"STM Solutions, the standards and technology arm of STM , is developing the Integrity Hub on behalf of STM members. Current activities include creating a Paper Mill Checker Tool and a Duplicate Submission Detection Tool."
- Deborah Kahn, COPE trustee 🧵

https://publicationethics.org/news/paper-mills-united-act

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NEW GUIDANCE
Best practice for guest-edited collections.
- Find out more about what to consider when managing collections.
- Includes checklists for creating guest-edited collections.
https://doi.org/10.24318/7cKLAia0
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Pulling your hair out because of paper mills? COPE has practical guidance on tackling systematic manipulation of the publication process.

https://doi.org/10.24318/x0mN3xfd

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@dickretired The retraction tide is turning: https://retractionwatch.com/2022/12/27/nearing-5000-retractions-a-review-of-2022/

The efforts of Retraction Watch, COPE (COI: I'm on COPE council), WCRI, PubPeer, and sleuths have added pressure to act and kudos to publishers and authors for Doing The Right Thing.

When authors self-correct, they aren't penalised in loss of citations to their subsequent papers: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep03146/

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