Code of conduct for COPE meetings and events
…meeting link for web-based events or unauthorized copying, distribution, or alteration of COPE's proprietary content, or other misuse of COPE member resources. Sharing of third party content, e.g. presentations by non-COPE members, material that we have used (with permission) but do not have permission to share with third parties, etc. Retaliation against anyone reporting prohibited…- Event
COPE 25th anniversary seminar, 2022
…class="button" href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wXHz5RsdSq6l3u_kQ0N0Iw">REGISTER Your privacy When you register, COPE will collect limited personal details so that we can process your registration. COPE uses Zoom for online meetings, and your details will therefore be shared securely with Zoom. COPE will not share your details with anyone else without your consent. - Case
Who ensures the integrity of the editor?
…publishing in a major journal and on web sites to encourage discussion.… - Case
New claim to authorship of published paper
…also pointed out that the guidelines on authorship, available through the journal’s web page, made clear that anyone who has made a significant contribution to the article should be included in the list of authors. The prior existence and acceptance by the university of the internal document as proof of the research competence of author X would appear to be sufficient proof of a significant… - Case
Suspected image manipulation involving four journals
…other editors but in a neutral manner, without accusations or blame. The COPE guidelines "Sharing of Information Among Editors-in-Chief Regarding Possible Misconduct" (http://publicationethics.org/files/Sharing%20_of_Information_Among_EiCs_...) provides practical guidance on this… - News
Case discussion: Consequence for dual submission
…had withdrawn the manuscript after admitting prior submission/acceptance. Therefore, after checking COPE guidance/flowcharts and considering that another journal was involved, Journal B was right in contacting journal A, in accordance with the guidelines on Sharing Information among… - News
Letter from the COPE co-Chairs: April 2019
…integrity and ethics in research publishing will be an increasingly important job for COPE. We need more collaborations between editors themselves, when the situation demands, and also with - Forum discussion topics
Ethical considerations around watchlists
…journals. There are also now many ‘safelists’ and benchmarks used by agencies to emphasise trust. These include Think.Check.Submit, and membership or inclusion by DOAJ, Web of Science,… - News
In the news: February Digest
…scores were given awards by the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher education, sparking outrage by many who claimed that those who abused the system were awarded.https://cen.acs.org/policy/publishing/Indonesias-scientists-voice-concerns-countrys/96/web/2018… - News
In the news: August
…compared. In the UK, the best practice is considered to be through panel evaluation and peer review, as the Research Excellence Framework developers did not feel that it is possible to assess research quality using quantitative indicators alone. Other countries instead used indicators of external funding, productivity and citation impact within Web Of Science as quantitative indicators. Reasons for this… - Seminars and webinars
COPE webinar: Enhancing partnerships of institutions and journals
…encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EQiDw7dFigg?rel=0" title="YouTube video player" width="560">?rel=0"> The session was moderated by Nancy Chescheir. Nancy introduced the speakers and moderated the question and answer segment. Back to top - Translated resources
Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (Portuguese)
…o Diretório de Revistas de Acesso Aberto-DOAJ https://doaj.org A missão do DOAJ é: - curar, manter e desenvolver fontes de informação confiáveis sobre periódicos acadêmicos de acesso aberto na web; - verificar se a inclusão em listas está de acordo com padrões razoáveis; - melhorar a visibilidade, disseminação, descoberta e atratividade de… - Forum discussion topics
Author behavioural misconduct
…to individuals’ reputation or safety as a consequence, and it is likely the publisher/editor would only have access to very limited information about the facts of the situation. There are many commenting platforms and web annotation tools available – these may be better options for complainants or authors who wish to share such information. Some questions will be better directed to… - News
Case Discussion: Possible plagiarism
…citation (duplicate/redundant publication) or pasting previously published results/data into a chapter that is meant to present original research. In the COPE website, text recycling is covered in the joint COPE/BioMed Central Text Recycling Guidelines. Suggestions… - News
In the news: April 2020
…web of papers that involves spider biologist Jonathan Pruitt has become increasingly complicated. His lawyers have asked institutions, journals, and collaborators to allow the retraction process as articulated by COPE Guidance to play out before taking action. Facilitation and Integrity FAQ
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Artificial intelligence in the news
…remind readers that – for now at least – COPE members must be humans. Join in the discussion at the March COPE Forum on AI and writing. Update March 2023 Detection tools As LLMs become more ubiquitous concern has grown about our ability to detect their use in many areas of life. A - News
In the news: June Digest
…href="https://www.wcri2019.org/uploads/files/2019/Hong_Kong_Manifesto_v9.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.wcri2019.org/uploads/files/2019/Hong_Kong_Manifesto_v9.pdf Oh My-hyphens included in titles impedes citation counts --as studied in Scopus and Web of Science! In papers studied there was a strong--and significant negative--correlation between the Journal Impact Factor and percentage of hyphenated paper titles published in the IEEE Transactions on Software… - Guidelines
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