Role of COPE in Research Ethics.pptx

Research ethics

1. Presented by Chandrasmita Borgohain EGP23101 Department of English Role of COPE in Research Ethics

2. What is COPE? COPE stands for Committee on Publication Ethics COPE is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting integrity in research and its publication COPE is a forum for editors of peer-reviewed journals to discuss issues related to the integrity of the scientific record.

3. History COPE was founded in 1997 by a group of medical journal editors concerned about publication misconduct E.g. plagiarism attempted, passing off fraudulent data, unethical research, breaches of confidentiality, etc.

4. Role of COPE Its aim is to provide thought leadership on publication ethics and practical resources to educate and support editors and publishers. Membership signals to authors, reviewers and readers that a journal in research publishing and that it is in direct alignment with COPE’s recommended core practices for journals and publishers.

5. Resources available for COPE members Forum : Members can bring challenging ethics issues for discussion and advice. Flowcharts : Guide editors in handling a publication ethics issue Cases : All of the integrity and ethics issue cases are brought to COPE forums for discussion are easily accessible in database for members to browse

6. eLearning : COPE provides a series of ten eLearning modules designed for editors and publishers to improve their understanding on publication ethics COPE’s Audit Tool : COPE has also provided a journal checklist, a journal audit tool to assist editors in meeting the best practice in publication ethics

7. Other resources Sample letters : COPE developed a series of sample letters to make awareness of publication ethics Webinars : COPE also hosts webinars on emerging issues in publishing ethics.

8. Popular COPE members Elsevier APA Oxford University Press Sage Springer Taylor and Francis

9. Source: https://publicationethics.org/

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