COPE is a non-profit organization that promotes integrity in research publication. It was founded in 1997 by medical journal editors concerned about misconduct like plagiarism and fraudulent data. COPE provides resources like forums, flowcharts, and case studies to help journal editors properly handle ethics issues like author misconduct. It also offers eLearning modules, checklists, and sample letters to help members improve their understanding and practices regarding publication ethics. Major publishers like Elsevier, APA, and Springer are popular COPE members.

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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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