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and practices journals and publishers need, to reach the highest standards in publication ethics. We include cases with advice, guidance for day-to-day practice, education modules and events on topical issues, to support journals and publishers fulfil their policies.</div> </div></div></div> </div> <div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="homepage-core-practices__cta"> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/core-practices">Read more about core practices</a> </div> </div> <ul class="homepage-core-practices__col homepage-core-practices__col--links"> <li> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/misconduct">Allegations of misconduct</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/authorship">Authorship and contributorship</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/appeals">Complaints and appeals</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/competinginterests">Conflicts of interest / Competing interests</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/data">Data and reproducibility</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/oversight">Ethical oversight</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/intellectualproperty">Intellectual property</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/management">Journal management</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/peerreview">Peer review processes</a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/postpublication">Post-publication discussions and corrections</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div id="node-32031" class="node node-page node-sticky node-teaser "> <div class="sidebar sidebar--offset"> <div class="sidebar__body"> <h2><a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/repair-consensus-guidelines">RePAIR Consensus Guidelines</a></h2> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> <p>Following requests for comments <span style="font-size: 13.008px;">(see below) </span><span style="font-size: 13.008px;">on the RePAIR Consensus Guidelines, updates have now been made incorporating feedback:</span></p> <p><a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/files/RePAIR%20Consensus%20Guidelines%20v2.pdf" target="_blank">Updated RePAIR Consensus Guidelines May 2017</a></p> <p>_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</p></div></div></div> </div> </div>   </div> <div id="node-49806" class="node node-newsopinion node-promoted node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="listing-card__type">News</div> <h2> <a href="/web/20211011033357/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 id="node-49786" class="node-resource node node-resource node-teaser "> <div class="node-resource__body"> <div class="sidebar sidebar--offset"> <div class="sidebar__body"> <div class="node-resource__fields"> <div class="field field--doi"> <span class="field-label">DOI:</span> <span class="field-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033357/https://doi.org/10.24318/dvuDitEV">https://doi.org/10.24318/dvuDitEV</a> </span> </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>COPE's flowchart on what to do if peer review manipulation is suspected after publication.</p> <h3>Related resource</h3> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/how-spot-potential-manipulation-peer-review-process">How to recognise potential manipulation of the peer review process</a></p> </div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/peer-review-manipulation-suspected-after-publication" rel="tag" title="Peer review manipulation suspected after publication">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Peer review manipulation suspected after publication</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <details class="revision-log"> <summary class="revision-log__summary"> <h2>About this resource</h2> </summary> <div class="revision-log__col"> <div class="revision-log__doi-meta"> <p><strong>Cite this as</strong></p> <p>COPE Council. COPE Flowcharts and infographics - Peer review manipulation suspected after publication - English.<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033357/https://doi.org/10.24318/dvuDitEV" rel="nofollow">https://doi.org/10.24318/dvuDitEV</a><br/> ©2021 Committee on Publication Ethics (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033357/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/" rel="nofollow">CC BY-NC-ND 4.0</a>)<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/" rel="nofollow">https://publicationethics.org</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Version history</strong><br/> Version 1: November 2018</p> </div> <h3 class="revision-log__subhead">Full page history</h3> <ul class="revision-log__entries"> <li class="revision-log__entry"> <div class="revision-log__date">15 August 2021</div> <p class="revision-log__message"> Made citation visible. </p> <div class="revision-log__link"> </div> </li> <li class="revision-log__entry"> <div class="revision-log__date">25 July 2021</div> <p class="revision-log__message"> Flowchart separated from 'Peer review manipulation during the peer review process', and assigned a separate DOI. </p> <div class="revision-log__link"> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/node/49786/revisions/69276/view">View revision</a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </details> </div> </div> <div id="node-49606" class="node-resource node node-resource node-teaser "> <div class="node-resource__body"> <div class="sidebar sidebar--offset"> <div class="sidebar__body"> <div class="node-resource__fields"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2><img alt="" src="/web/20211011033357im_/https://publicationethics.org/files/u7140/seminar2021-pgbanner-keynote.png" style="width: 100%;"/></h2> <p>#C0PE2021</p> <p><strong>Monday 27 September 2021, 14:00 - 15:00 (British Summer Time) (UTC +1) </strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033357/https://www.timeanddate.com/time/difference/timezone/utc">Find out what time this is in your country</a></p> <p>Registration for the Seminar has now closed.</p> </div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/resources/seminars-and-webinars/research-publication-ethics" rel="tag" title="Seminar 2021: Keynote address">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Seminar 2021: Keynote address</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <details class="revision-log"> <summary class="revision-log__summary"> <h2>About this resource</h2> </summary> <div class="revision-log__col"> <div class="revision-log__doi-meta"> </div> <h3 class="revision-log__subhead">Full page history</h3> <ul class="revision-log__entries"> <li class="revision-log__entry"> <div class="revision-log__date">21 September 2021</div> <p class="revision-log__message"> Sabah </p> <div class="revision-log__link"> </div> </li> <li class="revision-log__entry"> <div class="revision-log__date">25 August 2021</div> <p class="revision-log__message"> Sabah </p> <div class="revision-log__link"> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/node/49606/revisions/70291/view">View revision</a> </div> </li> <li class="revision-log__entry"> <div class="revision-log__date">25 August 2021</div> <p class="revision-log__message"> edits </p> <div class="revision-log__link"> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/node/49606/revisions/69436/view">View revision</a> </div> </li> <li class="revision-log__entry"> <div class="revision-log__date">26 July 2021</div> <p class="revision-log__message"> edits </p> <div class="revision-log__link"> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/node/49606/revisions/69431/view">View