Jul 2026: Introduction to Publication Ethics in Scholarly Publishing

Overview

A wide range of ethical issues can arise in academic publishing. This course provides a general introduction to publication ethics for journal staff, highlights common forms of publication ethics- related misconduct, and the importance of having effective publication ethics policies, systems and procedures in place to effectively detect and deal with poor practice and misconduct in scholarly publishing.

Please note: Delegates will not receive a recording of the training course. Read helpful information for delegates attending.

Who should attend?

This course is relevant to publishing team members who are:

• editorial team members 
• newly joining a publisher’s research integrity team
• developing journal policies, systems and/or processes 
• tasked with ensuring journal publication ethics policies and procedures are complied with
• responsible for ensuring the integrity of peer review.

What will you learn?

• What good, ethical practice in scholarly publishing entails.
• The main and evolving forms of misconduct that scholarly publishers are dealing with.
• Tools and approaches used to detect misconduct.
• The guiding principles to handling cases of suspected and/or reported misconduct.
• Community guidelines relating to good practice in handling misconduct (including COPE flowcharts and guidelines on retractions).
• The importance of publishers’ policies and practices in maintaining ethical conduct and the integrity of the published record.
• How to put ethical conduct and guiding principles into practice.

Programme

• An introduction to publication ethics and to who is responsible for what.
• Improving awareness of papermills and predatory journals.
• The main and evolving forms of misconduct that scholarly publishers encounter.
• Tools and approaches to detecting misconduct.
• Guiding principles and good practice in handling cases of suspected and/or reported misconduct.
• Maintaining the integrity of the published record: retractions, corrections and expressions of concern.
• The importance of publishers’ policies and practices in preventing misconduct and unethical conduct.
• Case study discussions.
• Putting ethical conduct and guiding principles into practice.

VAT Information:

• UK customers: 20% UK VAT applies
• EU VAT-registered customers: VAT reverse-charged (valid VAT number required)
• Customers outside the UK and EU: No UK VAT charged.

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Speakers

Jane Alfred

Director & Co-Founder

Adya Misra

Associate Director, Research Integrity