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Online posting of confidential draft by peer reviewer
Shortly before publication, I received an email from the authors of a systematic review telling me that a version of the paper as first submitted to the journal for peer review had appeared on the website of a campaign group based in the USA. It was clear that the version of the document posted on the website was the same as the version supplied to the journal's peer reviewers. Further… - Case
Possible breach of reviewer confidentiality
…href="http://publicationethics.org/files/Peer%20review%20guidelines.pdf ">Ethical guidelines for peer reviewers" and would recommend them to all editors. They have been very well received and are a very useful resource for editors and reviewers. Editors may like to include them in their instructions for reviewers.… - Case
Institutional review board approval needed?
A graduate student submitted a paper to a journal and noted that in her country, unless the research is directly medical, institutional review board (IRB) approval is not required or completed. The journal has a policy of requiring IRB approval on any human subjects’ research. This study was looking at practitioners and their work with students having a particular diagnosis. The editor… - Case
Institutional review board approval required?
We have a query regarding institutional review board (IRB) approval for a paper in production. The paper reports on a 2 year follow-up and cost-effectiveness evaluation for a treatment programme. A previously published paper reports on the original evaluation of the treatment programme. The authors have not obtained IRB approval for either body of research. The initial research… - Case
Reviewer requests to be added as an author after publication
…handling editors and reviewers). Question(s) for the COPE Forum• Should the editors offer the option of a revise and resubmit following a retraction?• If the authors do revise and resubmit, it is likely the paper will be accepted (as there is nothing scientifically incorrect with it) so there is a possibility that the journal will have a retracted paper and a published paper… - Flowcharts
Reviewer suspected to have appropriated an author’s ideas or data
COPE's guidance as a flowchart on what to do if you suspect a reviewer has appropriated an author’s ideas or data. Reviewer suspected to have appropriated an author's ideas or data - Research
What instructions and guidance do journals provide to their reviewers to assess submitted manuscripts? : A survey with particular emphasis on the use of reporting guidelines 2010
…reviewers. This project will be undertaken by Allison Hirst, Research Fellow at the EQUATOR Network, with EQUATOR Steering Group colleagues Professor Doug Altman, Dr Iveta Simera, Dr David Moher, Dr John Hoey and Dr Kenneth F. Schulz. The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative set up to advance high quality reporting of health research studies; it… - Seminars and webinars
Australian Seminar 2014: New guidelines from COPE, ethical guidelines for peer reviewers, whistleblowers and more
…Download presentation: New guidelines from COPE: ethical guidelines for peer reviewers, whistleblowers and more {PDF, 1354 KB]… - Seminars and webinars
European Seminar 2013: COPE’s new ethical guidelines for peer reviewers
…Download presentation:COPE’s new ethical guidelines for peer reviewers: background, issues and evolution [PDF 400KB]… - Seminars and webinars
European Seminar 2011: Systematic review of authorship research across research disciplines
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Seminar 2015: Ethical peer review in a changing and challenging scholarly publication world
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Reviewer concerns about transparency of peer review process
Our journal uses an internally transparent process where throughout the editor or peer review process, authors, editors and reviewers are all aware of the identities of who is involved. Reviewers are also told—when initially solicited to do a peer review—that they will be named on the final article manuscript as a reviewer. Prior to publication, the pre-print version of a text is sent to… - Case
Author of rejected paper publicly names and criticises peer reviewer
…about this accusation our initial response was to "neither confirm nor deny" that we had considered the paper. It soon became clear, however, that the reviewer was the subject of much unpleasant comment on social media and other vindictive behaviour. A colleague of the reviewer, for example, tweeted that he was "ashamed" to be a professor in the same institution as the reviewer. The reviewer also… - Case
Author requests permission to publish review comments
…unless there are exceptional circumstances”. Given that the journal operates a confidential single blind review process, this guidance applies to the treatment of reviews. We believe that this position is consistent with COPE’s Ethical Guidelines for Reviewers, which provides that they should “respect the confidentiality of peer review and not reveal any details of a manuscript or its review.”… - Seminars and webinars
North American Seminar 2016: Peer review manipulation. New challenges and new solutions
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North American Seminar 2016: Who's reviewing the reviewers?
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North American Seminar 2016: Can you spot a fake? The trends of fake peer reviews
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Should a journal disclose peer reviewer names?
…seeking disclosure. Related COPE resources: COPE discussion document Who owns peer review? Ethical guidelines for peer reviewers. - Case
Data manipulation and institute’s internal review
…determining whether the spectra had in fact been altered. The director consulted with the lead author and the head of their facility. They confirmed that it was not possible to locate the original data due to a limitation of their archival system. They stated that their internal review had not found any ‘intentional altering of the spectra’. They stated that on that basis, the papers should not be suspected… - Case
Is it plagiarism to use text verbatim from a manuscript review?
…good practice would be for the author to acknowledge the work of the reviewer. The Forum commented that there appears to be a certain amount of laziness on the part of the author in copying verbatim the text from the reviewer. The comments from the reviewer should be attributed. Hence a suggestion was to publish a correction or erratum to attribute the idea and wording to the reviewer. The…