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Bias in peer review
…aligns most closely with COPE Core Practice: Peer Review Processes, its impact is wider reaching. The explicit and implicit biases, or conscious and unconscious biases, of editors and peer reviewers could prejudice which manuscripts are reviewed or ultimately accepted for publication. As COPE member Cambridge University Press explains in their… - Seminars and webinars
Inclusive language: policing or progressive?
….pubpub.org/guidelines-on-inclusive-language-and-images-in-scholarly-communication">C4DISC. More than half had encountered issues with problematic or offensive language in submitted material, and the most common response was to request or encourage authors to make changes. Individuals also noted a number of other issues, including language barriers, rapidly changing recommendations for best practices, working with many different people in the editorial process, and handling… - News
In the news: January Digest
…for Research into Higher Education conference which was based on interviews with 75 humanities and social sciences academics, senior administrators and journal editors in China, suggested that not all scholars are keen on the “cash for articles” incentive schemes within Chinese Universities. - Seminars and webinars
Post-publication critiques
…co-founder of PubPeer, a not-for-profit website which allows readers and authors to comment on scholarly publications. Nick Wise is a researcher in fluid dynamics and an integrity ‘sleuth’ whose work has resulted in over 900 retractions. Peter Doshi is an associate professor of pharmaceutical health services research and leads the - Case
Personal remarks within a post-publication literature forum
…editor should have been more open with member A and told him the reasons for editing his commentary. However, in the end, both reviewers were happy and so the Forum congratulated the editor for his handling of the situation. The Forum noted that perhaps we have to accept that sometimes an editor may to moderate what people say but reviewers should be expected to conform to the normal scientific… - News
In the news: July Digest
…="_blank">https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/authorship-are-days-lone-research-ranger-numbered Integrity The consensus based Good Practice for Conference Abstracts and Presentations (GPCAP) has been published to provide a consistent set of guidelines for industry professionals, authors and conference organizers to ensure standards for transparency and integrity of publication submitted to conferences. The Seminars
…[13.18] Conflicts of interest in medical publishing — Professor Christopher Baethge, Chief Scientific Editor of Deutsches Ärzteblatt (Germal Medical Journal) and Deutsches Ärzteblatt International Download presentation [PDF 1679kB] | Watch presentation [12:16]- News
Letter from the COPE co-Chairs: April 2019
…take one step at a time and proceed in an orderly fashion. Fortunately, we are guided and can measure our steps by listening to our members and the communities worldwide that we serve. Aspiring to better practice in publication ethics and research integrity means promoting respect for and between researchers, authors, peer reviewers, journal editors, and research administrators; it means supporting… - News
In the news: June 2020
…in the Netherlands recently launched the Platform for Responsible Editorial Policies (PREP). They encourage journal editors to be transparent about their editorial policies, and authors can then search a database with these details when deciding where to submit. www.responsiblejournals.org - Case
Duplicate publication allegation
…B was an extended abstract, included in a section of selected conference proceedings. Our records do not go back far enough to check whether the authors informed us of this but they did not reference their abstract in the article in journal A. The article in journal A is a full paper, with a materials and methods section, detailed results and enough information for someone else to replicate the… - News
In the news: June 2018 Digest
…-lose-citations-preprint-servers-repositories/" target="_blank">https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2018/05/21/journals-lose-citations-preprint-servers-repositories/ Global south publications The African Journals Online (AJOL) and INASP have developed assessment criteria for the quality of publishing practices in journals hosted on the AJOL site to assure readers that the journal meets internationally recognized standards and to… - News
In the news: July & August 2022
…for sentinel papers in the study of Alzheimer's disease. "Everyone involved in research has a role to play in research integrity and no single stakeholder can maintain or raise standards alone" is introduction to discussion paper of panel presentation at World Congress on Research Integrity, 2022 which discusses roles of different… - News
FORUM DISCUSSION TOPIC: comments please
…editorial oversight of the journals in question. The journals have no standards and no quality control and frequently publish within a very brief period of time while claiming that articles are peer-reviewed. Those who publish in these journals are frequently invited to serve on editorial boards or become editors with no reference to relevant experience to assume such roles Confusion between some… - News
Vacancies on COPE Council
…href="https://publicationethics.org/about/governance" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Trustee Board, who are ultimately responsible for the financial, legal and business operations of COPE as a charitable business and gives authority to Council and the Executive Officer… Action against paper mills
…mills”) for the creation of fake or manipulated data and articles. All stakeholders believe that the issue of paper mills is a serious threat to the integrity of the scholarly record. COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) is working to support editors, journals, publishers, universities and research institutes in addressing the issue of paper mills and considers this a high priority for all…- Flowcharts
What to consider when asked to peer review a manuscript
…editor Related resources Qué considerar al ser invitado a hacer una revisión por pares de un manuscrito Ethical guidelines for peer… - News
Vacancies on COPE Trustee Board
…our everyday work. At the end of the day, aspiring to better practice in publication ethics and research integrity means promoting respect for and between researchers, authors, peer reviewers, journal editors, and research administrators; it means supporting their best efforts to respect research participants, subjects, animals, and the environment; it means promoting respect among all… - Discussion documents
Who 'owns' peer reviews? September 2017
…even after publication, unless expressly permitted by relevant parties. Authors must be consulted about publication of all pre-accepted works, as they may not wish to see details of earlier versions of their paper revealed via peer review reports. Podcast Pete Binfield, Publisher and co-Founder of PeerJ, and Elizabeth Moylan, Senior Editor BioMed Central, discuss "Who… - Flowcharts
Systematic manipulation of the publication process
…finding out whether it is reviewers or authors at the root of the problem; identifying where in the publishing systems this type of manipulation can be flagged; sharing pattern information with other publishers and COPE. Publishers can prevent future manipulation using technology to flag patterns of behaviour, and train journal editors in identifying types of… - News
In the news: April Digest
…Integrity Principles with 9 best practices to achieve them. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-019-00094-3 Bias A Holmes and S Hardy continue their deep dive to describe the effect of gender, assessed in about 80% of the time for both reviewers and authors using Genderize.io on naming order in…