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Welcome to the March issue of COPE Digest.
I begin this March issue with a warm welcome to our new Council Members who have recently joined us. We are thrilled to have such knowledgeable professionals bringing their expertise to COPE.
Renee Hoch joins us from PLOS, where she is the strategic lead for publication ethics. Renee has also been involved in several cross-industry initiatives addressing publication ethics issues.
Ella Flemyng, Head of Editorial Policy and Research Integrity at the Cochrane Collaboration, brings her expertise in defining standards for research integrity and publication ethics, and handling issues raised.
Christina Kassiteridi Senior Editor of Clinical Medicine and Future Healthcare Journal at the Royal College of Physicians, has collaborated on publication ethics issues with multiple publishers and journals.
Arley Soto co-founder of Biteca, and Technical Support Specialist at Crossref, contributes his expertise in open-source adoption and technical aspects of publishing support for small publishers throughout Latin America.
Gráinne McNamara leads the Research Integrity/Publication Ethics team at Karger Publishers, and has a particular interest in promoting activities that enhance reproducibility of research and transparency.
Loreta Tauginienė, Associate Professor at Kaunas University of Technology, serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Academic Ethics and as vice-president of the European Network of Research Integrity Offices (ENRIO).
We also welcome COPE Advisor Rachel Hendrick, Peer Review Team Manager at the Institute of Physics Publishing.
As we welcome our new volunteers, we bid farewell to Kim Eggleton, who has been an active and valued member of our Council since 2021. Kim has made significant contributions, most recently hosting a lightning talk on citation manipulation and co-hosting the workshop on handling suspected cases of paper mills during Publication Integrity Week. Please join me in welcoming our new members and thanking Kim for her service.
As you are aware, COPE recently launched its redeveloped website, offering a refreshed design and enhanced user experience. We continue to gather feedback to improve the site further. As part of our website redevelopment, we've made some key changes to how you access our resources. To better understand how our guidance is used, we initially required users to log in to access certain materials. However, we’re aware some users have encountered difficulties when registering for free access to our guidance. We have temporarily removed the login requirement for guidelines and flowcharts to ensure easy access while we continue to develop our systems.
We’ve also received some questions about linking to our resources. We ask that you link to the webpage for our guidance rather than directly to the PDF to ensure you always access the most current version.
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