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Between our quarterly Forum meetings there is the opportunity to obtain confidential advice from COPE Council. </p> </div> <div class="next-cope-forum__cta"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033303/https://publicationethics.org/copeforum">Submit your case & register</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div> <div class="paragraphs-items paragraphs-items-field-promo-slices paragraphs-items-field-promo-slices-full paragraphs-items-full"> <div class="field field-name-field-promo-slices field-type-paragraphs field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="single-promo-slice single-promo-slice--white"> <div class="single-promo-slice__row"> <div class="single-promo-slice__heading"> <h2>Guidance & discussion</h2> </div> </div> <div class="single-promo-slice__row"> <div class="single-promo-slice__image"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033303im_/https://publicationethics.org/files/postpub-critiques-flowchart-home.png" width="1024" height="768" alt="handling post-publication letters to the editor/critiquea" title="How journals should handle post-publication critiques"/> </div> <div class="single-promo-slice__slice"> <div class="single-promo-slice__title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033303/https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/handling-post-publication-critiques">New: handling post-publication critiques</a></div> <div class="single-promo-slice__description"> <p>New flowchart, developed in collaboration with Wiley. With potential considerations and steps for handing a post-publication critique, we hope editors will find this guidance helpful in transparently determining their own policies and processes for handling critiques.</p></div> <div class="single-promo-slice__cta"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033303/https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/handling-post-publication-critiques">Read more</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="field-item odd"><div class="multi-promo-slice multi-promo-slice--white"> <div class="multi-promo-slice__row"> <div class="multi-promo-slice__slice-col"> <div class="multi-promo-slice__slice"> <div class="multi-promo-slice__title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033303/https://publicationethics.org/resources/discussion-documents/artifical-intelligence-ai-decision-making">New: AI in decision making</a></div> <div class="multi-promo-slice__description"> <p>New guidance! Introducing issues to be considered alongside the opportunities AI solutions offer in the publication process, with recommendations on best practices.</p></div> <div class="multi-promo-slice__cta"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033303/https://publicationethics.org/resources/discussion-documents/artifical-intelligence-ai-decision-making">Read more</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="multi-promo-slice__slice-col"> <div class="multi-promo-slice__slice"> <div class="multi-promo-slice__title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033303/https://publicationethics.org/news/letter-cope-chair-september-2021">September letter from the Chair</a></div> <div class="multi-promo-slice__description"> <p>Dan Kulp, COPE Chair, launches new guidelines for editors "Editing peer reviews", topical guidance at the beginning of this year's peer review week. Plus more on handling research data and image integrity issues.</p></div> <div class="multi-promo-slice__cta"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033303/https://publicationethics.org/news/letter-cope-chair-september-2021">Read more</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="multi-promo-slice__slice-col"> <div class="multi-promo-slice__slice"> <div class="multi-promo-slice__title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033303/https://publicationethics.org/news/peer-review-resources">Resources: peer review</a></div> <div class="multi-promo-slice__description"> <p>COPE has lots of resources to help you develop good peer review practices for your journal; to recognise when the peer review process may be going awry; and guidance for reviewers on good review practices.</p></div> <div class="multi-promo-slice__cta"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033303/https://publicationethics.org/news/peer-review-resources">Read more</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="field-item even"><div class="single-promo-slice single-promo-slice--grey"> <div class="single-promo-slice__row"> <div class="single-promo-slice__image"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033303im_/https://publicationethics.org/files/editing-peer-reviews-guidance-home.png" width="1024" height="768" alt="Editing peer reviewers: COPE guidelines" title="Editing peer reviewers: COPE guidelines"/> </div> <div class="single-promo-slice__slice"> <div class="single-promo-slice__title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033303/https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines/editing-peer-reviews">New guidelines: Editing peer reviews</a></div> <div class="single-promo-slice__description"> <p>Key take aways are that reviewers should be aware of what is expected from their review and that editors should not amend a reviewer’s intention or meaning, even if it may be appropriate in some circumstances to amend the language. Read more on whether and under what circumstances it is legitimate for an editor to modify a reviewer’s comments.</p></div> <div class="single-promo-slice__cta"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033303/https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines/editing-peer-reviews">Read guidelines</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="field-item odd"><div class="multi-promo-slice multi-promo-slice--grey"> <div class="multi-promo-slice__row"> <div class="multi-promo-slice__slice-col"> <div class="multi-promo-slice__slice"> <div class="multi-promo-slice__title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033303/https://publicationethics.org/resources/discussion-documents/artifical-intelligence-ai-decision-making">New: AI for decision making</a></div> <div class="multi-promo-slice__description"> <p>AI in decision making discussion document introduces issues to be considered alongside the opportunities AI solutions offer in the publication process, with recommendations on best practices.</p></div> <div class="multi-promo-slice__cta"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033303/https://publicationethics.org/resources/discussion-documents/artifical-intelligence-ai-decision-making">Read more</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="multi-promo-slice__slice-col"> <div class="multi-promo-slice__slice"> <div class="multi-promo-slice__title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033303/https://publicationethics.org/news/news-september-2021">Publication ethics news</a></div> <div class="multi-promo-slice__description"> <p>Articles on peer review, diversity, and research integrity are in the latest roundup of publication ethics news. #PublicationEthics</p></div> <div class="multi-promo-slice__cta"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033303/https://publicationethics.org/news/news-september-2021">Read more</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="multi-promo-slice__slice-col"> <div class="multi-promo-slice__slice"> <div class="multi-promo-slice__title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211011033303/https://publicationethics.org/events/peer-review-week-2021">Peer review week 2021</a></div> <div class="multi-promo-slice__description"> <p>This year’s event is dedicated to the theme "Exploring the multifaceted role of identity in peer review". 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