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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220521144911/https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/ghost-guest-gift-authorship-submitted-manuscript">Ghost, guest, or gift authorship in a submitted manuscript</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220521144911/https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/how-spot-authorship-problems">How to spot authorship problems</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220521144911/https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/how-recognise-potential-authorship-problems">How to recognise potential authorship problems</a></li> </ul><h3>Conflicts of interest/Competing interests</h3> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220521144911/https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/undisclosed-conflict-interest-submitted-manuscript">Undisclosed conflict of interest in a submitted manuscript</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220521144911/https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/undisclosed-conflict-interest-published-article">Undisclosed conflict of interest in a published article</a>, updated 2021</li> </ul><h3>Data and reproducibility</h3> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220521144911/https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/fabricated-data-in-submitted-manuscript">Fabricated data in a submitted manuscript</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220521144911/https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/fabricated-data-published-article">Fabricated data in a published article</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220521144911/https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/image-manipulation-published-article">Image manipulation in a published article</a></li> </ul><h3>Ethical oversight</h3> <ul><li><a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220521144911/https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/systematic-manipulation-publication-process">Systematic manipulation of the publication process</a>, updated 2022</li> </ul><h3>Peer review processes</h3> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220521144911/https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/what-consider-when-asked-peer-review-manuscript">What to consider when asked to peer review a manuscript</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220521144911/https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/peer-review-manipulation-suspected-during-peer-review-process">Peer review manipulation suspected during the peer review process</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220521144911/https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/peer-review-manipulation-suspected-after-publication">Peer review manipulation suspected after publication</a></li> <li><a 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