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Letter from the COPE Chair: September 2019
…retractions, reporting cases of misconduct in the media and the findings from our recent study among editors in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. COPE Chair - 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 Chair: December 2019
…We look forward to working in partnership with all of our members and the larger scholarly community in the coming years. We send you all best wishes for the New Year. COPE Chair Membership subscription fees
…£45,396 1751 to 2000 £41,414 1501 to 1750 £37,167 1251 to 1500 £33,451 1001 to 1250 £29,203 751 to 1000 £24,424 501 to 750 £19,911 251 to 500 £13,805 101 to 250 £8,495 …- News
Letter from the COPE Chair: September 2020
…alt="" src="/files/u7140/deborahpoff1%20%283%29.jpg" style="border-style:solid; border-width:2px; float:left; height:121px; margin:3px; width:90px" />COPE Chair Deborah Poff, CM, PhD… - News
Letter from the COPE co-Chairs: January 2019
Journals vary greatly in almost all aspects of functioning; different disciplines, editorial roles, budgets and the size of journals will all influence how ethical issues are handled. As we begin this new year, we… - News
Diversity in Peer Review: Survey Results
…stage/education level, disability, sexual orientation, culture, experience • Definitions of peer reviewer diversity (N=367): Proportional representation approaching that of a discipline/community (34%) Any degree of non-homogeneity (29… - News
In the news: July 2020
…(>5,000 on medRxiv) without peer review, with major concerns raised about misinformation. AI to identify concerning COVID-19 preprints Joseph DeBruin, the Head of Product Management at ResearchGate describe the speed of publication and uncertainty in science as two sides of the same… - News
In the news: April 2018 Digest
…from retention of the same DOI for the retracted, corrected, and then replaced version. By doing so, the National Library of Medicine considers these as “retracted” articleshttps://retractionwatch.com/2018/03/29… COPE webinar: Current Issues in Peer Review
…implications. Elizabeth Moylan, Senior Editor (Research Integrity) BMC and COPE Council Member Elizabeth is Senior Editor (Research Integrity) at BMC, part of…- News
Letter from the COPE Chair: April 2020
…Ultimately, we are all dealing with unprecedented changes to the way we work but what is important is to maintain professional standards, find ways to support our colleagues—and to stay safe. Best regards, COPE Chair - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: November 2020
…the best. COPE Chair Deborah Poff, CM, PhD COPE Digest November 2020 This month the news includes articles on… COPE team
…promotes resources and learning about publication ethics issues to COPE members and the wider community. Her previous experience includes marketing for a renewable energy company, digital marketing for an organic grocery delivery company and marketing roles in journal and book publishing. Sarah is a freelance marketing consultant. Page history Page last updated: 29 November 2023- Case
Disputed change in authorship
A case control study was submitted to a journal. It was subjected to the usual peer review processes. After the required revisions, the article was accepted for publication. After acceptance, the journal received a letter from the corresponding author (author A) with a request to add the name of a new author (author B). The journal declined, stating that it would be unethical. The… - News
Reflections on the COPE North American Seminar 2019
…that have come to the COPE Forum. There were many highlights for me from this day, but here are a few of my Aha moments and insights (see the agenda for the day here). Karin Wulf,… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: December 2020
…href="https://publicationethics.org/copeforum">Predatory publishing: next steps and where do we go from here?' along with our usual case discussion. Hope to see you there. We send all best wishes for 2021, COPE Chair - News
In the news: April 2021
…is to help build peer reviewer competency to benefit not only the reviewer but the quality of papers published. Authorship Dr. Helen Kara offers a useful guide to social science researchers on the pleasures and pain of co-authorship, and references COPE… - News
In the news: May 2021
…requirement for PhD students to publish papers in journals in order to graduate. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy have formed a task force to identify past tampering in scientific decisions, to review the effectiveness of policies aimed at protecting the science that informs policy… - Case
Falsification of certificates of deposit of new bacterial species in culture collections
The process of naming and describing novel species of bacteria is governed by the Bacteriological Code. As part of this process, authors are required to deposit the type strain of the novel species in at least two culture collections located in different countries, and they are also required to provide documentary evidence that the strains have been so deposited and that the deposited strains a… - Case
Inappropriate authorship on students paper
…to send it to a foreign journal. We obtained the signatures of all of the authors and closed the file. The same article was resubmitted as a new article on 29 August 2011. The declaration that it had not been previously published was sent to our journal on 5 September 2011. No change had been made in the names of the authors. The signatures of the students were a photocopy of the original…