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Discussions that did not thoroughly address limitations, and conclusions that were over-stated and/or not supported by the results. 2. Methods that were not described clearly and in sufficient deta… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240508232931/https://publicationethics.org/case/stolen-ownership-rare-case">Stolen ownership of a rare case</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2024</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> A case report was published in our journal after being approved by a peer reviewer and subjected to a technical review. The first author was a post-graduate trainee attached to the department of pathology of a prestigious national institute. A month later we received an email from a resident working at a specialist department of another institute claiming that the patient belonged to them and a… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240508232931/https://publicationethics.org/case/publishing-corrective-measures-eocauthor-correctionretraction-old-articles-journal-has-been">Publishing corrections for articles in inactive journals</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2024</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> Two articles published in 2006 and 2008 (by different author groups) had image integrity concerns that have been raised to the publisher. The journal verified independently that these image duplication concerns are valid and reached out to the corresponding authors first and upon not receiving a response subsequently sent emails to all authors multiple times. But due to the age of the pa… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240508232931/https://publicationethics.org/case/author-contacts-editor-personal-phone-number">Author contacts editor-in-chief using personal phone number</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2024</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> We have received in the past several bribe attempts from authors from an Asian country trying to publish articles in our journal, which have always arrived by email. However, the editor-in-chief of our journal recently received a WhatsApp message on his personal phone number from an author of that same Asian country. The same message was also sent by email to the official email address of the j… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240508232931/https://publicationethics.org/case/conflicts-interest-issue-between-authors-and-ae">Conflicts of interest between authors and editors</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2024</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> Recently, we have received a manuscript submitted by our Editor in Chief (EiC), with almost all of the Editorial Board Members and some of our authors of previous submissions as co-authors. In dealing with this we noticed that some of our previous published articles currently have conflicts of interest between the authors and the Academic Editor (AE). Our peer review policy states that t… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240508232931/https://publicationethics.org/case/just-accpeted-articles">Retracting a 'Just Accepted' article</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2024</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> We are nearing the completion of an investigation into an alleged fraudulent special issue of one of our journals. Someone impersonated legitimate Special Issue editors and invited papers from legitimate authors in the community. We discovered this alleged fraud while reaching out to the people who were listed as the Special Issue editors only to find out from them that they had nothing to do w… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240508232931/https://publicationethics.org/case/same-cohort-same-blood-samples-multiple-tests">Same cohort - same blood samples - multiple tests </a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2024</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> This is a hypothetical situation based on a real-life experience. A set of authors recruited the same patient cohort, collected data with two questionnaires, took one blood sample, but tests were done by two research students for two pathogens, and the results were presented separately in two theses. Subsequently, they sent different papers to two journals. No plagiarism has been identif… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240508232931/https://publicationethics.org/case/plagiarism-possible-predatory-journal">Plagiarism by a possible predatory journal</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2023</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> An article published in a journal in 2023 appears to have been plagiarised in a possible predatory journal but the publishers are unable to get a response from the predatory journal or affiliated Institute. The article (Article A) was submitted to Journal X in 2022 and published early in 2023. The authors reached out to the Journal after finding that another article dated from 2021 (Art… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> Case Closed </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240508232931/https://publicationethics.org/case/image-integrity-flags-published-papers-15-years-old">Potential image integrity flags on 15-year-old published papers</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2023</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> What should a journal do if an old (more than 15 years old) published paper is flagged on PubPeer for image concerns, but the case cannot be resolved due to the time lapsed? For example, if only low quality images are available online that cannot be analysed conclusively; some of the key authors may no longer be contactable; the raw data is no longer available; an institutional investigation is… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240508232931/https://publicationethics.org/case/author-request-removal-religious-belief">Request for removal from author list for reasons of religious belief</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2023</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> We have been contacted by an author of a published article who has requested to be removed from the author list. The author is third in the author list and is neither a lead author nor a corresponding author. The CRediT statement for the article reports that the author’s contribution to the work included investigation, validation, formal analysis and data curation. The author says