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It has been another busy couple of months for COPE. As we approach the end of the year, we are not only reviewing what we have achieved during 2021, but are also looking forward to our activities for the new year. </p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div id="node-51506" class="node node-newsopinion node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="listing-card__type">News</div> <h2> <a href="/web/20211206175024/https://publicationethics.org/news/news-october-november-2021">In the news: October-November 2021 </a> </h2> <p class="node-publish-submitted"><time datetime="2021-10-27T14:24:42" class="node-time">27 October 2021</time></p> <div class="content listing-card__image--logo_type"> <div class="field field-name-field-accompanying-image-style field-type-list-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p class="inline" style="margin-top: 16px; margin-right: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px;">Each month, COPE Council members find and share publication ethics news. This month the news includes articles on authorship and contributorship, data and reproducibility, peer review, and diversity, equity and inclusion. </p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div id="node-50806" class="node node-newsopinion node-promoted node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="listing-card__type">News</div> <h2> <a href="/web/20211206175024/https://publicationethics.org/news/peer-review-resources">Peer review resources</a> </h2> <p class="node-publish-submitted"><time datetime="2021-09-16T16:55:09" class="node-time">16 September 2021</time></p> <div class="content listing-card__image--logo_type"> <div class="field field-name-field-accompanying-image-style field-type-list-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The theme of Peer Review Week 2021 is “Identity in peer review”and will no doubt provide lots of opportunities to learn and share, as well as important food for thought about this fundamental aspect of scholarly publishing. COPE has lots of peer review resources to help you develop good peer review practices for your journal; to recognise when the peer review process may be going awry; as well as providing reviewers with guidance on good review practices.</p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div id="node-50801" class="node node-newsopinion node-promoted node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="listing-card__type">News</div> <h2> <a href="/web/20211206175024/https://publicationethics.org/news/letter-cope-chair-september-2021">Letter from the COPE Chair: September 2021</a> </h2> <p class="node-publish-submitted"><time datetime="2021-09-16T16:51:10" class="node-time">16 September 2021</time></p> <div class="content listing-card__image--logo_type"> <div class="field field-name-field-accompanying-image-style field-type-list-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Welcome everyone. Happy September. This is a very busy month with lots of activities going on, so without further ado I will jump right in.</p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div id="node-50781" class="node node-newsopinion node-promoted node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="listing-card__type">News</div> <h2> <a href="/web/20211206175024/https://publicationethics.org/news/editing-peer-reviews-new-guidance">Editing peer reviews new guidance</a> </h2> <p class="node-publish-submitted"><time datetime="2021-09-15T11:49:35" class="node-time">15 September 2021</time></p> <div class="content listing-card__image--logo_type"> <div class="field field-name-field-accompanying-image-style field-type-list-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Concerns about varying approaches to editing a submitted peer review were discussed in the COPE Education Committee in 2019 and we decided to address this issue. The Committee members were most concerned about the ethical implications of an editor choosing to completely withhold a submitted review if it didn’t conform to her or his own opinion. </p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div id="node-50776" class="node node-newsopinion node-promoted node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="listing-card__type">News</div> <h2> <a href="/web/20211206175024/https://publicationethics.org/news/peer-review-diversity-survey">Peer review diversity: survey</a> </h2> <p class="node-publish-submitted"><time datetime="2021-09-15T11:43:18" class="node-time">15 September 2021</time></p> <div class="content listing-card__image--logo_type"> <div class="field field-name-field-accompanying-image-style field-type-list-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The theme of this year’s Peer Review Week is on ‘Exploring the multifaceted role of identity in peer review’.</p> <p>To support this, COPE is reproducing its survey of 2018 on diversity and inclusion in peer review to compare whether attitudes, policies or practices have altered over the past three years. </p> <p>The survey is anonymous and open to members and non-members.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211206175024/https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/9LH7X7D">Take the survey</a></p> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div id="node-50626" class="node node-newsopinion node-promoted node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="listing-card__type">News</div> <h2> <a href="/web/20211206175024/https://publicationethics.org/news/news-september-2021">In the news: September 2021</a> </h2> <p class="node-publish-submitted"><time datetime="2021-09-03T16:34:25" class="node-time">3 September 2021</time></p> <div class="content listing-card__image--logo_type"> <div class="field field-name-field-accompanying-image-style field-type-list-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Each month, COPE Council members find and share publication ethics news. This month the news includes articles on diversity, equity and inclusion, peer review, and predatory publishing. </p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div id="node-49816" class="node node-newsopinion node-promoted node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="listing-card__type">News</div> <h2> <a href="/web/20211206175024/https://publicationethics.org/news/diversifying-editorial-boards">Diversifying editorial boards</a> </h2> <p class="node-publish-submitted"><time datetime="2021-08-11T17:31:58" class="node-time">11 August 2021</time></p> <div class="content listing-card__image--logo_type"> <div class="field field-name-field-accompanying-image-style field-type-list-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Alongside publication of our new <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211206175024/https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines/editorial-board-participation">guidance on editorial board participation</a>, we wanted to share some thoughts on diversifying editorial boards. At COPE, we are mindful of the importance of improving diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in scholarly publishing and we have begun working on resources on the topic, including a forthcoming discussion document. </p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div id="node-49806" class="node node-newsopinion node-promoted node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="listing-card__type">News</div> <h2> <a href="/web/20211206175024/https://publicationethics.org/news/news-august-2021">In the news: August 2021</a> </h2> <p class="node-publish-submitted"><time datetime="2021-08-10T21:10:55" class="node-time">10 August 2021</time></p> <div class="content listing-card__image--logo_type"> <div class="field field-name-field-accompanying-image-style field-type-list-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Each month, COPE Council members find and share publication ethics news. This month the news includes articles on allegations of misconduct, authorship, ethical oversight and more. </p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div id="node-49751" class="node node-newsopinion node-promoted node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="listing-card__type">News</div> <h2> <a href="/web/20211206175024/https://publicationethics.org/news/news-july-2021">In the news: July 2021</a> </h2> <p class="node-publish-submitted"><time datetime="2021-07-15T17:14:28" class="node-time">15 July 2021</time></p> <div class="content listing-card__image--logo_type"> <div class="field field-name-field-accompanying-image-style field-type-list-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Each month, COPE Council members find and share publication ethics news. 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