An update on the collective activity to combat paper mills, and your opinions on data sharing policies. Plus new publication ethics cases available.

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COPE Digest
July 2023

New cases | paper mills update

Welcome to COPE Digest

A year ago, COPE and STM (the trade association for the worldwide academic publishing industry) undertook a study ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)) with Maverick Publishing Services, using data from publishers and interviews with stakeholders, to understand the scale of the problem of paper mills, and to consider what actions should be taken. A clear conclusion from the research was that this is a problem that can only be solved through the collective and joint efforts of publishers, funders, research institutes and other stakeholders. Recommendations for action centred around education and engagement, investment in tools and systems, adjustment of researcher incentives, implementation of protocols which could impede paper mills from succeeding, and improvement in the retraction process.

Since then there has been significant activity to take these recommendations forward.
* Collective action ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)#collective)
* Investment in tools and technology ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)#tools)
* Education and engagement ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)#education)
* Researcher incentives ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)#incentives)

Deborah Kahn, COPE Trustee

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NEW COPE COUNCIL MEMBERS

We are delighted to welcome new COPE Council members who bring a breadth of experience in publishing ethics.

Each Council member also has individual expertise in areas that will help shape the future of publication integrity.
* Mike Streeter ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)) is Director of Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics at Wiley. Mike champions quality and transparency in research publishing and brings experience working with arts, humanities, and social science journals
* Mabel Chew ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)) is a Senior Editor at the Lancet journal. Mabel has a breadth of experience across publication ethics, particularly with diversity, equity, inclusivity and accessibility issues
* Daniel Ucko ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)) is Head of Ethics and Research Integrity at the American Physical Society. Daniel has a PhD in Philosophy of Science on the subject of peer review and a PhD in Physics.

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** DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENTS
The gap between promise and reality
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A guest editorial by Jasmine Jamshidi-Naeini, Andrew W. Brown, Wasiuddin Najam, Colby J. Vorland, Stephanie Dickinson and David B. Allison. The authors discuss cases where data sharing statements were not consistent with their expectations of data sharing in practice.

READ GUEST EDITORIAL ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)) >


** COPE QUICK SURVEY
Data sharing policies
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Please consider completing the quick survey to inform us further on opinions on this topic.

TAKE SURVEY ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)) >
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** COPE FORUM CASES
New cases
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Three new cases were brought by members to the June Forum for discussion and advice:
* Balancing anonymisation and open science during peer-review process ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM))
* Authors from Ukraine wish to retract article published in Russian conference proceedings ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM))
* Complaint over protocol used in special issue ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM))


** Updates to cases
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* Authorship dispute involving a commercial institution ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM))
* Article published at two journals after withdrawal from first journal ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM))
* Review misconduct and its potential impact on a submitted manuscript ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM))


** VOLUNTEER WITH COPE
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We are seeking applications to fill two vacancies on the Trustee Board as we look to expand the support we provide.

We are specifically looking for candidates:
* from outside the UK and the US, with a particular preference for those based in Africa, Asia or Latin America.
* who are journal editors or individual members.
* with a background in Books or Conference Proceedings, and/or in Life Sciences, Engineering or Computer Science.
* with expertise in UK law or in finance.

The candidate, or the organisation they represent, must have been an ordinary member of COPE for at least 1 year.
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COPE WEBINAR

Enhancing partnerships of institutions and journals
28 JULY 2023: VIRTUAL
13:00-14:30pm BST / UTC+1

COPE Members only

For some years, COPE has been discussing the fundamental relationship between publication ethics and research ethics, publication ethics being part of research and research publishing. This webinar will look at the issues around the relationships between editors/publishers and institutions.

* Susan Garfinkel will share the findings and recommendations of the working group Enhancing partnerships of institutions and journals ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM))
* Sabine Kleinert will discuss the Cooperation and Liaison between Universities and Editors ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)) (CLUE) guidelines ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM))
* Marie Soulière will present an update on COPE’s guidelines on Cooperation between research institutions and journals on research integrity cases ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)) .

After our speaker presentations, there will be an opportunity for questions from attendees. You can email your question in advance or ask questions during the webinar.
The webinar is free and is open to COPE members.

REGISTER ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)#/registration) >
COPE FORUM

Peer review models: discussion topic
7 SEPTEMBER 2023: VIRTUAL
16:00-17:30pm BST / UTC+1

COPE Members only
Join us for the COPE Forum where participants discuss publication ethics issues submitted by members. The Forum begins with a discussion on peer review models.

REGISTER ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)#/registration) >

Your publication ethics cases
COPE Members bring specific cases to the COPE Forum for discussion and advice from Forum participants: COPE Council and COPE Members.

SUBMIT A CASE ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)) >
COPE SEMINAR

Publication integrity week
2-6 OCTOBER 2023: VIRTUAL

COPE Members only
We're building the programme of events for Publication Integrity Week which involves several sessions over five days on the topics:
* Handling a case of misconduct: editor, publisher, university, funder
* Publication misconduct and fraud: corrections, image manipulation, tools, industry perspective
* Post-publication critiques
* Challenges in arts, humanities, and social science disciplines
* Diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility
* Introduction to publication ethics

We will open registration in August and share more details on each session as we develop the programme.


** NISO PEER REVIEW TERMINOLOGY
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The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announces the 3rd version of its Standard Terminology of Peer Review on the extent of identity transparency, reviewer interaction, review information made public, and post-publication commenting.

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** RETRACTIONS IN PHILOSOPHY
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Retraction Watch data shows plagiarism is the most common cause of retraction in philosophy. Yet, research shows that reasons for retraction commonly overlap, are ambiguous, or are non-informative. Systematising the reasons for the retraction of philosophy articles is proposed.

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** AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY MEETING
13-17 AUGUST 2023
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COPE Chair, Dan Kulp, will speak at the ACS Fall Meeting in San Francisco about 'Publishing in the age of Artificial intelligence'.

ACS FALL MEETING ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)) >


** RESEARCH INSTITUTES AND UNIVERSITIES OF MONGOLIA
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SEPTEMBER 2023
COPE Vice-Chair, Nancy Chescheir, will run a session on publication ethics for authors from the research institutes and universities of Mongolia.


** SUBMIT A GUEST EDITORIAL OR OPINION PIECE
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Launched in 2022, guest editorials have included the topics of predatory publishing ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)) , research integrity issues ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)) , detecting integrity issues ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)) , and the challenge of AI bots for journal editors ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)) .

We welcome guest editorials and opinion articles regarding research and publication ethics from COPE members.

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** COPE Digest Editors:
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Itamar Ashkenazi, ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)) COPE Council Member
Trevor Lane ([link removed](PAPER-MILLS-JULY-2023-DIGEST-NM)) , COPE Trustee and Council Member

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