For some years, COPE has been discussing the fundamental relationship between publication ethics and research ethics, publication ethics being part of research and research publishing. COPE has recently launched membership for selected, invited universities and institutes, and will open up this category of membership more generally later this year. By opening its membership in this way, COPE hopes to bring more people together to help educate and promote an understanding of the principles of publication ethics from the ground up. These collaborations will help us solve the publication ethics problems we share, and promote integrity in research publishing better, fostering a culture of responsibility for the integrity of the literature.
In July 2023, COPE held a webinar on this topic. The speakers in this webinar looked at the issues around the relationships between editors/publishers and institutions. After the presentations, speakers answered questions from attendees.
