Publication ethics news April 2021
每个月，应对会议议员发现并分享出版伦理新闻。本月新闻包括关于更正，多样性和包容，作者和更多的文章。
Corrections
详述study of the responsesto a specific reagent error in 31 human gene knockdown publications, in 13 different journals, noted significant variation in how journals responded. The authors suggest a template to help support journals and researchers to aid in the "communication, interpretation and investigation of published errors".
为了确保任何公布的勘误，勘误表和对发表的纸张关注的表达是读者，elephyier是piloting automatically appendingthese to the original article PDF as soon as the correction notice has been published, with a note on the first page to alert readers that there are appended corrections.
Research integrity
法国研究倡导集团Rogueesr，抗议法国研究改革法，强调了基于公制的研究评估，创建a fictional author, Camille Nous. The name of the fictional author has now been included on the author list of 180 journal papers in wide-ranging topics. The ethics of this protest are difficult as this "flouts the principle of taking responsibility alongside the credit of authorship", and if a paper with Nous listed has a correction made or is retracted, it may impact co-authors going forward.
Instilling a lastingculture of scientific integrityinto US federal agencies is promoted as being fundamental to guard against anti-science ideologies. Federal laws will be helpful, but self-monitoring for integrity violations at the agency level, consistent education about scientific integrity policies and what constitutes a violation, and strengthening of agency policies are critical.
伦敦市警察局的知识产权犯罪单位有urged universities to block Sci-Hubon their networks due to the threat to the university of stealing research papers. By making the access to Sci-Hub illegal, the step is meant to prevent cyber security attacks on university networks as well. Sci-Hub contends that the website "removes all barriers" to science, and self describes a "pirate website". Particular vulnerability of student use of Sci-Hub on personal computers is highlighted.
The number of published papers thought to be from paper mills is increasing and efforts to combat them must contend with increasing sophistication of these papers. This paperemphasises the problem facing scientists in China由于出现了重大的出版或捕获文化，中国政府努力打击研究不当行为。
A blog by the American Society of Microbiology describes theproblem of image manipulation, their journals' approach using COPE guidelines when a problem is detected, and barriers they've faced in correcting figure concerns.
在计算研究诚信会议上提出的会议2021总结，与会话的链接。主题包括图像操纵，期刊俱乐部，假科学，撤退，剽窃，媒体诚信和人工智能。
Diversity, equity, inclusion
Elsevier has launched a trans-inclusive policyto allow authors who have changed their name on previously peer-reviewed articles of record to keep them up to date with their current names. Based on COPE principles, the process is designed to be accessible to authors, comprehensive and invisible, in order to protect the authors.
一项调查结果表明，受访者大学媒体的劳动力是“非常白”（815），有64％的劳动力为CIS-性别妇女和79％的直接识别。作者compare interpretationsof this imbalanced workforceas being a problem of "whiteness" rather than a "diversity problem" and describes failures of prior efforts to diversify the work force. There are resources provided for organisations to incorporate, to help organisations embed a "dedication to equity and justice into everything a publisher does".
COVID-19
The International COVID-19 suicide prevention research collaborative (ICSPRC)发布指导方针bob官方app对于提交人，同行评审员，大学出版社和期刊作者在发布过程中，在流行病中出版时要考虑，以防止自杀死亡，避免刺激弱势群体中的自杀率增加。
Peer review
IOP Publishing (Institute of Physics) has an elearning hub "同行评论卓越：IOP培训和认证" available to members of the physical science community, the completion of which may lead to designation as an IP Trusted Reviewer. The goal is to help build peer reviewer competency to benefit not only the reviewer but the quality of papers published.
作者
Dr. Helen Kara offers a useful guide to social science researchers on thepleasures and pain of co-authorship, and references COPE authorship guidelines and other resources to those considering writing with other authors in order to prevent authorship issues.
COPE TrusteeNancy Chescheir