Committee on Publication Ethics 1997-2000.

Publication Ethics: A Case Series with Recommendations According to Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Ethical misconduct is not a new issue in the history of science and literature. However, ethical misconducts in science have grown considerably in the modern era which is due to emphasis on the scientific proliferation in research institutes and gauging scientists according to their publications. In the current case series, several misconducts occurring over the previous years in Mashhad Univer...

Committee on Publication Ethics. The COPE Report 1999. Guidelines on good publication practice.

Why the guidelines were developed COPE was founded in 1997 to address breaches of research and publication ethics. A voluntary body providing a discussion forum and advice for scientific editors, it aims to find practical ways of dealing with the issues, and to develop good practice. We thought it essential to attempt to define best practice in the ethics of scientific publishing. These guideli...

Observational study of 353 applications to London multicentre research ethics committee 1997-2000.

Since 1997 British studies involving five or more centres have required approval from both a multicentre research ethics committee and the local research ethics committee for each centre. A local committee can reject the protocol for local reasons but cannot amend it. Some researchers have criticised the process of obtaining ethical approval for multicentre studies, but little is known about th...

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE): guidelines on good publication practice.

The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE): Objectives and achievements 1997-2012.

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) was founded in 1997 by a small number of UK medical editors as a self-help group to discuss troubling ethical cases. COPE now has over 7000 members working in many disciplines from all parts of the world. COPE members may bring anonymised cases to a quarterly Forum where other members offer advice. The COPE cases form the basis for guidance such as the flo...