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Should we allow pseudonymous authorship?
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. COPE Council was unanimous in their feeling that the… - News
In the news: August 2018 Digest
…insider trading could be used to detect rapid rises in citation performance in order to determine how wide spread this practice is.In July, there was a robust discussion on the WAME forum about citation cartels as well.https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2018/06/21/much… - Case
Sufficient consent?
…the editor should go to the hospital’s clinical director, or the Dean or Head of Department. It should be passed up the line and must be followed up. This type of verbal consent is unacceptable, there should be a detailed audit trail. The author should receive a stern letter outlining the reasons this is unacceptable and the… - Case
Questionable authorship information
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. Council would suggest looking at - 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
In the news: February 2021
…href="https://www.bmj.com/company/researchintegrity/consent-for-publication/" target="_blank">guidance for authors about obtaining consent for publication for research and articles involving human participants. Diversity and inclusion The Life Science Editors Foundation has announced Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Awards. The award provides free scientific or language edits… - News
COPE position statement on inappropriate manipulation of peer review processes
…with publishers, publishing organizations and relevant national bodies to determine how best to address this situation in the longer term. Updates will follow as more information becomes available. We encourage anyone with information on these issues to contact COPE directly. Related resources - Event
6th World Conference on Research Integrity (WCRI), Hong Kong, 2019
…href="http://www.wcri2019.org/index" target="_blank">More information Final WCRI programme… - Discussion documents
Responding to anonymous whistleblowers, January 2013
…href="/file/9911">Responding to anonymous whistle blowers Document Responding to… - News
In the news: July 2020
…href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/peteraldhous/mario-molina-coronavirus-face-masks-pnas" target="_blank">concerns about peer review process Diversity and Inclusion The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced a cross-publisher Diversity & Inclusion initiative to drive change in scholarly publishing. - Case
Managing an editor’s undisclosed conflict of interest in a published article
An opinion piece on a polarising political and technological topic was published. A discussion ensued on social media, and shortly after, the publisher received a formal complaint stating that the editor-in-chief of the journal, who had managed the peer review process for the manuscript, had a conflict of interest and should not have made the final acceptance decision. When the publishing team… - Case
Article published at two journals after withdrawal from first journal
Journal B was contacted by a group of authors who had published their article in Journal B a few months previously. The authors were concerned as they found that their article had been published by Journal A, a journal they had previously submitted the article to but withdrawn prior to publication. Journal B requested the withdrawal confirmation from the authors, and this was duly provided. On… - Event
COPE Forum: Thursday 1 August 2019
…to join this Forum in person, whether or not you are attending INANE. No need to register; just turn up. It will follow the usual format where members' cases are presented for advice and a Forum discussion topic. Members who are presenting cases, but can't attend, will be able to call into the Forum. Submit your case by 19… - Seminars and webinars
Webinar 2021: Diversity, equity and inclusion
…href="https://publicationethics.org/about/council/tara-hoke">Tara Hoke, COPE Secretary and in-house General Counsel for the American Society of Civil Engineers, who opened the session with an acknowledgement of the lack of ethnic diversity of the panel speakers, reflecting the continuing challenges the academic publishing industry is facing, and that COPE itself is making efforts to address. Despite this, the panel comprises individuals who are… - Case
Inadequately supervised research?
A piece of qualitative research was submitted that looked at the experiences of families facing a particular illness. The first author was both the main carer for the families and the researcher. She conducted and analysed all the interviews. Nobody else seemed to have analysed the verbatim transcripts, although two senior authors did help with analysis of the data. The reviewers and editorial… - Case
Registration of a randomised control trial
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. All journals that publish trials should have a policy on… - Case
Retraction because of scientific misconduct even if the conclusions are sound?
…The unexplained manipulation of the data makes the journal doubt the reliability of the findings despite what the institution's investigation found. They are, however, conflicted about what do to, because ICMJE guidelines say '..if the… - Case
Rescind a decision post-acceptance prior to publication
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. Journal editors have complete authority…