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Exploring publication ethics in the arts, humanities, and social sciences: Initial research findings
…Key Research Findings In early 2019, COPE, working in partnership with Routledge (Taylor & Francis group), conducted an international survey of academic journal editors in the arts, humanities, and social sciences (AHSS), exploring the publication ethics issues specific to these… - Case
Wrong article abstract published: corrigendum or retraction and republication?
Advice on this case is from a small number of COPE Council Members. Most cases on the COPE website are presented to the COPE Forum where advice is offered by a wider group of COPE Members and COPE Council Members. Advice on individual cases is not formal COPE guidance. A retraction seems unnecessary here as a mistake was… - News
In the news: December 2018 Digest
…published between 2015 and 2017, about 2/3 included statements on funding and conflicts of interests and about 20% mentioned publicly available data. In a similar study from 2000 to 2014, very few papers included this type of information. COPE Council member Nancy Chescheir - Case
Duplicate publication in multicentre consortia
Advice on this case is from a small number of COPE Council Members. Most cases on the COPE website are presented to the COPE Forum where advice is offered by a wider group of COPE Members and COPE Council Members. Advice on individual cases is not formal COPE guidance. This would appear to be an example of salami-slicing.… - Case
Editor as author
Advice on this case is from a small number of COPE Council Members. Most cases on the COPE website are presented to the COPE Forum where advice is offered by a wider group of COPE Members and COPE Council Members. Advice on individual cases is not formal COPE guidance. It is not uncommon for members of editorial panels to… - Seminars and webinars
Ethical concerns in research on urbanisation: perspectives from the Global South
…href="https://publicationethics.org/events/cope-seminar-2023">Publication Integrity Week 2023. - Guidelines
Sharing of information among editors-in-chief regarding possible misconduct
…possible misconduct Document - Case
Retracting a 'Just Accepted' article
Advice on this case is from a small number of COPE Council Members. Most cases on the COPE website are presented to the COPE Forum where advice is offered by a wider group of COPE Members and COPE Council Members. Advice on individual cases is not formal COPE guidance. If the article is available in any form, then it should… - Case
Scientifically meaningless research without consent
A private practitioner submitted a paper in which he had treated a series of patients without ethics committee approval. Many people would regard the treatment used as scientifically dubious. Furthermore, some of the patients had been treated with increasing doses of a new treatment that randomised controlled trials have shown to work. In effect, therefore, the study was a dosage study of the n… - Case
Duplicate publication
A reader contacted the editorial staff of Journal A after noticing that Journal B, which is primarily non-English, had published a paper that was remarkably similar. The editor of journal A contacted the editor of Journal B. Both editors reviewed the two papers and agreed that the paper from Journal B contained methods, results, and conclusions that formed a part of the paper from Journal… - News
COPE response to Science paper submission of fake paper, by Virginia Barbour, on behalf of COPE council
…href="http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=1354" rel="nofollow">earlier discussion on this issue, journals such as this are the publishing equivalent of Nigerian banking scams. Second, that some of these questionable journals have managed to get themselves onto the lists of respected industry association bodies - including COPE. At COPE, some may have been included because they were in the lists of journals submitted by reputable… COPE webinar: Allegations of misconduct
…Subcommittee. After our invited speakers present, there will be an opportunity for questions from attendees. You can email your question in advance or ask questions during the webinar. Speakers: Susan Garfinkel, Assistant…Editing, reviewing and writing during COVID-19
…other members for discussion and advice on your next steps, we invite you to submit the case to the COPE Forum. Support and guidance The International COVID-19 suicide prevention research collaborative (ICSPRC)- News
Global standards for authors and editors tackle thorny issues such as research bias and misleading publicity
…university academics and clinicians.” To view the press release, an introduction to the statements, as well as the statements themselves, click here. … - News
COPE endorsement of TOP Guidelines
COPE came into being to be help editors handle issues in publication ethics, with the underlying aim of ensuring the integrity of the published literature. Thus it has long supported initiatives that lead to better reporting of research, including for example the EQUATOR network. The Transparency and Openness Promotion ( - Event
Project Management for Publishing
…sessions using real project scenarios provided by delegates as well as providing publishing case studies as examples of what works and what doesn’t. More information & book… - News
COPE Forum 24 April 2017
…Register for 24 April 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 as soon as possible as the webinar is limited to 100 attendees. - News
Hong Kong University join COPE's pilot initiative
…the future can offer consistent support and advice to institutions in handling publication ethics issues. Our pilot partners have helped revise the COPE Guidelines for Peer Reviewers and we are undertaking research to further understand the needs of institutions. … - Event
SciELO 20 Years Conference
…adoption of preprints, maximizing the transparency of research evaluation and the flow of scholarly communication, and searching for more comprehensive systems for assessing articles and journals. More information & register…