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Allegation of fraudulent publication
…B in 2001 was almost an exact copy of an article published in Journal C in 1990. The Editor of Journal A examined copies of the articles from Journals B and C and concluded that this appeared to be a case of plagiarism. How should the Editor of Journal A act in this situation, given that Journal A is not the victim of the alleged plagiarism and that Journal C has ceased… - Seminars and webinars
WCRI 2019: Preprints and their place in the publication ethics landscape
…href="http://www.imr.no/" target="_blank">Austevoll Research Station), including the potential harm of non-peer-reviewed work being accepted as fact. Following the presentations there was a lively discussion with the panel and the audience, spanning the range of views on preprint ethics. - Case
Handling undisclosed peer reviewer conflict
…during the peer review process on whether they had any conflicts of interest related to the research. The editor confirmed the reviewer had a valid email address. Question for the Forum What process should be undertaken when a peer reviewer does not disclose their relationships with a company, provides a suspicious review, and at the same time, where the authors (who… - Event
COPE Forum: December 2023
…Forum is: Tuesday 21 November 2023. --> Forum agenda On Tuesday 5 December 2023 the COPE Forum will be held at 10:00-11:30 (GMT / UTC) 1. Update on COPE activities Update on COPE activities by the Chair. 2. Forum discussion topic: Claiming affiliations We begin the COPE Forum with a discussion on - Case
Potential peer reviewer misconduct
…and author are considered inappropriate. Questions for COPE Council How serious is the misconduct of the reviewer? What action should be taken? … - News
Guest article: Research misconduct
…headlines there is renewed interest in the causes and consequences of research misconduct. Research misconduct wastes time and money, contaminates the published scientific record, hinders scientific advancement and ultimately risks harming us all as consumers of research. What is the true extent of research misconduct, and should we be concerned? Is research misconduct on the increase, or are we… - Seminars and webinars
Inclusive language: policing or progressive?
…they also often take place in journals which are behind paywalls and so are not widely accessible. It is through usage that words evoke reality, not via rules imposed by others. The best way forward would be to collaborate via our national academies to assess attitudes to language in an inclusive way. Promoting cultural change Lisa Richardson begins her talk by acknowledging the… - News
WCRI 2019: Responsible authorship panel
…by an editor attempting to resolve a dispute prior to publishing a paper. From the institutional perspective there is a need for clear definitions and criteria of authorship at the institutional level, governed by national codes of ethical conduct, for a research integrity officer to effectively investigate a complaint. A clear process and procedure must also be followed, and all involved… - News
WCRI 2019: Transparency 2025 panel
…ecosystem of well-curated, interoperable research articles, data and software supported by diverse open publishing models’. Ginny reminded the audience that open scholarship offers increased transparency in the dissemination of outputs, with benefits of increased availability and transparency of research data and related software, but there needs to be a focus on the underlying infrastructure needed for… - 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 - News
Guest editorial: Tackling paper mills
…are committed to increasing transparency in our publishing processes, supporting the academic community and other publishers in talking about publication and research integrity issues. As such in 2022, we took the opportunity to share our experience in identifying paper mill submissions and identifying image manipulation at Bioscience Reports with the attendees of the 16th EASE General Assembly and… Increasing number of fraudulent papers produced by “paper mills”
…multiple papers are compared, usually across different publishers, when the similarity of layout, figures, or images become obvious. Publishers need to be open and to collaborate to address this issue. A group of COPE member publishers give advice on what to do individually and collectively in this Publisher’s perspective:…- Discussion documents
Responding to anonymous whistleblowers, January 2013
…via the use of anti-plagiarism software. Other emails have alleged figure manipulation. The pattern of the cases is not clear; they range across many different types of journals and publishers; cases may be very old or more recent. Whistle blowers may copy COPE council or staff on the emails. A link to the readout from software is sometimes provided; often information is only provided for abstracts.… - Seminars and webinars
Webinar 2019: Allegations of misconduct
…Allegations of Misconduct and the role of editors, journals and publishers. Tara introduced COPE's Core Practice Allegations of Misconduct and the responsibility to ensure that you have taken adequate steps before making a decision to ensure it is reasonable and to reduce the possibility that the decision is biased, arbitrary or fundamentally unfair. If you're looking at your processes it would be useful to… - News
Letter from the COPE Chair and Vice-Chair
…href="https://publicationethics.org/about/council/susan-garfinkel">Susan Garfinkel and Mark Hooper whose knowledge and experience of university and research institute research integrity will be invaluable. Susan, a COPE Trustee, is currently the Associate Vice President for Research Compliance at the Ohio State University, US. Mark Hooper, a Council member, is the Manager of Research… - Flowcharts
Inappropriate image manipulation in a published article
…="https://publicationethics.org/sites/default/files/image-manipulation-published-article-cope-flowchart.pdf" target="_blank">Inappropriate image manipulation in a published article PDF 155 KB Key points Decisions on what action to take will be influenced by whether manipulation of the images has an effect on… Presentations
…Responsible? Download PDF (88 kb) Presented by Jeremy Theobald At the US National Academy of Sciences and PNAS E-Journal Summit Washington, DC, USA 18 March 2008 2007 Dual use: editorial freedom and how editors will COPE Download PDF (660 kb)…- News
In the news: May 2018 Digest
…encouragement and provision of venues for them to be published?http://www.csescienceeditor.org/article/reevaluating-the-quest-for-negative-results/ This blog discusses the results of one of the largest surveys of researchers about research data, and concludes that we need to give researchers more… Editing, reviewing and writing during COVID-19
…2021 2020 saw a sharp increase in articles on all subjects being submitted to scientific journals. The changes in science publishing were seen in the speed of review, the number of preprints and the topics of research. Nature: how COVID science changed publishing December 2020 A series of posts…- Webform
Journal membership application form
…1 year before they can apply for membership Applicants must agree to apply the COPE principles of publication ethics outlined in the Core Practices. Only complete forms will be considered How applications are assessed: The