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Editor adding reference to an author's work
…rectification in the online version is possible and it is. Author A has now appealed to the publisher for assistance in resolving the matter. The publisher proposed having the case reviewed by an ombudsman which is supported by both parties. However, the ombudsman proposed by Editor B is unlikely to be accepted by Author A. On that point the publisher came to the conclusion that further mediating… COPE Forum
…peer review, editing of reviewer comments Predatory publishing Ethical considerations around book publishing- Flowcharts
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…COPE Flowcharts COPE flowcharts offer a step by step process, for practical use on handling different aspects of publication ethics issues. Allegations of misconduct Reviewer suspected to have appropriated an author’s ideas or data… - Guidelines
Cooperation between research institutions and journals on research integrity and publication misconduct cases
…institutions and journals/publishers prioritise their shared interests and cooperate with each other where necessary. Institutions and journals should promote best practice among researchers, authors, reviewers, and editors (eg, through policies and training). Journals should make efforts to detect misconduct before publication (eg, by screening for plagiarism, paper mill manuscripts, and peer review fraud).… - Flowcharts
When institutions are contacted by journals
A journal editor or publisher raises an ethical issue or concern about an article either before or after publication. The flowchart offers the institution a step by step process on handling the issue. Guidance for when institutions are contacted by journals… Press
…transparency and best practice released 15 September 2022 The fourth edition of the Principles represents a collective effort between the four organisations to align the principles with today’s scholarly publishing landscape. Guidance is provided on the information that should be made available on websites, peer review, access, author fees and publication ethics. The…- Guidelines
Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
…conducts the peer review, for example, external experts or editorial board members. The type of peer review process(es) used Any policies related to the peer review procedures, for example: Use of author recommended reviewers. Any masking of identities, and if so who is masked and… - News
Artificial intelligence: Lightning talk summary
…href="https://publicationethics.org/publication-integrity-week-2023/ai-peer-review">AI and peer review Publication Integrity Week video, 2023 … - Case
Correction, retraction, or expression of concern?
Recently, we received a review report from PubMedCentral for the indexing application of one of our journals. Reviewers pointed out several shortcomings of particular articles below: 1. Discussions that did not thoroughly address limitations, and conclusions that were over-stated and/or not supported by the results. 2. Methods that were not described clearly and in sufficient… - Event
COPE Lightning Talk: Text recycling in research writing
…North Carolina State University and a Masters of Architecture from Virginia Tech. Cary is Director of the NSF-funded Text Recycling Research Project. His articles and essays related to writing pedagogy and text recycling have appeared in such publications as The Chronicle of Higher Education, Science, Research Integrity and Peer Review, Bioscience, Science and Engineering Ethics, and the Journal of… - Case
Authors request withdrawal of a 19-year old article
…article. However, the editors should take steps to ensure that any new proof really does support the existing theorem, for example by inviting an independent review. If the current article still has intellectual merit despite the mistake then an Erratum or editor’s note might be more appropriate, explaining what the error was and why a new analysis has been performed. Again, this could be… - Discussion documents
Predatory publishing
…Think.Check.Submit for authors to use as a checklist when choosing a trusted journal or publisher for their research Your feedback COPE welcomes feedback from publishers, journal editors, reviewers, researchers, institutions, librarians, funders, and other stakeholders on this subject. Add your feedback below.… - Case
Conflicts of interest between authors and editors
…policy. For context, COPE’s Ethical guidelines for peer reviewers (but applicable also to handling editors) states that: Competing interests may be personal, financial, intellectual, professional, political or religious in nature. If you are currently employed at the same… - Forum discussion topics
Ethical considerations around watchlists
…issues, especially if they plan to use them to invoke sanctions or impose barriers to publishing. Watchlists can only alert users to look for suspicious behaviour. Subsequent actions should be considered carefully, for example, more scrutiny in peer review. Acting together to identify unethical individuals, organisations or journals gives weight to the endeavour to protect the… History of COPE
…href="/resources/guidelines/cope-ethical-guidelines-peer-reviewers">Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers; Principles of Transparency for Scholarly Publishing (1st version); and discussion documents on Authorship, and- Case
Stolen ownership of a rare case
A case report was published in our journal after being approved by a peer reviewer and subjected to a technical review. The first author was a post-graduate trainee attached to the department of pathology of a prestigious national institute. A month later we received an email from a resident working at a specialist department of another institute claiming that the patient belonged to them and…