8th International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication
Date & Time:
Sunday, 10 September 2017 - 9:00am to Tuesday, 12 September 2017 - 5:00pm
Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
As with previous Congresses, the aim is to improve the quality and credibility of biomedical information and to help advance the efficiency, effectiveness, and equitability of scientific information dissemination throughout the world. See here for more details.
COPE North American Seminar "Ethics in peer review"
Date & Time:
Wednesday, 10 August 2016 - 10:45am to 6:00pm
Location:
Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Register now for COPE's 7th North American Seminar, free for COPE members. This will be held in collaboration with ISMTE.
The theme of this year's seminar is “Ethics in peer review”. Editors, publishers, authors and all those interested in publication ethics are welcome to attend.
The August COPE Forum, where we discuss cases submitted by members, is a face to face meeting in London at the International Academy of Nursing Editors (INANE) Nurses Conference. This will be held at the Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square, London.
Register for the Forum
Please register for the Forum by emailing our COPE Administrator.All members are welcome to attend in person, whether or not they are presenting a case. Unfortunately, there are no facillities to join this Forum by webinar.
Submit a case
The deadline for submission of cases is 20 July. Cases must be anonymised and should be submitted via the website (go to Cases, and then Submit a case). You need to be logged in as a member to do this. We do like those presenting a case to join the meeting (in person or by phone). Submit a case
Keeping the Pool Clean: Prevention & Management of Misconduct Related Retractions
Date & Time:
Wednesday, 20 July 2016 - 9:00am to Thursday, 21 July 2016 - 5:00pm
Location:
Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
This conference is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Research Integrity (HHS ORI) and hosted by Colorado State University at the Hilton. The goal of the conference is to assemble key stakeholders affected by misconduct related retractions in order to provide a forum to discuss retractions and propose potential actions, interventions, and solutions. For more information and to register, please see the conference website.
13th EASE Conference: Scientific integrity: editors on the front line
Date & Time:
Friday, 10 June 2016 - 9:00am to Sunday, 12 June 2016 - 5:30pm
Location:
School of Medicine, Strasbourg, France
Registration is now open for the 13th European Association of Science Editors (EASE) General Assembly and Conference, School of Medicine, Strasbourg, France. COPE will be running a workshop on Friday 10 June. For more details and to register, see here.
Monday, 4 April 2016 - 8:00am to Tuesday, 5 April 2016 - 5:30pm
Location:
Singapore
International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE) is expanding their international presence to Asia. This Spring, they are holding an Asian Conference in Singapore—Best Practices in Scholarly Publishing. COPE will be running an ethics workshop during the meeting. Space is limited. See the ISMTE website for more details and to register http://www.ismte.org/?page=2016AsianConference
Managing Quality – Supporting Authors and Peer Review
Date & Time:
Sunday, 17 January 2016 - 9:00am to Monday, 18 January 2016 - 5:00pm
Location:
Dubai
Run by KnowledgeE with Pippa Smart Workshop endorsed by EASE (the European Association of Science Editors) Objective: By the end of this workshop participants will understand how to optimize peer review to achieve effective quality control and how to support authors to obtain the best quality content. Target Audience: The main target for this workshop are journal editors who manage peer review of submissions to their journal. The workshop will also provide reviewers and authors with insights into the peer review system and ensure that they maximize their participation and minimize the problems.