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COPE Digest
FEBRUARY 2022, Vol 10
Issue 2: Ethics toolkit
Happy New Year! Or at least Happy Lunar New Year to all.
I should also add a happy 25th anniversary to COPE. In 25 years of COPE, we have grown to reach broader and more diverse audiences who have an impact on integrity in research and its publication, and this year we will introduce universities and research institutes to the fold. Over the coming months, we will be reaching out to a small, targeted group of research universities and institutions to be our inaugural members of COPE. Simultaneously, we will be releasing new guidance and educational tools specifically designed to support universities and research institutes in advancing strong ethical practices. Our plan is to introduce COPE membership for universities and research institutes at our virtual COPE Seminar on 10 May. Hope to see you, virtually, there.
Once again, COPE will be supporting the World Conference on Research Integrity ([link removed]) (WCRI), in May this year, as a Rhino sponsor ([link removed]) . The conference's overarching theme is “Fostering research integrity in an unequal world”. The conference will be a hybrid event with a live stream option for those who cannot attend in person. COPE will be participating in a panel session that will discuss the complexities involved in determining how and when to include the different stakeholders – journals, publishers, institutions, and national oversight bodies – when ethics cases are exposed. I, as COPE Chair, will moderate the discussion, and the panelists include Elisabeth Bik, science consultant, Matt Hodgkinson, COPE Council member, and Paula Saner, research integrity advisor at the University of Cape Town. This should be an interesting and educational session.
To widen the breadth and scope of conversations around research and publishing ethics, we encourage COPE members to submit guest articles and opinion pieces ([link removed]) for our monthly newsletters ([link removed]) , so please help us increase the diversity of voices and opinions on topics of interest. In this issue, we have an editorial by Lorriane Estelle of Think. Check. Submit. on how to avoid submitting your article to a predatory publisher ([link removed]) , and advice on what to look out for. Always a timely subject.
We have a lot of other interesting content in this month’s Digest. Although some are directed at those that are early in their publication ethics journey, like the new Ethics Toolkit for a successful editorial office ([link removed]) ...
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COPE Chair, Dan Kulp
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NEW: ETHICS TOOLKIT FOR A SUCCESSFUL EDITORIAL OFFICE
This COPE guide is a comprehensive toolkit that explains expected ethical practices in scholarly publishing and highlights resources for editorial offices to develop their codes of ethical conduct and practice. This toolkit can be used to prepare your application for COPE membership.
Use the toolkit to identify areas in need of development within your policies and processes to align with COPE's Core Practices and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.
* The toolkit identifies four key activities for a successful editorial office.
* A checklist is included to monitor your progress in developing your guidelines and processes.
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** AVOIDING PREDATORY PUBLISHING
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Lorraine Estelle
Think.Check.Submit.
Preparing to publish a research output can be daunting, especially if it is for the first time. Lorraine Estelle describes the organisation's approach in tackling predatory publishing by raising awareness among librarians and researchers and giving them the tools that they need to make an educated choice on which publishing venue is the most appropriate for their work.
Think.Check.Submit. encourages researchers to look out for the characteristics displayed by predatory publishers and use the checklist of questions to evaluate publishers when considering where to submit their research.
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INTRODUCTION TO PUBLICATION ETHICS
This workshop-type event was designed for new and inexperienced editors with discussion of real COPE Forum cases, and helpful tips on how to use COPE resources to resolve issues.
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COPE Seminar
TUESDAY 10 MAY 2022: VIRTUAL
COPE is celebrating 25 years of working with communities who have an impact on integrity in research and its publication. We will mark this milestone at COPE’s 2022 seminar where invited speakers discuss how we can continue to build a culture of integrity together.
#C0PE25
** COPE FORUM:
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THURSDAY 3 MARCH 2022: WEBINAR
11:00-12:30pm (GMT / UTC)
(COPE Members Only)
The Forum will follow the usual format where we have a discussion topic, followed by cases presented for discussion and advice from members participating in the Forum.
EDITORIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
The discussion topic will be "Editorial conflicts of interest". More information on this discussion topic will be available soon.
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Members brought four new cases to the December COPE Forum for discussion and advice, all around authorship issues.
** NEW AUTHORSHIP CASES
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* Request to remove an author post-publication ([link removed])
* Authorship dispute involving a commercial institution ([link removed])
* Change of corresponding author after manuscript published online ([link removed])
* Suspicious responses to authorship change requests ([link removed])
** UPDATES TO CASES
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* Duplicate submission and request for withdrawal ([link removed])
* Institutions paying authors to be named on papers ([link removed])
* Deceased author and author delaying publication ([link removed])
In the News
** LATEST PUBLICATION ETHICS NEWS
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Each month, COPE Council members find and share publication ethics news. This month the news includes articles on preprints, research integrity, predatory publishing, and diversity. Here are just a few:
* The findings of a working group that set out to define key features of preprint review processes.
* Advancing the work on combatting predatory publishing.
* Funders should consider interventions to reduce spin in published articles.
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** Submitting a guest editorial or opinion piece to COPE
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We welcome guest editorials and opinion articles regarding research and publication ethics from COPE members. Please read the COPE guest editorial policy ([link removed]) before submitting your article.
** COPE Digest Editors:
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Nancy C Chescheir, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Reproductive, Female and Child Health
Deborah Kahn, COPE Trustee
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