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Welcome to the March issue of COPE Digest!
In the December year in review, we highlighted COPE's efforts to promote dialogue among publishers, editors, and universities. We're pleased to share a new flowchart for research institutions navigating journal enquiries, together with the updated Guidelines on "Cooperation between research institutions and journals regarding research integrity cases". These resources have been developed by COPE Members representing research institutions and publishers to ease collaboration when investigating integrity cases.
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GUIDANCE FOR WHEN
Research 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 research institution a step by step process on handling the issue.
FLOWCHART >
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GUIDELINES FOR JOURNALS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
Research integrity and publication misconduct cases
These guidelines have been revised to bring journals and research institutions the latest COPE recommendations to achieve effective communciation and collaboration on cases of research integrity and publication misconduct.
GUIDELINES >
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OPEN RETRACTIONS DATA
Ivan Oransky of Retraction Watch and Crossref's Ed Pentz join Trevor Lane to discuss the acquisition of the Retraction Watch database. They talk about the benefits to the community and how this partnership improves access to the data by authors, readers and publishers. The conversation moves on to the wider picture of researcher incentives and trust signals.
PODCAST >
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LIGHTNING TALKS
Text recycling in research writing
WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL
13:00-14:00 BST / UTC+1
COPE Members Only
Cary Moskovitz, Director of the Text Recycling Research Project, shares his expertise on the topic of text recycling at the next of our Lightning Talk series.
Over the past six years, the Text Recycling Research Project has conducted empirical studies to better understand text recycling in the research context and used what they have learned to develop guidelines and informational resources for editors, authors and instructors. It's now time for editors and publishers to clarify their organisations practices regarding the legality of text recycling.
READ MORE & REGISTER >
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YOUR PUBLICATION ETHICS CASES
COPE Members Only
COPE Members: if you have a publication ethics issue you are currently dealing with and need advice from other COPE members, submit your case for discussion and advice at the Forum in June. For more urgent queries submit a case for advice from COPE Council members.
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INTRODUCTION TO PUBLICATION ETHICS
At this online workshop, held in February, Trevor Lane and Anubhav Pradhan reviewed the Ethics Toolkit and other COPE resources. They introduced the audience to the principles of publication ethics and how to use the guidance and tools available to embed publication ethics in a journal's daily practice.
The workshop highlighted common issues encountered by journal editors. Using real cases brought to COPE by members. Trevor and Anubhav asked the audience how they would respond, and talked through the different routes they could take to resolve issues.
The same workshop with Trevor and Siri Lunde Stromme, recorded during Publication Integrity Week, is available to watch again.
WATCH VIDEO >
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Ethics toolkit
For a successful editorial office
The Ethics Toolkit, introduced at the online workshop, is an easy-to-use guide to publication ethics practices. Use COPE's toolkit with a checklist to help monitor your progress in developing your guidelines and processes.
ETHICS TOOLKIT >
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PAPER MILLS MEETING: WCRI2024, ATHENS
3 JUNE 2024
Attendees of the World Conference on Research Integrity (WCRI2024) are welcome to register for an in-person meeting of WCRI2024 attendees with active interests in paper mills, organised by Jennifer Byrne. The meeting will be held at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre.
This meeting will be free of charge, and will provide an opportunity for WCRI2024 attendees to network and learn about initiatives underway at COPE, STM and elsewhere. Attendees who are presenting relevant talks or posters at WCRI2024 will be welcome to highlight these presentations to the group. There will also be opportunities to briefly describe other projects that won’t be presented at WCRI2024. Most presentations will not involve slides, to maximise the number of people who can share their work.
REGISTER FOR MEETING >
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CBMRT CONFERENCE, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, WASHINGTON
APRIL 2024
The Center of Biomedical Research Transparency (CBMRT) conference is for research institutions, publishers, editors, foundations, associations, biopharma, CROs, government agencies, nonprofits. The conference is covering a range of topics related to data integrity, transparency, science policy, reproducibility, ethics and regulations with AI.
Dan Kulp, COPE Chair, has been invited to speak at a plenary session with a panel discussion on publication ethics.
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Submitting a guest editorial or opinion piece to COPE
We welcome guest editorials and opinion articles regarding research and publication ethics from COPE members. Please read the COPE guest editorial policy before submitting your article.
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COPE Digest Editors:
Itamar Ashkenazi, COPE Council Member
Trevor Lane, COPE Trustee and Council Member
Managing Editor, Sarah Gillmore, COPE Engagement & Outreach Officer
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