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Wiley launch new ethics guidelines
Wiley has launched the second edition of its Best Practice Guidelines on Publishing Ethics: A Publisher’s Perspective. In the new edition, guidance has been added about whistle-blowers, animal research and clinical research, particularly around clinical trial registration. The press release can be read in full - Event
Best Practices in Scholarly Publishing
International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE) is expanding their international presence to Asia. This Spring, they are holding an Asian Conference in Singapore—Best Practices in Scholarly Publishing. COPE will be running an ethics workshop during the meeting. Space is limited. See the ISMTE website for more details and to register - Event
COPE China Seminar 2017
We're excited to announce that we're holding our 1st China Seminar in 2017, with the theme The Pillars of Publication Ethics, in collaboration with the ISMTE. Talks and an interactive cases workshop will cover best practice in: authorship, peer review and plagiarism. Follow topics for discussion and materials translated into Chinese #C0PEChina - News
Standards in Authorship
Standards in authorship webinar, watch again: The pdf of the Standards in Authorship presentations is also available. - News
COPE Webinar: Current Issues in Peer Review, Thursday 14 September 4-5pm (BST)
As part of this year's Peer Review Week we're running a webinar: Current Issues in Peer Review. We will be discussing the topical issues in peer review that are faced by COPE members and have three guest speakers who will present their views, given their experience in this area. Read more… - Event
COPE integrity workshop April 2021
21 April 2021, 16:00-17:30 British Summer Time (UTC + 1) COPE members only During this workshop, which looks at the lessons that can be learnt from issues of concern raised to COPE's Facilitation and Integrity subcommittee, attendees will work through anonymised cases, share experiences and provide feedback to the Facilitation and Integrity subcommittee. It is an… - Event
ISMPP European Meeting 2018: COPE member discount
…off the Early Bird fee until 6 December 2017, and off the Standard fee until 3 January 2018. Building on its theme, Advancing Medical Publications in a Complex Evidence Ecosystem, the meeting sessions will address current issues and future trends associated with the ever-increasing complexity of medical publications, including:• Industry panel on Operational Challenges… - News
COPE's eLearning course now live
An eLearning course for editors, developed by COPE, is now live on the website. Available to members only, the course aims to give editors a deeper understanding of publication ethics and provides practical guidance on how to detect, prevent and handle misconduct. A press release with more information is available - Event
COPE North American Seminar "Ethics in peer review"
Register now for COPE's 7th North American Seminar, free for COPE members. This will be held in collaboration with ISMTE. The theme of this year's seminar is “Ethics in peer review”. Editors, publishers, authors and all those interested in publication ethics are… - Seminars and webinars
Australian Seminar 2014: New guidelines from COPE, ethical guidelines for peer reviewers, whistleblowers and more
…Download presentation: New guidelines from COPE: ethical guidelines for peer reviewers, whistleblowers and more {PDF, 1354 KB]… - Event
CSE annual meeting: Editorial policy ethics clinic
…This will be a virtual event Heather Tierney, is speaking on behalf of COPE as a panellist on the editorial policy ethics clinic at the CSE Annual Meeting. The ethics clinic discussion will be around retractions. For more information on retractions read - Event
International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) Annual Meeting
ISMPP is offering a 10% registration discount to COPE members for its 16th Annual Meeting, The Evolving Role of the Scientific Communications Professional in an Open World, 20-22 April 2020, in Washington, DC. Check out the meeting at www.ismpp.org/annual-meeting, and enter 16AMCOPE in the… - Event
ISMPP Annual Meeting 2021
…and inclusion Forward-thinking ways of communicating virtually and digitally More information and register… - Event
ISMTE webinar: Responding to world events
15 September 2022, 16:00 (BST), 11:00 (EDT), 15:00 (UTC) When it is appropriate to respond to world events, and how to be effective in their response. COPE is represented at this ISMTE webinar by panellists Caroline Porter (COPE Trustee, and Associate VP Research Publishing SAGE Publishing) and Simon Linacre (COPE Trustee, and Head of Content, Brand & Press… - News
COPE endorses GPP3
…on the control that must be vested in authors; presents guidance about what documentation should be gathered through manuscript preparation and article publication; discusses publication planning and the role played by professional medical writers and the importance of authors retaining responsibility for content; suggests policies and procedures to support good publishing practice; and states that… - Flowcharts
Peer review manipulation suspected during the peer review process
…="https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/how-spot-potential-manipulation-peer-review-process">How to recognise potential manipulation of the peer review process… - Flowcharts
Peer review manipulation suspected after publication
…="https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/how-spot-potential-manipulation-peer-review-process">How to recognise potential manipulation of the peer review process… - Event
COPE Forum: 3 February 2017 4pm (GMT)
…Deadline for submission of cases: 20 January 2017 Submit a case Register for 3 February Forum Taking part in the Forum allows members to contribute to, as well as learn from, the cases being discussed. We present the same cases at both forum to allow more of our membership to attend. Register… - News
COPE and ALPSP collaborate on new publication ethics course
ALPSP are hosting a new course, developed in collaboration with COPE, on 'Publication Ethics: Fraud and Misconduct'. The course will be held on Monday, 4 March 2013, and will be led by ex-COPE Chair, Liz Wager, and Donna Neill, of John Wiley & Sons Ltd and Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Additionally, ALPSP are able to offer all COPE members its discounted ALPSP member rate for the course.… - News
Australia Seminar, 30 May 2018
Registration has been extended to 25 May 2018. Register for our Australia Seminar on 30 May 2018. #C0PEAust…