revision</a> </div> </li> <li class="revision-log__entry"> <div class="revision-log__date">26 July 2021</div> <p class="revision-log__message"> edits </p> <div class="revision-log__link"> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/node/49606/revisions/69426/view">View revision</a> </div> </li> <li class="revision-log__entry"> <div class="revision-log__date">26 July 2021</div> <p class="revision-log__message"> edits </p> <div class="revision-log__link"> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/node/49606/revisions/69421/view">View revision</a> </div> </li> <li class="revision-log__entry"> <div class="revision-log__date">26 July 2021</div> <p class="revision-log__message"> copy edit </p> <div class="revision-log__link"> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/node/49606/revisions/69416/view">View revision</a> </div> </li> <li class="revision-log__entry"> <div class="revision-log__date">26 July 2021</div> <p class="revision-log__message"> changed typo </p> <div class="revision-log__link"> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/node/49606/revisions/68966/view">View revision</a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </details> </div> </div> <div id="node-49116" class="node node-case node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="listing-card__type">Case</div> <h2> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/case/unresponsive-authors-delaying-publication">Unresponsive authors delaying publication</a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-field-case-number field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">21-05</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-anonymised-text-of-the-ca field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The journal received a submission which proceeded through peer review and was recommended for publication. The authors responded to the revision letter, providing a detailed itemised list of changes and revised their manuscript accordingly. The revised manuscript was subsequently accepted for publication. </p></div></div></div> </div> </div> <div id="node-48966" class="node node-newsopinion node-promoted node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="listing-card__type">News</div> <h2> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/news/news-may-2021">In the news: May 2021</a> </h2> <p class="node-publish-submitted"><time datetime="2021-05-04T11:49:27" class="node-time">4 May 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 peer review, preprints, open access, and more. </p> <h3>Authorship</h3> <p>This <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033357/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12664-020-01129-5#Sec14" target="_blank">pape</a>r published in the Indian Journal of Gastroenterology and aimed at educating postgraduate scientists provides a useful summary of publication ethics including the responsibilities of authorship.</p></div></div></div> </div> </div> <div id="node-48846" class="node-resource node node-resource node-promoted node-teaser "> <div class="node-resource__body"> <div class="sidebar sidebar--offset"> <div class="sidebar__body"> <div class="node-resource__fields"> <div class="field field--doi"> <span class="field-label">DOI:</span> <span class="field-item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033357/https://doi.org/10.24318/Y18YSSbNrv">https://doi.org/10.24318/Y18YSSbNrv</a> </span> </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>This paper aims to stimulate discussion about the sharing of information among editors-in-chief regarding possible misconduct in their journals. This guidance has been drafted following a COPE Discussion Forum, in the wake of a number of high profile cases of research misconduct in which the sharing of information between the relevant editors-inchief (EiCs) was crucial to the final settlement of the cases.</p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="node-readmore first last"><a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/resources/discussion-documents/sharing-information-among-editors-chief-regarding-possible-misconduct" rel="tag" title="Sharing of information among editors-in-chief regarding possible misconduct: COPE Discussion Document">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Sharing of information among editors-in-chief regarding possible misconduct: COPE Discussion Document</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <details class="revision-log"> <summary class="revision-log__summary"> <h2>About this resource</h2> </summary> <div class="revision-log__col"> <div class="revision-log__doi-meta"> <p><strong>Cite this as: </strong>COPE Council. COPE Discussion Document: Sharing of information among editors-in-chief regarding possible misconduct. February 2014. </p> <p><strong>Version 1</strong>: February 2014</p> <p>© 2020 Committee on Publication Ethics (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033357/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/" rel="nofollow">CC BY-NC-ND 4.0</a>)</p> </div> <h3 class="revision-log__subhead">Full page history</h3> <ul class="revision-log__entries"> </ul> </div> </details> </div> </div> <div id="node-48741" class="node node-case node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="listing-card__type">Case</div> <h2> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/case/author-alleges-discrimination-institutional-report">Author alleges discrimination by institutional report</a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-field-case-number field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">21-03</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-anonymised-text-of-the-ca field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In 2020, the corresponding author of an article published online three years previously notified the journal of an authorship conflict and explained that the institution was requesting retraction. Because authorship conflict does not typically warrant retraction, the publisher requested further details from the author and the author's institution about the conflict.</p></div></div></div> </div> </div> <div id="node-48621" class="node node-case node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="listing-card__type">Case</div> <h2> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/case/preprint-plagiarism">Preprint plagiarism</a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-field-case-number field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">21-01</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-anonymised-text-of-the-ca field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Author group A deposited a preprint onto a preprint server and simultaneously submitted the manuscript to journal A. Peer review in journal A took some considerable time, but the paper (paper A) was eventually published. During the long peer review of paper A, author group A noticed that another set of authors, author group B, had published paper B in journal B.</p></div></div></div> </div> </div> <div id="node-48566" class="node node-newsopinion node-promoted node-teaser clearfix"> <div class="listing-card__type">News</div> <h2> <a href="/web/20211011033357/https://publicationethics.org/news/news-february-2021">In the news: February 2021</a> </h2> <p class="node-publish-submitted"><time datetime="2021-02-01T11:57:13" class="node-time">1 February 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"><h2>Publication ethics news February 2021</h2> <p>Each month, COPE Council members find and share publication ethics news. 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