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All Elsevier journals become COPE members
Editors will benefit from new partnershipLondon, UK, 13 February 2008 – The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) is pleased to announce its partnership with Elsevier, publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. More than 2000 journals, the full collection of Health Sciences and Science&Technology journals published by Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/), have been added to the list of COPE members. "Our editors face an increasing number of cases of plagiarism and unethical publishing behaviour. As publishing ethics is a major aspect of the peer-review process, we’re delighted to announce the partnership with COPE which can act as a sounding board for all our editors seeking for an external authoritative opinion on difficult cases", said Martin Tanke, Managing Director, Elsevier S&T Journals Publishing. Editors from Elsevier can benefit from attending the COPE meetings, scheduled every three months, to discuss complex ethical problems which have arisen during the publication process. They will also have access to other editors, their peers, to examine cases of publishing misconduct. In addition, they will be able to use the information and educational services that COPE is developing. “We are very pleased to have the support of such a major publisher,” said Dr Harvey Marcovitch, chairman of COPE. “It shows that COPE is receiving growing support among publishers – and this in turn will enable us to improve the standards of publications worldwide.”
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FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH PROJECTSThe Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) has established a Grant Scheme to fund research in the field of publication ethics. The Scheme is designed to provide financial support to any member of COPE for a defined research project that is in the broad area of the organisation’s interests, and specifically in the area of ethical standards and practice in biomedical publishing. The project should have a specific goal and be intended to form the kernel of a future publication. A maximum sum of £5000 will be allocated to any one project, but applications for smaller sums are welcomed. The terms and conditions of the Grant are as follows: 1. At least one of the applicants must be a member of COPE. 2. Calls for applications will be made twice a year with closing dates of 1 December and 1 June. An electronic version of the application form must be sent to the Administrator no later than 12 pm (noon GMT) on the closing date for consideration by COPE Council. 3. The application must contain a lay summary of the project, a definition of the question to be posed, sufficient methodological detail to allow assessment of the viability of the project, a clear timeline and a definition of the likely deliverables. A full justification for the sum requested must accompany the application. 4. A report on the progress of the research should be presented within one year of the award and at the end of the project. The grant must be used within two years from the date of award, and balance sheets must be forwarded annually. These should be sent to the Administrator. Any remaining funds after two years must be returned. 5. It is anticipated that the work stemming from the project will be presented at one of COPE’s annual seminar meetings within 2–3 years of the award. Such data may also be published in peer-reviewed journals. Any publications or related presentations at meetings by the recipient emanating in part or whole from COPE’s support should be duly acknowledged and copies sent to the Administrator. Applications are reviewed by a COPE sub-committee. Applicants will be advised of a decision as soon as practicable after the deadline date. An application form can be obtained by contacting Linda Gough, COPE administrator, at cope_administrator@publicationethics.org or 01379 854181. For more information on COPE, see http://www.publicationethics.org.uk/ The closing date for receipt of applications is 1 June 2008. Committee on Publication Ethics -- FlowchartsThe COPE flowcharts have been written and designed as a practical step-by-step guide for journal editors to deal with the most common breaches of publication ethics that crop up repeatedly in scientific and biomedical journals before and after publication. The 14 flowcharts have been informed by the hundreds of cases from around the world on which COPE has advised since its foundation in 1997. These breaches range from duplicate (redundant) publication through to copying other researchers’ work (plagiarism) to out and out fraud. Download flowcharts (PDF 399 kB) Dates of future COPE meetings2008 Tuesday 3 June (deadline for cases 20 May) Wednesday 3 September (deadline for cases 20 August) Tuesday 2 December (deadline for cases 18 November) all from 3pm to 5pm, at Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HQ Deadline for submission of cases is 2 weeks before each meeting
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