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In the news: March 2018 Digest
…/10.1177/0192623318754792" target="_blank">http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0192623318754792 While henceforth Nature journals will require authors to disclose non-financial, as well as financial conflicts of interest News feeds (RSS)
These news feeds allow you to see when new content has been added to the COPE website. You can get the latest cases, members, news & events and publication ethics blog entries as soon as they are published, without having to visit the website. Feeds are also known as RSS. There is some discussion as to what RSS stands for, but most people plump for 'Really Simple Syndication'. In essence,…- News
Letter from the COPE Chair: July 2019
…Please help us by filling in our survey which should take no longer than 10 minutes. Begin survey. COPE Chair - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: December 2019
…of our members and the larger scholarly community in the coming years. We send you all best wishes for the New Year. COPE Chair Deborah Poff… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: October 2020
…published in the journal Prometheus, and gives an insightful assessment of current preferences for data sharing processes and platform solutions across different disciplines. COPE Chair - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: February 2021
…height:121px; margin:3px; width:90px" />COPE Chair Deborah Poff, CM,PhD Read February 2021 Digest: data sharing resources, upcoming authorship cases workshop, a strategic report from COPE on 2020… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: July 2021
…and volunteers for their sustained efforts on behalf of COPE. Under what has been trying circumstances for over a year and a half, COPE continues to function and take the lead in promoting integrity in scholarly publications. Have a wonderful and safe month. COPE Chair, - Case
Reviewer requests to be added as an author after publication
A paper was submitted to our journal. The associate editor assigned to the paper immediately assigned a reviewer who he knew was well qualified to give a good review, as they had worked with the authors before. The editor did think it odd that the reviewer was not an author on this particular paper, given the close collaboration. However, when invited, the reviewer (R1), did not flag up any con… - Case
An attempt to publish data already published elsewhere
After the advice from COPE, the editor did some searches on the first author and noticed two papers with similar titles, one of which was published in the editor’s journal in 2006. Both papers had the same four authors, all of whom were authors of the paper in question (which had a fifth author). On closer inspection the editor discovered that approximately 90% of the data in these two papers… - News
Two new flowcharts and two revisions
…flowcharts have been added to the 'full set of flowcharts' PDF: http://publicationethics.org/files/Full%20set%20of%20flowcharts_0.pdf… Revised principles of transparency and best practice released
…including more specifics on describing peer review practices, publication ethics policies, and author fees. As with previous versions, it emphasises practices achievable by journals regardless of resources. This version has been thoroughly reorganised for easier use," commented Margaret Winker, MD, WAME Trustee. About COPE, DOAJ, OASPA, WAME The- News
Letter from the COPE Chair: November 2019
…University of Cambridge, who emphasised how librarians can help address issues of publication ethics in their role as mentors to researchers and, in many cases, researchers in their own right. We hope you enjoy reading this month’s Digest. - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: January 2020
…regards, COPE Chair Deborah Poff In COPE's January Digest we launch the predatory publishing discussion document, hear from Helena… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: January 2021
…We wish you all a safe and healthy beginning to the year, and look forward to engaging with you in 2021. COPE Chair Deborah Poff, CM,PhD - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: March 2021
…src="/files/u7140/deborahpoff1%20%283%29.jpg" style="border-style:solid; border-width:2px; float:left; height:121px; margin:3px; width:90px" />COPE Chair Deborah Poff, CM,PhD… - Research
CrossCheck guidance: an analysis of typical cases of plagiarism in different disciplines 2010
…10.1007/s11948-013-9460-5 http://www.zju.edu.cn/jzus/download/editorpapers/Detectingand.pdf 7. Zhang YH. Bilingual (multilingual) publications and duplicate publications: for or against? Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Appl Phys & Eng) 2013;14(9):687–90. 8. Zhang YH, Lin H-F, Ye Q. Anti-plagiarism policy of… - Case
Suspected contact between reviewer and an author led to coauthorship of the reviewer
…of reviewers. The reviews of the original version came with conclusions "Accept after major revision" (rev A) and "Accept after minor revision" (rev B). On that basis, on 12 December 2008 the Associate Editor submitted a decision "Accept after major revision", and requested the author to prepare it within 90 days. The revised version of the paper arrived on 20 December 2008. Without… - Case
Late addition of co-authors
…authors claimed that the corresponding author did not have that much experience in article publication previously, and so did not pay attention to the list of authors. This is how the other authors' names were missed. It should be noted that the other six authors are included on their profile now. However, it is not possible to follow the exact date that these names are added to the profile. - News
Letter from the COPE Chair: May 2019
…style="border-style:solid; border-width:2px; float:left; height:121px; margin:3px; width:90px" />COPE Chair Deborah Poff Read May 2019 Digest newsletter for a discussion on…