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Extensive publication errors. Should we 're-publish'?
…Since our intention was to honour a deceased colleague, would it be appropriate to 'republish' the entire excerpt free of error, so it can appear in the form the author originally intended? My board feels that the extent version of the excerpt is an insult to the author and her family (who kindly edited and prepared the excerpt for publication). The excerpt was originally presented as part of the… - Case
Attempt at dual publication
In October 2005, our journal commissioned a review on a specific topic from an expert in that field. The commission was accepted, and a submission date set. This was followed up and renegotiated several times over the coming months. A first draft was received in January 2007, and assessed inhouse for feedback to the authors. Some suggestions were made regarding structure and content, and the… - Case
A commentary on a piece of (unethical) research
…Our editorial committee was, however, worried that this was non-therapeutic research and that the parents of the children whose siblings had died might find it very difficult to refuse consent for the research. We therefore commissioned an ethical commentary, in which the author argues that the research is unethical—partly because of the problem of consent we had identified and partly because the… - Seminars and webinars
Seminar 2021: Ethical authorship versus fraudulent authorship
…identify what can be done about fraudulent authorship, highlighting examples of policies and practice in Anesthesiology journal for editors, authors, and institutions.. The presentations were followed by a question and answer session. Back to top Useful links RePAIR Guidelines - Case
Post-publication evaluation and manufacturer information
…that s/he had “received honoraria, financial support and […] been on several advisory boards” for the company that developed the therapy, mentioning the company name. Whether the evaluator was involved in the development of the therapy in question is unknown. The editor presented the case in an editorial meeting, raising the following potential points of concern: (1) Does… - News
Text Recycling Research Project: update March 2021
…Self-Plagiarism, Fraud and iThenticate: A Complicated Relationship, Inside Higher Ed, Standardizing terminology for text recycling in research writing, Learned Publishing. Text recycling in STEM: A text-analytic study of recent NSF-sponsored research reports, Accountability in Research. Reuse in STEM Research Writing: Rhetorical and Practical Considerations… - Event
World Congress on Research Integrity WCRI2024
…on “Tackling racial and ethnic bias when translating research into policy.” In particular, she will focus on the need for diversity in authors, referees, and editors when reporting and disseminating research results. Dan Kulp, COPE Chair, will be a panellist in the symposium “Toward responsible clinical trial data sharing practices.” It will be an exciting meeting, and I look forward to… - News
Artificial intelligence in the news
…literature. This is clearly of particular concern in subjects where public health, legal standing or finance is a concern. There are also potential issues for editors in detecting the use of AI if authors do not declare it: OpenAI is working on a watermark for outputs generated by… - Case
Research on volunteers without informed consent or ethics committee approval
This was clearly experimentation, but it was unclear whether this was done as part of emergency care. - The editor should write to the authors to ask them whether they obtained informed consent and ethics committee approval. - The editor should also write to the head of the institution to request an investigation.… - Case
Invasive intervention without consent
…committee approval, but the editor was worried about the level of consent.The authors were therefore contacted and they responded: “Besides the approval from the local ethics committee, all patients or their relatives had to give spoken as well as written informed consent before inclusion in the treatment group. The majority of the patients were awake, and therefore able to understand the information… - News
In the news: June Digest
10/06/19 Peer review Peer review is the hallmark of scientific and scholarly publications. These authors explore 5 principles of good peer review and suggest ways for journals to use these to underpin best practices. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/leap.1222 In… - News
In the news: August
…16.8.19 Research Ethics The University of Central Lancashire joins the University of Cape Town to adopt a code of conduct to stamp out “ethics dumping”, in which international research takes advantage of the lack of awareness or regulation in some poorer countries to conduct work. Examples include high risk medical research studies for which participants have experienced a… Systematic manipulation of the publishing process via paper mills: Forum discussion topic September 2020
… While publishers and editors can handle individual papers on a case-by-case basis, how do we tackle the bigger issues at play? What can publishers do to improve the screening processes to detect these problems earlier? Are there key author declarations that could be suggested that researchers make? Even for journals which do not have…- News
In the news: March Digest
…discussion document on the topic bringing together the shared views. The case discussion is around the case 'Withdrawal of paper at proof stage'. An original paper was submitted to a journal, peer reviewed, revised by the authors, and accepted by the manuscript editor. It was scheduled for publication 3 months later. After the paper was copyedited and typeset, the corresponding author was informed… - Seminars and webinars
European Seminar 2014: Conflicts of interest in medical publishing
…Download presentation: Conflicts of interest in medical publishing (PDF, 1679KB) Conflicts of interest in medical publishing… - Case
Consideration of publishing raw data
Our journal has received a submission regarding clinical trial results. The authors wish to include the “raw data” as an appendix to the manuscript. The study was completed several years ago and was controversial at the time. The authors wish to publish the raw data to allow the public to view the findings and make their own decisions about the trial. We do not know the best way to handle this… - Case
Incorrect allegations from the head of an institute?
…been concluded. We are studying this at the moment and are considering taking further steps. The editor told the Forum that the journal has now issued a retraction of the paper and published an accompanying editorial on co-authors’ responsibilities. The corresponding author still denies any wrong doing and the co-authors are claiming it has “nothing to do with them”. The Dean of the institute… - Case
Retraction because of scientific misconduct even if the conclusions are sound?
A journal was alerted to potential image manipulation in four papers published over the course of twelve years by the same corresponding author. The journal contacted the corresponding author who provided some raw data for some of the papers but not all of them, and was not able to explain the apparent manipulation (which included, in one paper, a duplicate image from a paper published in… - Event
15th EASE General Assembly and Conference
…/">Registration is open, with discounts for EASE members. Optional workshops being run as satellite events in the week after the main conference: Course 1: Improving journal quality and impact: working with authors In partnership with PSP Consulting,… FORUM DISCUSSION TOPIC: comments please
…EXPRESSIONS OF CONCERN Expressions of concern are “used to raise awareness to a possible problem in an article” (Council of Science Editors, 2012). They are a relatively new, rare, and non-standardized type of editorial notice compared to corrections or retractions and “considerable differences in policy and…