- 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… Become a member
…sufficiently transparent about their business practices and authors in particular may be unable to judge the legitimacy of these journals. Together with Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) we have…- 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 - News
COPE Officers 2019-2021
…years and we're pleased they will be with us for another year. Charon Pierson has come to the end of her time with COPE, having joined COPE Council in 2012 followed by two terms as COPE Secretary. We owe a huge thanks to Charon for her contribution to COPE, in developing guidance and writing commentary for Digest newsletter, presenting at seminars and workshops as well as regularly chairing the… - News
Guest article: Inclusion in Scholarly Practice
…that we better understand how a very different spectrum of disciplines is confronting some new challenges—and some of the same, old challenges newly revealed. In so many aspects of our world we need to be thinking with the very tools that AHSS puts at our disposal, and in ways that will benefit our colleagues in STEM fields as well. Inclusion is not only about the who of our inquiry… - Event
COPE Forum: March 2023
…%3ESubmit%20a%20case%26nbsp%3B%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%0A%3Cp%3EThe%20deadline%20to%20submit%20a%20case%20for%20this%20Forum%26nbsp%3Bis%3A%20Thursday%2024%20November%202022.%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%0A%2D%2D%3E--> Forum agenda On Thursday 23 March 2023 the COPE Forum will be held at 15:00-16:30pm (GMT / UTC) 1. Update on COPE activities Update on COPE activities by the Chair. - Case
Victim of article theft wants correction to list their name, not retraction
…preparation of the article for publication (submitting, revising, etc) and the author(s) who stole the paper may have made changes to the paper. The editor may wish to direct the author to their authorship criteria and peer review process to explain why transferring authorship is not appropriate. To prevent theft of a paper, one idea put forward was for the DOI to be reserved in advance, with the… - Guidelines
Ethical guidelines for peer reviewers
Peer review guidelines provide basic principles and standards to which all peer reviewers should adhere during the peer review process in research publication. Peer reviewers play a central and critical part in the peer-review process, but too often come to the role without any guidance and unaware of their ethical obligations. These guidelines are intended to be applied across… COPE webinar: Understanding text recycling
…="http://publicationethics.org/resources/seminars-and-webinars/european-seminar-2019-text-recycling-research-project">they presented at COPE's European Seminar in 2019. “I've been ‘iThenticating’ all revised papers for several years now, and am continually frustrated by self-plagiarism… You’d think that researcher/authors with MDs and PhDs would be bright enough to know how to reword.” Managing editor of a medical journalDiversity policy
…the Executive Officer or to a COPE Officer. Please refer to the grievance policy (being reviewed) for details. Related content Other COPE policies Page history First published 10 September 2022 Back to top…- Case
Possible peer review manipulation
A journal received a complaint by one of the co-authors of an article submitted by a research team, stating that one of the reviewers suggested by the corresponding author sent an email to corresponding author asking them to tell them what comments they should insert in their review. In response, the corresponding author asked the co-authors to propose comments to be sent to the reviewer. One… History and context of the COPE guidelines
…retired. A checklist for the Code of Conduct in 2005, and the first flowcharts in 2006 The Code of Conduct set out standards of good editorial conduct. It called on editors to take all reasonable steps to ensure that allegations of research misconduct were properly investigated. It also established a mechanism for dealing with complaints against COPE member editors that could not be resolved…- Case
Allegation of reviewer malpractice
The Editor provided a signed declaration stating the journal’s practice of asking authors to suggest reviewer(s) who may or may not be used for that purpose. The Editor’s declaration stated that the reviewer in question was nominated by the authors and that no competing interest was declared by either the authors or the reviewer.… - Discussion documents
Citation manipulation
…roles, or removal or rejection of journals from citation indexes. Journals should develop policies and standards to determine self-citation thresholds, provide educational resources to support best practice and establish procedures to respond to potential misconduct. There may be instances where self-citation and requests for citations are legitimate … - Flowcharts
Authorship and contributorship of unpublished data: dealing with concerns
… This flowchart has been developed by the FORCE11 and COPE Research Data Publishing Working Group. Key points Concerns may relate to a change in author order or other authorship and contributorship issues. Where agreement cannot be reached, consider contacting the… - Flowcharts
Authorship and contributorship of published data: dealing with concerns
… This flowchart has been developed by the FORCE11 and COPE Research Data Publishing Working Group. Key points Concerns may relate to a change in author order, or other dataset contributor or authorship issues. Where agreement cannot be reached, consider contacting the…