Dear Readers,
Welcome to the December issue of COPE Digest.
December is generally a time when we reflect on the past year and plan for the future. This December letter will follow that format. 2020. It is finally here. I remember many planners and strategic futurists over the past decade capturing 2020 in the titles of their plans, thinking that they were unique in playing on the title as a metaphor for the visual acuity of their future prognostications. To the extent that they predicted continued complexity and uncertainty in all things human, they were not taking too great a leap into the unknown.
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Two foci have emerged as critical and necessary to meeting “a culture of responsibility for the integrity of the literature”...
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COPE Chair Deborah Poff
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TOP 5 CASES IN 2019
The most read cases on the COPE website in 2019 show plagiarism and predatory publishing cases visited in increasing numbers on previous years:
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Paper submitted for publication without consent or knowledge of co-authors
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Suspected plagiarism
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Self-plagiarism and suspected salami publishing
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Withdrawal of accepted manuscript from predatory journal
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Ethical approval for retrospective study
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The authorship case continues to hold the top spot of most read cases and we've seen five new authorship cases discussed at the COPE Forum in 2019.
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We introduced this game in March, inviting readers to continue the story of Jo, a fictional new research integrity officer at a large public university where Jo was immediately challenged with a dispute between authors.
We've had a great response and you can see contributions to Jo's story through to October in the comments. As you read how the story continues, consider what might happen to Jo in November and December and add your comments.
READ AND COMMENT >
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The latest news on publication ethics including articles on open science, peer review, preprints and reproducibility.
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An addendum to Plan S has been proposed that includes more details about transformative agreements. Add your comments.
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A survey of over 25,000 PhD holders across biology, physics, mathematics, engineers, linguistics, philosophy, and anthropology in Brazil assessed their views on plagiarism.
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Discussion of changes that will be necessary to change today's research culture and to over-haul processes and behaviours.
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DISCUSSION TOPIC: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN DECISION MAKING
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology has advanced steadily over the past several years, and has started to introduce data-driven solutions to many processes throughout the publication process. With the advancement of AI, questions surrounding the relevant ethics arise as to if, when, and how AI could/should be used. We started the discussion on these ethical issues.
READ A SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSION >
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ADVICE ON CASES
The cases presented at the COPE Forum on Monday 11 November 2019, together with the advice given and updates on previous cases, are now on the COPE website.
New cases:
19-12 Appropriate scope of review for retractions
19-13 Reproducibility of methodology
19-14 Removal of an author
19-15 Authorship dispute during the review process
Updates on existing cases:
19-03 Possible plagiarism
19-08 Authorship issue related to misleading action of one author
19-09 Deceased author
SUBMIT A CASE
If you have a publication ethics issue you're currently dealing with and need advice from other COPE members, you can submit your case for discussion and advice at the next forum in 2020.
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COPE WORKSHOP, AUSTRALIA
3 MARCH 2020
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Following on from the success of previous COPE workshops with ISMTE (International Society of Managing and Technical Editors), we are delighted to announce another half day workshop in Melbourne.
The workshop is hands-on, with attendees working through publication ethics issues from real cases raised by COPE members to identify what next steps should be taken, with the help of COPE Council members.
COPE Council members Michael Wise and Trevor Lane will run the workshop using the collective advice and guidance from COPE as well as their own perspectives.
REGISTER FOR WORKSHOP >
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SEMINAR, NORTH AMERICA
15 JUNE 2020
COLUMBUS, OHIO, USA
Save the date!
We will be holding our North American seminar on Monday 15 June 2020 at The Ohio State University, Ohio, USA.
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BEST PRACTICES IN PREPRINT INFRASTRUCTURE
20-21 January 2020
CAMBRIDGE, UK
Co-organised by ASAPbio and EMBL-EBI, Iratxe Puebla will speak on behalf of COPE at this meeting.
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SCHOLARLY SUMMIT, TAYLOR & FRANCIS
January 2020
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Deborah Kahn, COPE Council, will share our recent study into publication issues in the arts, humanities, and social sciences and COPE's work in these disciplines at this summit for editors and society partners of Taylor & Francis.
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INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF EDITORS IN HEALTH SCIENCES
21 February 2020
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
Nancy Chescheir, COPE Council, will speak at this meeting on the ethics in health science publishing and predatory journals in health sciences.
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APAME: XI'AN, CHINA
SEPTEMBER, 2019
Trevor Lane, COPE Council Member, was invited to represent COPE at the 2019 Convention of the Asia Pacific Association of Medical Journal Editors (APAME) in Xi’an, China.
On the first day, he delivered a keynote speech in a session on publication ethics and on the second day, he chaired a parallel session on journal evaluation.
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ISMPP EUROPEAN MEETING
21-22 January 2020
LONDON, UK
International Society for Medical Publishing Professionals (ISMPP) is offering a 10% registration discount to COPE members for its European Meeting titled Precision Communication: Achieving Clarity, Reach and Value.
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ISMTE ASIA-PACIFIC CONFERENCE
2-3 March 2020
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE) have offered a discount to COPE members for their conference. If you are a COPE member and would like to attend the ISMTE conference, contact us for a discount code before you register.
MORE INFORMATION >
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PEER REVIEW CONGRESS
September 2021
CHICAGO, USA
The Ninth International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication encourages research into the quality and credibility of peer review and scientific publication, to establish the evidence base on which scientists can improve the conduct, reporting, and dissemination of scientific research.
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COPE Digest Editors:
Deborah Kahn, Publishing Director, Taylor & Francis
Nancy C Chescheir, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Obstetrics and Gynecology
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