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New members: November 2019-April 2020
Welcome to new COPE members who have joined us as journal, publisher or associate members. New members have been assessed against criteria outlined in the Principles of Transparency. Signing up to COPE shows that they intend to follow the highest standards of publication ethics and to apply COPE principles of publication ethics outlined in… - Event
EQUATOR Workshop: Reporting guidelines:a tool to increase the quality of health research published in your journal
EQUATOR Workshop: Title: Reporting guidelines: a tool to increase the quality of health research published in your journal Date: Saturday 7 September 2013, 9.30 – 12.30 Venue: Swissotel, Chicago, USA (Peer Review Congress venue) Target audience: Editors and peer reviewers of medical research journals… - Guidelines
How to handle authorship disputes: a guide for new researchers
…class="resource-download-inline__container"> Document How to handle authorship disputes: a guide for new researchers PDF 64 KB - News
Tackling the problem of paper mills
…Koers described the Research Integrity Collaboration Hub recently launched by STM which will access content from multiple publishers during the editorial process and check for integrity issues. However, as… - News
New Journal Members October-December 2018
COPE is pleased to welcome journals who became members between October and December 2018. The new members have been assessed against criteria outlined in the Principles of Transparency and signing up to COPE shows that they intend to follow the highest standards of publication ethics and to apply COPE principles of publication ethics… - Flowcharts
Arabic: all flowcharts
…This is all of COPE's flowcharts in Arabic. For the latest version (English language) of this guidance visit https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.26. Other languages: Chinese | Press
…releases Action against paper mills United2Act has released a Consensus Statement which outlines five key areas of action against the impact of paper mills on the integrity of academic research and publishing. 19 January 2024- News
Post-publication discussions and corrections focus
…--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read November Digest: Post-Publication Discussions and Corrections. This issue of Digest announces new resources What to do if you Suspect Image Manipulation in a Published… - Seminars and webinars
European Seminar 2019: Analysis of retractions, initiators and reasons for retractions
…perspective on retractions, and Howard Browman shares an update on COPE's revised retractions discussion document. Watch now To hear Thed Van Leeuwen's presentation, listen from 11:14. - News
Conflicts of interest focus
…Related resources Editorial conflicts of interest COPE Forum discussion 2022 Undisclosed conflict of interest in a published article COPE article 2021 … History of COPE
…href="https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Case">COPE cases database had more than 600 cases. Membership continued to increase, with the number of members exceeding 12,500 from 103 countries. 2021 onwards - diversity, inclusivity, equity, accessibility, and ethics in book publishing Dan Kulp became Chair of COPE in 2021. The inclusivity, diversity, equity and accessibility subcommittee is…COPE Membership Handbook
…href="https://publicationethics.org/sites/default/files/cope-member-handbook.pdf" target="_blank">COPE Member Handbook PDF 2 MB Member benefits Membership gives full access to COPE events and resources on…- Flowcharts
Undisclosed conflict of interest in a submitted manuscript
…href="https://publicationethics.org/retraction-guidelines">Retraction Guidelines, COPE guidelines Handling competing interests, COPE discussion document Editorial conflicts of interest, COPE Forum discussion 2022… - Seminars and webinars
Trends and issues in publication ethics
…issues in publication ethics and COPE is working with other organisations to find industry-wide solutions. Read an interview-style article with Dan Kulp in a themed section of CASAD's official journal Science Bulletin: Chinese language edition, the 3rd issue 2022. Watch webinar - Event
COPE webinar: Standards in authorship
…href="https://publicationethics.org/files/2003pdf12_0.pdf" target="_blank">https://publicationethics.org/files/2003pdf12_0.pdf ICMJE: Defining the role of authors and contributors http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and… - Research
Paper mills research
COPE and STM undertook a study with Maverick Publishing Services in June 2022, using data from publishers, to understand the scale of the problem of paper mills. The study also involved interviewing stakeholders - research investigators, publishers, and Retraction Watch. All stakeholders believe that the issue of paper mills is a real threat to the integrity of the scholarly record.… - News
COPE at CSE Annual Meeting, New Orleans USA
COPE Council members participated in several discussions at the Council of Science Editors (CSE) annual meeting in New Orleans, LA. Heather Tierney was a panelist in the ethics clinc surrounding preprints, Become a member
Becoming a member of COPE shows that you, your journal, publisher, organisation, university or research institute intends to follow the highest standards of publication ethics and to apply COPE principles of publication ethics outlined in the Core Practices. By joining COPE you will help support our work in promoting publication…