that t… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> Case Closed </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240508232931/https://publicationethics.org/case/consent-forms-forged">Suspicion that signed informed consent forms are forged</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2023</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> A research paper was submitted to our journal and underwent several rounds of peer review and editorial curation. We were on the point of acceptance when we realised there were some images that were submitted along with the paper where patients were perfectly identifiable but we did not have the signed informed consent forms. We therefore asked the authors for the consent forms (corresponding t… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> Case Closed </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240508232931/https://publicationethics.org/case/undisclosed-peer-reviewer-conflict">Handling undisclosed peer reviewer conflict</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2023</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> Some authors from a company recommended a peer reviewer on submitting their manuscript, who was then asked to review the manuscript. This reviewer recommended acceptance without change. One other reviewer recommended major revision (a methodological reviewer not a content expert) and the third reviewer recommended rejection. The editor found it unusual for a review to recommend acceptance witho… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240508232931/https://publicationethics.org/case/author-notifed-us-paper-error-and-then-retracts-request-be-removed-author">Author retracts request to be removed from author list</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2023</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> An author of a coauthored article published in our journal ten years ago contacted the outgoing editors with a request to have their name removed. The author in question is Dr A of University 1 and they are the paper’s first author. Their stated reason for doing so was that they had recently discovered errors in a table in the paper. The second author on the paper, Dr B, provided the original d… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240508232931/https://publicationethics.org/case/refuse-sign-ethic-form">Author refusal to sign an ethics form</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2023</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> A journal has received a submission which is based on patient data (CT scan images). The data have been found to have been taken from an open-source repository. The authors are refusing to sign an Ethics Approval and Consent for Authors form. Questions for the Forum Is a signature in these cases compulsory? How would the Forum recommend we hand… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240508232931/https://publicationethics.org/case/reviewer-citation-manipulation">Reviewer citation manipulation</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2023</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> This is a general scenario which has been observed in increasing numbers at our journal. We are finding that some reviewers provide a referee’s report which include a request to cite a number of papers, which on closer inspection are all authored by the referee. We would like to hear whether Forum participants have any policies or procedures for reviewers who are clearly manipulating cit… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240508232931/https://publicationethics.org/case/unethical-withdrawal-complaint">Concerns over the withdrawal of a complaint</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2023</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> The journal received multiple complaints from two ‘whistleblowers’ in country A regarding the methodology presented in an article published in 2021. The Editors began an investigation into the paper, using evidence provided by the whistleblowers. The Editors felt that based on the provided evidence, an investigation should be carried out. The authors, who were also from country A, were made awa… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> Case Closed </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240508232931/https://publicationethics.org/case/request-retraction-due-alleged-ethical-misconduct-grant-application">Request for retraction due to alleged ethical misconduct in a grant application</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2023</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> A journal received a request from University A for a published paper to be retracted, citing ethical issues with the grant application submitted by an author from University B. The journal is satisfied that the rigorous editorial processes required by the journal were followed prior to publication and asked for specific details of the ethical breach; evidence that all authors on the publication… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> On-going </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240508232931/https://publicationethics.org/case/promotion-authorship-sale">How to handle offers of promotion of authorship for sale</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2023</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> We have been approached via email by a company promoting authorship for sale. The email describes the service as providing 'co-authorship' of an existing article that has been submitted for publication in an indexed journal. The articles cover a range of disciplines and the company claims a high success rate for publication. Question for COPE Council: What steps sho… </div> </div> </li><li><div class="search-result"> <div class="search-result__header"> <div class="search-result__type"> Case </div> <div class="search-result__status"> Case Closed </div> </div> <h2 class="search-result__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240508232931/https://publicationethics.org/case/complaint-protocol-special-issue">Complaint over protocol used in special issue</a> </h2> <div class="search-result__date"><time>2023</time></div> <div class="search-result__snippet"> We launched a Special Issue (SI) focusing on the application of a particular clinical protocol, with guest editors that have an extensive clinical history in applying this protocol. This specific protocol is currently used and promoted by a small subset of practitioners, with limited wider recognition. 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