Publication ethics news December 2020
Each month, COPE Council members find and share publication ethics news. This month the news includes articles on diversity, peer review, predatory publishing, and more.
出版
Karin Wulf editorialised in the Scholarly Kitchen about theimportance of fact checking在学术出版 - 书籍和期刊文章 - 以及新闻。她指出，鉴于知识状态始终如一地发展，“绝对真理可能是难以捉摸的”，但我们有义务揭示和改进我们用于努力实现知识的流程。
Peer review
Shawna Williams探讨了对同行评审的补偿in "The Scientist". She describes some calls for some sort of compensation - monetary, academic acknowledgement, reduction in Article processing fees for University faculty and others as well as obstacles to developing these systems. At present, it seems that little is likely to change from a financial perspective in this regard.
In order to study the peer review process for papers being submitted to a computer science conference, a standardprocess for scoring and comparing scores between members审查委员会成立。作者Hannah Bast发现，该系统在识别更好的论文方面表现得比相对较好，但在其他文件中更随机。她鼓励科学界会参加改善同行评审的问题。
Diversity, equity and inclusion
Katherine Wu discussed科学出版的多样性. During 2020, increasing calls for diversity among authors, editorial boards, and journal leadership have gained momentum. Wu reports that few of the publishers she contacted for her story collected demographic data on authors and that two that did so, cautioned that the data were unreliable due to low response rate by authors.
从摘要编辑中评论：作为一份编辑，我已经努力解决了这个概念。在出版物中，存在来自代表性的种族，种族，性别和性身份群体的作者偏见的持续证据。我们如何获得提供此人口统计信息的作者的信任，以增加多样性，而不是延续偏见？
For researchers whose native language is not English there can be significant barriers to submitting papers for publication or presentation at meetings. Rodrigo Perez Ortega reports onways the language barrier affects the researchersas well as limiting access to knowledge that is only published in non-English journals. Such papers are often not included in systematic reviews, or cited in other ways. Several alternatives are suggested, including steps that universities, publishers and researchers can take.
Research integrity
DeMing Chau describes how he and other members of the Young Scientists Network - Academy of Sciences Malaysia have beenconducting interactive workshops关于负责任的研究行为，在马来西亚历史，文化和研究环境中参与和生根。他们使用角色扮演，案例研究来自马来西亚。为了使材料更具可用，他们发表了一个教育模块，因此其他人可以扩展这项工作，因为他估计马来西亚和东南亚的大多数研究人员不熟悉这种材料。为了“培养诚信的文化形成了基于研究的基石”，Chau断言，关于它的研究诚信和教育必须来自顶部，下降，并必须在东南亚研究机构中制度化。
开放访问
To study the phenomenon of "vanished journals "- open access journals that disappear - Mikaek Laakso and co-authors consulted several major bibliographic indices and found176开放获取期刊消失from the web between 2000-2019 from all major research disciplines and world regions. This highlights concerns about the integrity of the scholarly record.
Open science
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and TCC Africa in collaboration with AfricArXiv havesigned a partnership agreementfocused on strengthening capacity and infrastructure for Open Science in Africa. "The partnership will enable TCC Africa and AfricArXiv team members to engage in COAR discussions and issues related to repositories and open science, and enhance COAR’s understanding of the issues and challenges in the African context."
关于生态学家的简要反随机调查，了解他们是否共享其数据（和代码，如果相关）的原作者是共同作者，如果其他人使用该数据会导致分裂决定 - 大约40％的想法“是“，47％”可能或不确定，其余的，“否”。更多的高级科学家更有可能说“是”。杰里米福克斯，作者，提供several ideas about the poll results为什么公共分享很重要。狐狸要求反馈，评论部分也活泼。
COVID-19
Helen Kara and Su-ming Khoo edited3 rapid response e-booksabout conducting research in the age of COVID-19. The contributions illustrate how researchers pivoted to digital platforms, such as WhatsApp tools, to reach subjects who lacked Skype or platforms; employed local mobilisers to reach community members, and addressed ethical dilemmas.
Predatory publishing
An anonymous author presents a case study ofsteps to take to identify a fake journal, which they describe as a type of predatory journal that impersonates a legitimate one. Authors should consider reviewing these steps when they are concerned about the legitimacy of a journal.
预印迹
Given the rapid increase in scientific knowledge, readers must triage what they read. Traditional journals provide cues to their value and credibility, such as impact factor, peer review, titles, journal reputation. Soderberg et al. surveyed researchers to understand how they评估预印刷品的可信度发现，作者声明的开放内容和独立核查是重要因素。
COPE Council Member and Digest EditorNancy Chescheir