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multiple editorial boards.</p> <p>COPE Guidelines are formal COPE policy and are intended to advise editors and publishers on expected publication ethics practice.</p> <div id="file-993096" class="file file-document file-application-pdf"> <h2 class="element-invisible"><a href="/file/993096">Guidance on editorial board participation</a></h2> <div class="content"> <div class="resource-download-inline"> <div class="resource-download-inline__container"> <div class="resource-download-inline__type"> Document </div> <div class="resource-download-inline__description"> <a href="https://publicationethics.org/sites/default/files/editorial-board-participation-cope-guideline.pdf" target="_blank">Guidance on editorial board participation</a> <span class="resource-download-inline__meta">PDF 71 KB</span> </div> </div> <div class="resource-download-inline__shadow"> <div class="resource-download-inline__shadow__inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2>Key points</h2> <ul> <li>Editorial roles should be clearly defined to include: the number of reviews expected, definitions of review quality and expectations; the level of editorial decisions to be made; and details of decision chains.</li> <li>Appointment terms should be defined with details such as appointment criteria, length of term, renewal terms, and reasons to end the appointment early.</li> <li>Journals should define the types or levels of conflicts of interest that are not permissible for their editors which, if present, should preclude an editor from joining the board or result in an editor’s removal if not resolved.</li> <li>Journals should ask potential editorial board members to provide a list of their potential conflicts of interest</li> <li>When journals recruit editors at any level, they might need to decide whether it is appropriate for any individual to be a member of more than one editorial board at the same time within the same field, with the same levels of decision-making, or article commissioning responsibility.</li> </ul> <h3>Related resources</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/general-approach-publication-ethics-editorial-office">General approach to publication ethics for the editorial office</a> flowchart</li> <li><a href="https://publicationethics.org/news/diversifying-editorial-boards">Diversifying editorial boards</a> article, August 2021</li> </ul> </div></div></div><div class="field field--classifications field--short"><div class="field-label">Core practices:</div><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first"><a href="/competinginterests" title="View all "Conflicts of interest / Competing interests" content">Conflicts of interest / Competing interests</a></li> <li class="last"><a href="/management" title="View all "Journal management" content">Journal management</a></li> </ul></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <details class="revision-log"> <summary class="revision-log__summary"> <h2>About this resource</h2> </summary> <div 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