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Family Practice Vol. 17, No. 3, 218-221
© Oxford University Press 2000

Special Article

The COPE Report 1999. Guidelines on good publication practice*

Committee on Publication Ethics

1 Study design and ethical approval

Definition
Good research should be well justified, well planned, appropriately designed and ethically approved. To conduct research to a lower standard may constitute misconduct.

Action

  1. Laboratory and clinical research should be driven by protocol; pilot studies should have a written rationale.
  2. Research protocols should seek to answer specific questions, rather than just collect data.
  3. Protocols must be carefully agreed by all contributors and collaborators, including, if appropriate, the participants.
  4. The final protocol should form part of the research record.
  5. Early agreement on the precise roles of the contributors and collaborators, and on matters of authorship and publication, is advised.
  6. Statistical issues should be considered early in study design, including power calculations, to ensure there are neither too few nor too many participants.
  7. Formal and documented ethical approval from an appropriately constituted research ethics committee is required for all studies involving people, medical records and anonymized human tissues.
  8. Use of human tissues in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

2 Data analysis

Definition
Action
3 Authorship

Definition
Action
4 Conflicts of interest

Definition
Action
5 Peer review

Definition
Action
6 Redundant publication

Definition
Action
7 Plagiarism

Definition
Action
8 Duties of editors

Definition
Action
9 Media relations

Definition
Action
10 Advertising

Definition
Action
11 Dealing with misconduct

Principles
Investigating misconduct
Serious misconduct
Less serious misconduct
Sanctions
Notes


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