Promoting integrity in research and its publication

COPE brings together all those involved in scholarly research and its publication to strengthen the network of support, education and debate in publication ethics

The Lightning Talk series continues with speaker Cary Moskovitz, Director of the Text Recycling Research Project, who will introduce the topic then open the discussion to questions and comments from the audience.

Our core practices

Core practices are the policies 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.

Your publication ethics case

COPE Members: do you have a publication ethics issue in your journal or research institution and need help with the next steps? Send in your case for discussion and advice at the Forum.

Guidance

An image of part of a flowchart with the text "new COPE guidance: What should an insitution do when a journal raises a concern about research or publication integrity? publicationethics.org”

What should an institution do when a journal raises a concern about research or publication integrity? New COPE flowchart offers a step-by-step process on handling the issue.

Updated guidelines with recommendations for research institutions and journals on cases of research integrity and publication misconduct.

Do you need an easy-to-use guide to publication ethics practices? Use COPE's toolkit with a checklist to help monitor your progress in developing your guidelines and processes.

Cases submitted by COPE Members on the topics of authorship, paper mills, image integrity, and ethical oversight are now available. They were discussed, with advice given, by the COPE Forum.

Discussion & events

Photos of Edward Pentz, Crossref, and Ivan Oransky, Retraction Watch, and Trevor Lane; all smiling. Text is Conversations with COPE: Open retractions data.

Ivan Oransky of Retraction Watch and Crossref's Ed Pentz join Trevor Lane to discuss how their partnership opens access to retractions data, and how publishers, authors and readers can use the data.

Following the COPE Forum the discussion topic "Ethical considerations around watchlists" is open for further comments.

COPE guidance with practical steps for editors and publishers dealing with paper mills, empowering decision-making at batch level and supporting timely investigations.

United2Act, an international collaboration committed to addressing the challenge of paper mills in scholarly publishing, outlines five key areas of action against the impact of paper mills on the integrity of academic research and publishing.