Presentations
…Harvey Marcovitch At the British Dental Editors' Forum London, UK November 2006 2005 Cases of suspected misconduct submitted to COPE Download PDF (56 kb) Presented by Jeremy Theobald At the- News
In the news: November 2020
…to honest error; and, the stigma of retractions can be hard to clean up. Research integrity The authors of this paper analysed 250 citations from five leading scientific journals. They found 25% of quotation references are incorrect or misleading or fail to provide evidence for the claims… - Case
Lack of ethical approval and not reporting experimental evidence
In May 2011 a letter from the Vice-Rector for Personnel of a reputable university was sent to the editor mentioning that two articles published in the journal contained two statements not supported by documented evidence. The two statements related to: (1) approval of the local ethics committee and (2) representation of the experimental evidence. With regard to point (1), the authors sta… - News
In the news: March Digest
…-papers-amid-fears-organs-came-from-chinese-prisoners A survey of 372 Editors found an average of 2-5% instance of plagiarism in submissions, but that Editors tend to overestimate the problem, with Editors in Asia both experiencing and expecting higher levels of plagiarism. The majority of duplication is caused by misunderstanding of what can be repeated, along with language issues. Seminars
…">Download [PDF 25kB] A report of the COPE European Seminar by Shreeya Nanda [BioMed Central] posted on the BioMed Central blog site and linked to here with their permission. Presentations at the 2013 Asia-Pacific Seminar (Resources and further reading
…2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wjpLqX6VrM [VIDEO, 25MINS] PUBLICATION ETHICS Fostering Integrity in Research, A consensus study report of The National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine. [Free pdf available:- Seminars and webinars
COPE webinar: Enhancing partnerships of institutions and journals
…Cooperation and Liaison between Universities and Editors (CLUE) guidelines Time on recording : 02:15-13:25 Dr Sabine Kleinert discussed the problems publishers have liaising with institutions when investigating potential misconduct, and the different perspectives of publishers and institutions. Sabine went on to share the Dealing with editor misconduct
…Because they happen to be in that journal does not undermine their validity, and it could be laziness on the author's part. There is a difference between that and demanding that publication is dependent on including at least 25% of references from that same journal. But many editors would not have the time to trawl through MedLine, looking for other valid…- News
In the news: October 2018 Digest
…was to begin. However, the report found no evidence to support serious allegations. Even so, on September 25, the remaining board voted unanimously to terminate his membership in the organization and his position at the Nordic Cochrane Center. In a statement on September 26, 2018 the board wrote: “Professor GØtzsche has repeatedly represented his personal views as those of Cochrane.” ...This… - News
In the news: December Digest
…target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03371-0 A survey of over 25,000 PhD holders across biology, physics, mathematics, engineers, linguistics, philosophy, and anthropology in Brazil assessed their views on plagiarism and found similar adherence to core principles. The authors feel that their findings can be generalised to most Latin-American nations. https… - News
Case discussion: gift authorship
…href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4548528/">Elizabeth Wager et al (Peer J, 2015) identified 24 prolific authors each publishing at least 25 articles per year. In contrast, the threshold of 72 papers per year (>1 every 5 days) was used as a baseline for “hyperprolific authorship” in a report by John Ioannidis et al in Nature in 2018. The report provided… - News
Where next in peer review? Part 2: COPE commentary
…feeling left behind and lacking in the knowledge to know how to think about it. When IOP polled the audience at a publishing event in June 2023 on their feelings about the implications of adopting AI in publishing, the average response was 5.25 out of 10 (1=terrified, 10= very excited). However,… Membership application FAQ
…fees Ethics toolkit for a successful editorial office Last updated: 25 April 2022…- Seminars and webinars
Webinar 2022: Managing paper mills
…other documentation should be requested. Publisher roles in supporting editors to issue decisions based on trustworthiness of content, and ensuring there are systems in place to support editors in responding to legal threats. A publisher's perspective of identifying and investigating paper mill concerns Time on recording : 8:25-18:10