We are delighted to announce thatHong Kong Universityis now part of COPE's pilot that will help form a membership package of support and advice for research institutions. Other institutions already part of the pilot are:Caltech,Ottawa Hospital Research InstituteandUniversity of Ottawa, andQueensland University of Technology.
The pilot follows requests from our current membership and from researchers, authors and reviewers to work together in improving integrity in the publication of research. The intention is that COPE in the future can offer consistent support and advice to institutions in handling publication ethics issues.
Our pilot partners have helped revise theCOPE Guidelines for Peer Reviewers我们你ndertaking research to further understand the needs of institutions.