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Scholarly Publishing (in Chinese)</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__snippet"> 国际出版伦理道德委员会 (COPE)、开放获取期刊目录 (DOAJ)、开放获取学术出版协会 (OASPA)和世界医学编辑协会 (WAME) 共同合作，制定了学术出版透明性原则和最佳实践指南，2022年9月15日发布的第四版为目前最新版本，我们欢迎业内同仁广为传播。 The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA),… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Guidelines </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines/ethics-toolkit-editors">Ethics toolkit for a successful editorial office</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__snippet"> …A COPE guide To help ensure the integrity of the scholarly record and the publication process, editorial offices should define and implement best practices in publication ethics. 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 practic… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Guidelines </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines/editing-peer-reviews">Editing peer reviews</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__snippet"> Advising editors, publishers, and researchers on expected practices and appropriate circumstances regarding the editing of peer reviews. The guidelines look at the need for journals to amend peer reviews, and provide insight into situations where this might be an appropriate course of action. Journals should have clear policies on what is acceptable and unacceptable in a reviewer report… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Guidelines </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines/editorial-board-participation">Editorial board participation</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__snippet"> An overview of editorial board appointment and engagement, roles and responsibilities, and key details to consider during recruitment such as participation on multiple editorial boards. COPE Guidelines are formal COPE policy and are intended to advise editors and publishers on expected publication ethics practice. … </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Guidelines </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines/guidelines-managing-relationships-between-society-owned-journals-their-society">Managing the relationships between society owned journals, their society, and publishers</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__snippet"> The journals of 'Learned Societies' and 'Professional Associations' are an important part of the scientific literature. Regardless of the publication arrangements and the number of journals affiliated with that society, the policies of and the relationships among the journals, any publisher and the society must be of the highest quality, ethically sound, and as transparent as possible. COPE Gui… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Guidelines </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines/principles-transparency-and-best-practice-scholarly-publishing">Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__snippet"> The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) are scholarly organisatio… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Guidelines </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines/journals%E2%80%99-best-practices-ensuring-consent-publishing-medical-case-reports">Ensuring consent for publishing medical case reports</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__snippet"> General principles around consent and consent forms for editors to use when developing forms for their journals' purposes. Journals’ Best Practices for ensuring consent for publishing medical case reports: guidance from COPE </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Guidelines </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://publicationethics.org/text-recycling-guidelines">Text recycling guidelines for editors</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__snippet"> COPE Text Recycling Guidelines are intended to advise editors and publishers on expected practice when identifying sections of the same text appearing in more than one of an author's own publications. Text recycling guidelines </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Guidelines </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines/short-guide-ethical-editing-new-editors">A short guide to ethical editing for new editors</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__snippet"> This short guide aims to summarise the key principles, tasks and relationships of the journal editor role. Becoming an editor of a journal is an exciting but daunting task, especially if you are working alone without day to day contact with editorial colleagues. You may have encountered several different processes, systems and ways of working in your experiences with journals, as author, review… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Guidelines </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://publicationethics.org/retraction-guidelines">Retraction guidelines</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__snippet"> …COPE's Retraction guidelines for advice and guidance for editors: when should a retraction be considered, what to include in a notice, how quickly to issue a retraction, who should issue a retraction, and what to do when there is inconclusive evidence of a retraction. COPE Guidelines are formal COPE policy and are intended to advise editors and publishers on expected publication et… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Guidelines </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/guidelines-board-directors-learned-society-journals">Guidelines for the Board of Directors of Learned Society Journals</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__snippet"> This guidance has been incorporated into new COPE guidelines: Managing the relationships between society owned journals, their society, and publishers … </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Guidelines </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines/cope-ethical-guidelines-peer-reviewers">Ethical guidelines for peer reviewers</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__snippet"> Peer review guidelines provide basic principles and standards to which all peer reviewers should adhere during the peer review process in research publication. Peer reviewers play a central and critical part in the peer-review process, but too often come to the role without any guidance and unaware of their ethical obligations. These guidelines are intended to be applied across disciplines. COP… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Guidelines </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines/sharing-information-among-editors-chief-regarding-possible-misconduct">Sharing of information among editors-in-chief regarding possible misconduct</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__snippet"> Sharing of information among editors-in-chief (EICs) regarding cases of suspected misconduct can play a significant role in preserving the integrity of the scientific record, allowing EICs of affected journals to conduct investigations with greater efficiency and effectiveness. This guidance has been drafted following a COPE Forum Discussion in 2013, and Discussion Document in 2014 on th… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Guidelines </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines/cooperation-between-research-institutions-and-journals-research-integrity">Cooperation between research institutions and journals on research integrity and publication misconduct cases</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__snippet"> Research institutions and journals both have important duties in the management of research misconduct and adherence to publication ethics. It is therefore important for institutions and journals to communicate and collaborate effectively. These COPE guidelines deal with the expectations and processes for communication. 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