role of publisher

When a journal publisher attempts to exert undue influence over editorial decisions

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  1. Transparency of peer review to co-authors

    11-22 An associate editor of one of our journals has asked whether we can configure our online peer review system to restrict access to reviewer correspondence to corresponding authors. His concern is that some of the review materials ...

  2. Author non-disclosure by editor in chief

    10-10 Please note, this case is being submitted by the Publishing Director of the journal based on the advice of a senior COPE member because it relates to the conduct of the editor in chief of the journal. The editor in chief of the ...

  3. Publisher and stakeholder with misaligned conflict of interest policies

    09-26 We have recently developed and begun to put into practice a policy on collection and declaration of conflicts of interest statements from any individual involved in contributing to or reviewing our pathways. This policy includes ...

  4. What involvement should a journal have in a dispute about an article published in the journal?

    10-09 Our journal published a manuscript as part of an editors’ forum which, as an invited forum paper, received reviewer feedback but did not follow our usual double-blind peer review standard for regular submissions (the reviewers were ...

  5. Whose responsibility is duplicate submission?

    04-32 Ten days after receiving an article for consideration, a group of editors received an email from the publisher informing them that the particular author in question had recently submitted nine articles to their journals, eight of ...