to contact authors 20-13 Author requesting removal of verbatim text from published paper 20-14 Reviewer's identity revealed Cases with questions for the Forum (PDF)… - Case
Patient consent and non-consent
We published an article that contained a detailed account of a woman’s obstetric and psychiatric history. The information had been obtained from a court judgement and is published in Family Law Reports. The article had been written by two people who had never met the patient in question. The patient’s consent was not sought because the information was on the public record. We… - Flowcharts
Redundant (duplicate) publication in a submitted manuscript
…not been published elsewhere. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) advises that translations are acceptable but MUST reference the original. Related resources Redundant (duplicate) publication in a published article … - Flowcharts
Redundant (duplicate) publication in a published article
…are acceptable but MUST reference the original. Editors may consider publishing a correction (ie, the link to the original article) rather than a retraction/notice of duplicate publication in such cases. Related resources Redundant (duplicate) publication in… - Translated resources
¿Qué constituye una autoría?
…comentarios de investigadores/autores e instituciones académicas. Por favor, remitan sus comentarios por correo electrónico a Natalie Ridgeway, Executive Officer: [email protected] For the latest version (English language) of this guidance visit - Translated resources
Qué considerar al ser invitado a hacer una revisión por pares de un manuscrito
Qué considerar al ser invitado a hacer una revisión por pares de un manuscrito For the latest version (English language) of this guidance visit https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.17 Related resources - News
Upcoming CrossRef webinars
All of the webinars are free to attend and are also listed on the CrossRef webinar page. Introduction to CrossMark Webinar CrossMark is a new service from CrossRef, which will enable publishers to communicate changes and updates of their scholarly content on… - Webform
COPE peer review workshop 2020
…certain experts not to be included in the editorial process Case 4 Author of rejected paper publicly names and criticises peer reviewer Registration (COPE Members only) Register for the COPE workshop by… - Event
COPE Forum: March 2024
…-correctionretraction-old-articles-journal-has-been">Publishing corrections for articles in inactive journals Stolen ownership of a rare case 4. Updates to previous cases None - News
COPE Members: update your member details
…see a list of the journals and/or the publisher under your membership. Click on the journal/publisher you want to update In the menu that appears click Manage Members. On the next screen you can: - Promote existing Users to… - Translated resources
Cómo reconocer la potencial manipulación del proceso de revisión por pares
…involucrados en el proceso se conducen con integridad (Ref 1), el proceso de revisión por pares es susceptible de manipulación (Ref 2-4) tal como se comentó en el Seminario COPE 2016 en América del Norte For the latest version (English language) of this guidance visit https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.15 Related resources … - Event
COPE Forum: July 2023
…will be held at 12:00-13:30pm (BST / UTC+1) 1. Update on COPE activities Update on COPE activities by the Chair. 2. Forum discussion topic We begin the COPE Forum with a discussion on the topic of Best practices for guest edited collections. - Translated resources
El autor solicita que ciertos expertos no participen en el proceso editorial: caso
Un autor potencial se puso en contacto con la oficina editorial de una revista para solicitar que ciertos expertos que participaron en la elaboración de guías sobre un tema particular no participasen en la revisión de su artículo. El autor nombró específicamente a ciertos de estos expertos, entre los que se incluía a miembros del consejo editorial de la revista. El autor justificó su sol… - Event
COPE Forum: December 2022
…COPE Forum with a discussion on the topic of Author behavioural misconduct. Whether or not you attend the Forum we welcome your comments to add to the discussion. 3. New…