COPE provides leadership in thinking on publication ethics and practical resources to educate and support members, and offers a professional voice in current debates.
Member Insight
Registration is now open for the COPE Seminar; with nine sessions we hope there is something for everyone. This month we launch new COPE guidelines on "Editorial board participation" with guidance on roles, responsibilities, and recruitment. An editorial on diversifying editorial boards shares thoughts on why we should diversify our editorial boards and how to go about it. Plus the latest news in publication ethics.
Our core practices
Core practices are the policies and practices journals and publishers need, to reach the highest standards in publication ethics. We include cases with advice, guidance for day-to-day practice, education modules and events on topical issues, to support journals and publishers fulfil their policies.
Guidance & news
New COPE guidelines provide an overview of editorial board appointment and engagement, including recommended roles and responsibilities, and key details to consider during recruitment.
Alongside publication of our new guidance on editorial board participation, we wanted to share some thoughts on why we should diversify our editorial boards and how to go about it.
Undisclosed conflict of interest in a published article has been updated to include the possibility of correcting an article's content or retraction as endpoints to an investigation.
Articles on allegations of misconduct, authorship and contributorship, ethical oversight, and peer review are in the latest roundup of publication ethics news.
Events
27 September - 1 October
Register now for our virtual seminar with sessions: authorship; artificial intelligence; research data; a proposed new retractions taxonomy; ethics in book publishing; paper mills; data sharing; diversity equity & inclusion; and, for new editors, an introduction to publication ethics.
Monday 27 September
Dan Kulp, COPE Chair, opens the seminar with an introduction of the events available to members during the week. Deb Poff looks at the evolving relationship between universities and scholarly publishers: where do we go next?
Wednesday 29 September
How do we deal with the growing problem of paper mills? This session will look at what they are, how we deal with them, and future initiatives that could help tackle the problem
Thursday 30 September
Two guest speakers will cover ways of promoting ethical authorship and preventing guest, gift, ghost, and fake authorship.