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| Abbreviation | COPE |
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| Formation | 1997; 28 years ago (1997) |
| Registration no. | 1123023 |
Official language | English |
| Website | www |
TheCommittee on Publication Ethics (COPE) is anonprofit organization whose statedmission is to define best practice in theethics ofscholarly publishing and to assisteditors andpublishers to achieve this.[1][2][3][4]
COPE educates and support editors, publishers and those involved in publication ethics with the aim of moving the culture of publishing towards one where ethical practices become the norm, part of the publishing culture. COPE's approach is firmly in the direction of influencing through education, resources and support of COPE members. It also provides a forum for its members to discuss individual cases.
COPE publishes a monthly newsletter and organises annual seminars. COPE has created anaudit tool for members to measure compliance with its 'Core Practices' and guidance in the form of flowcharts, discussion documents, guidelines and eLearning modules.
COPE was established in 1997 by a small group ofmedical journal editors in theUnited Kingdom. As of 2022,[update] COPE has over 13,000 members worldwide, from allacademic fields. Paid membership is open to editors ofacademic journals and others interested in publicationethics, and varies per year depending on the membership type.[5]
COPE's first guidelines were developed after discussion at the COPE meeting in April 1999 and were published as Guidelines on Good Publication Practice in the Annual Report in 1999. On their basis, the first edition of Code of Conduct for Editors was published on the first COPE website in November 2004, with an Editorial in the BMJ.[5] The Code was replaced in 2017 with a simplified description of expectations as COPE's Core Practices, with links to COPE's detailed guidance.
Previous COPE Chairs include:Michael Farthing,Fiona Godlee, Harvey Markovitch, Elizabeth Wager,Virginia Barbour,[6][7]Chris Graf andGeraldine Pearson (co-Chairs),[8]Deborah Poff. Dan Kulp was the chair from 2000 to 2024. COPE is currently chaired by Nancy Chescheir.
COPE is governed by the Trustee Board, who are ultimately responsible for the financial, legal and business operations of COPE as a charitable business and gives authority to Council and the Executive Officer and team to manage the day to day affairs of the organization.
COPE also has links with theCouncil of Science Editors, theEuropean Association of Science Editors, theInternational Society of Managing and Technical Editors, theWorld Association of Medical Editors,Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association,Directory of Open Access Journals,STM, and theAssociation of Learned and Professional Society Publishers,Sage Publishing.
