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Letter from the COPE Chair: April 2022
…href="/policies/submitting-guest-editorial-or-opinion-piece-cope">submissions from our members to foster communications about issues of interest to you. In May, COPE has several events. COPE will be hosting a virtual Seminar to introduce membership for universities and research institutes. The keynote will be given by Professor John B Thompson, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge and author of… - News
Peer review week 2022: webinars
As part of Peer Review Week 2022, COPE hosted the webinar Practical steps for managing paper mills. The speakers give practical tips on how to manage systematic manipulation of the publication process, at scale, and describe their experience of dealing with paper mills affecting their journals, - 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… - Seminars and webinars
European Seminar 2019: Exploring Publication Ethics Issues in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
…language and writing quality while remaining inclusive was the most prevalent issue, with 64% encountering it and 42% of those encountering it frequently. This reflects wider issues of diversity and inclusion in scholarly publishing. Balancing issues of language and diversity was a key discussion point in the online groups, with some editors indicating tensions between full representation of authors… Annual Trustees Reports and Financial Statements
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In the news: May & June 2022
…risking research integrity? Covid-19 Public health restrictions in the jurisdiction of where research is performed during the pandemic should be observed and editorial processes should affirm this. Peer review processes A historian of… - News
New: COPE Audit
Now updated to correspond with COPE's Core Practices! As a COPE Member benefit, the COPE Journal Audit is designed to support and encourage editors to identify areas of their journal's policies and processes… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: August 2019
…href="https://publicationethics.org/cope-european-seminar-2019">European Seminar which will be held on the 23rd of September in Leiden, the Netherlands. The seminar will focus on a number of current issues that editors and publishers are dealing with and should be of interest to many of our members. Please see a description of the sessions for the day. We look forward to seeing many of our… - Case
Query triplicate publication?
Fourteen days after publication in a journal an email was received from a reader indicating that two closely related papers had already been published recently, one in the same month as the current paper, and one five months previously. Close examination of the papers by the editor indicated that there was considerable overlap between these three papers. The editor sent the three papers to an i… - 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: December 2022
…advice? Submit a case The deadline to submit a case for this Forum is: Thursday 24 November 2022. --> Forum agenda On Thursday 8 December 2022 the COPE Forum will be held at 14:00-15:30pm (GMT / UTC) 1. Update Update on COPE activities by the Chair. 2. Forum discussion topic We begin the… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: June 2022
Travel is once again becoming a part of my life. I recently returned from a wonderful trip to Cape Town, South Africa to participate in the 7th World Conference on Research Integrity (WCRI). The 30-hour trip from New York to South Africa was well worth it. I loved reconnecting with professional colleagues that I had not seen in years and making… - Event
COPE Forum: Wednesday 22 June 2022
…Forum agenda On 22 June 2022 the COPE Forum will be held at 14:00-15:30pm (BST / 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 Dealing with… - Event
National Academy of Sciences Meeting
…occurrence, and monitored for improvement. Arthur M. Sackler Public Lecture In conjunction with this colloquium, Randy Schekman will present the 17th Annual Arthur M. Sackler Lecture. The lecture is free and open to the public. - Event
ISMPP Asia Pacific Meeting 2019
…Nothing about us without us: Patient involvement in the communication of science ISMPP is offering a 10% registration discount to COPE members for its Asia Pacific Meeting, Bridging Global Standards and Regional Practices, 6 September 2019, in Tokyo, Japan. Learn about the meeting at - Discussion documents
How should editors respond to plagiarism? April 2011
…Contents Aims and scope Background Introduction Types of plagiarism 2.1 Extent 2.2 Originality of copied material 2.3 Position / context 2.4 Referencing / attribution 2.5 Intention 2.6 Author seniority 2.7 Language Detecting and responding to plagiarism Screening for plagiarism Defining… - Event
7th World Congress on Research Integrity 2021
As the face to face World Congress on Research Integrity (WCRI) 2021 in South Africa has been postponed to 2022, WCRI will host a virtual event with a series of free webinars on six engaging and relevant topics that will form part of the broader research integrity dialogue. Each topic will be broadcast live via webinar in two different time slots. Virtual event topics… - News
EASE/ISMTE joint meeting
23-24 September 2013, Blankenberge, Belgium COPE will be holding an interactive workshop at the joint meeting of the European Association of Science Editors (EASE) and the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE). In this workshop, a number of cases based on real-life examples brought to COPE, and covering some of the most pressing problems currently… - News
New! Discussion document on Consent for Publishing Medical Case Reports
…="http://publicationethics.org/files/u7141/Discussion_document_on_Best_Practice_for_Consent_for_Publishing_Medical_Case_Reports%20%283%29.pdf">Discussion document on Best Practice for Consent for Publishing Medical Case Reports As with all of the COPE discussion documents, we welcome feedback, and we encourage journal editors and publishers to comment (whether or not they are COPE members). We are particularly keen to gather…