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Inappropriate authorship on students paper
…university in the country having no specific policy on authorship and the credit of the research being usurped by the faculty members, thus depriving the young students? I am collecting all of these cases and will make a presentation at the next conference on publication ethics. ADVICE ON FURTHER FOLLOW UP (June 2012): The Forum agreed with the editor’s proposed course of action. In… - Case
Author of rejected paper publicly names and criticises peer reviewer
…and will also be referring it to the journal's internal ethics committee. The matter now seems to have died down, but it raises many questions. Question(s) for the COPE Forum • Should the journal have handled this differently? • Should the journal formally notify the first author's institution about her behaviour? • Are the additional instructions to authors on our… - Case
Misrepresentation of journal decision on social media
…media/site(s) where the concerns were originally raised. It may not be appropriate for Twitter but useful on other sites. Post a link to the resolution on the journal site'. Of note from elsewhere in the flowchart: 'It is appropriate to respond from a journal/publisher account rather than a personal Twitter account for legal and ethical reasons.' 'Respond politely; don’t get drawn into personal exchanges'.… - Forum discussion topics
Peer review models
…bias. However, greater transparency can promote ethical behaviour and accountability. Ultimately the benefits and drawbacks are subjective and the key aim is securing expert review regardless of format. Scholars may have different preferences for review systems depending on whether they experience it as an author or as a reviewer. Different models will be appropriate for different… - Forum discussion topics
Claiming institutional affiliations
…research was done’. For journals, however, it is important to be clear which is the institution that has given ethics approval, will pay any publication fees, and will be the point of contact for any issues with the publication. Definitions of eligible affiliations are still rare. The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association says that only organisations that… - Seminars and webinars
Webinar 2022: Managing paper mills
…href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/renee-hoch-a53a4429/">Renee Hoch, Managing Editor leading the PLOS Publication Ethics team, spoke about managing of paper mills from the perspective of PLOS with a review of the tactics used by paper mills around content, authorship and peer review and how PLOS identify and investigate manipulation of the publication process. A recent case, investigated by PLOS, was sparked by a red flag to do with author… - News
Case discussion: Consequence for dual submission
…Publication Ethics (COPE). An option that was not explored in this case is that both editors could have jointly written to the author’s institution in neutral terms as a preventive measure. As an additional preventive measure, both journals could have used the opportunity to check and update their journal guidelines, policies, and procedures. In this respect, another relevant COPE Core Practice… - News
Post-publication conflicts of interest
…Undisclosed conflict of interest in a published article: updated flowchart The COPE flowcharts are consistently rated by members as being among the most useful and frequently consulted COPE resources. Available in different languages, they offer practical guidance to handle a variety of ethical issues encountered in scholarly publishing either before or after publication. The… - Case
Author retracts request to be removed from author list
…journal in this matter. Subsequent to the requests from Dr A, we sought advice from our publisher. They suggested that the editors send one further piece of correspondence with Drs A and B asking for a full explanation of the concerns which had been raised and then dropped, informing them that if they are unresponsive or provide an unsatisfactory response that the institution’s research ethics… - Seminars and webinars
Inclusive language: policing or progressive?
This session examines the potential benefits and dangers of language use policies. This discussion is one of eleven sessions hosted by COPE during Publication Integrity Week 2023. "It is extremely powerful has really made me think. Highly recommended for anyone interested in DEI in pu… - Translated resources
El autor solicita que ciertos expertos no participen en el proceso editorial: caso
…="https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines/cope-ethical-guidelines-peer-reviewers-latin-american-spanish">Guias eticas para revisores pares Qué considerar al ser invitado a hacer una revisión por pares de un manuscrito … - News
A vision for a more trans-inclusive publishing world: guest article
…editors seeking to update their processes and procedures. This document focuses specifically on policies and practices at a high level. While all of the authors of this article have direct experience with the “nuts and bolts” of implementing such policies within our various disciplines, our goal here is to provide ethical touchstones against which such processes may be measured, not to prescribe… - News
In the news: May 2018 Digest
…-press-join-blockchain-for-peer-review-project-blockchainforpeerreview/with more details on the project in this slidesethttps://www.stm-assoc.org/2018_04_26_US_Annual_Conference_Day2_Innovations_van_Rossum_Blockchain.pdf Ethical oversight New research from… Editing, reviewing and writing during COVID-19
We bring together support and guidance on issues that have come about during this crisis. The collection includes articles on how authors, editors and reviewers are handling their work during this period and guidelines developed in response to the changing environment and workflow. If you are a COPE member and have a particular publication ethics case that you would like to share with…- Case
Unethical withdrawal of a paper
…accurately described by the term double submission. Editor A is willing to retract the term double submission. Editor A will retract a 5 year submission ban, under extreme protest, if told that Author A and Author B have acted in an ethical manner.… - Case
Handling self-admissions of fraud
…confidentiality. In January 2015, we informed the corresponding author that we had received self-admission of fraud from the first author and asked the corresponding author to retrieve original raw data for the figures in question and provide them to us. We also urged the corresponding author to engage the institute ethics committee and get in touch with the first author in gaining a deeper understanding of the… - News
In the news: February Digest
…-protect-research-subjects-should-include-different-standards-different-types In November, He Jiankui reported at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing that he had edited the genomes of twin baby girls to try to prevent HIV disease, which their father but not the mother, has. The response from the general community has been very negative, given grave concerns about the medical, health and ethical implications. Now, there are responses from within… - News
Case discussion: Authors’ contributions and involvement by medical communications company
…direction from the supposed authors. Journals may have specific guidelines on the use of third parties, and medical journals should at least reference the Good Publication Practice (GPP) guidelines, now in their third edition (GPP3). The guidelines, endorsed by COPE, cover ethical publication,… - News
In the news: January Digest
…behavioural research. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-019-0772-6 Ethical oversight ICMJE recommendations have been revised. The main changes are rephrasing COIs to relationships and activities, adding efforts for inclusion and diversity, and advising against citing predatory… - Seminars and webinars
Webinar 2021: Diversity, equity and inclusion
…votes; all of which could be considered to have vested interests in integrity and ethical conduct. Two options tied in second place were editorial board and specialist committees, both of which could be seen as external independent adjudicating bodies. Groups affected by the content – 60 Journal Editor – 59 Publisher – 57 Editorial Board – 46 Specialist…