Publication Ethics and Plagiarism Workshops

Last updated 3 August, 2026 | 20:22
Summary

Brieflands training on plagiarism detection and prevention, the COPE flowcharts for handling suspected cases, and declaring conflicts of interest.

 

Workshop archive

Publication Ethics and Plagiarism Workshops

Plagiarism and undeclared conflicts of interest are the two ethical failures that most often reach an editor’s desk. These workshops taught both sides of the problem: how to recognise them, and what an editor is expected to do once they are suspected.

5

Courses

7

Sessions held

COPE

Framework used

2014–21

Years active

Courses in this series

From detection and prevention for authors, through to the COPE flowcharts editors are expected to follow.

Plagiarism: Detection and Prevention — Basic Level

Open courseAuthors and editors

The forms plagiarism takes in scientific writing, how it is detected, and the practices that prevent it. Taught as a modular programme for authors, reviewers and editorial staff.

Sessions: 27 November 2014, 6 August 2015, and as a scheduled open course.

Plagiarism: Detection and Prevention — Advanced Level

Open courseEditorial staff

The advanced programme, extending the basic course with a longer schedule and closer attention to assessment and handling of suspected cases.

Session: 9 October 2014.

Plagiarism: An Editor Should Be Aware

Host workshopCME accreditedAhvaz

Held with the Deputy for Research of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, on preventing and detecting cases of plagiarism in medical journals. Continuing medical education credits were awarded by the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education to registered participants.

Presenters: Department of Education. Language: English and Persian.

Plagiarism Prevention and Response Based on COPE Workflows

2017Conference session40 places

A conference workshop built on the COPE flowcharts — the standard reference for how an editor should respond when plagiarism is suspected. Delivered as part of the Tehran Hepatitis Conference in Hall D of the Razi Convention Center.

Presenter: Dr. Siavash Miri, MD PhD. Session: 6 September 2017, 13:30–15:00. Admission free, on-site registration.

Webinar: Conflict of Interest, and How to Write Footnotes

2021WebinarAuthors and editors

Conflicts of interest are those interests which are not fully apparent and which may influence the judgment of an author, reviewer or editor — described as the kind of thing that would make a reasonable reader feel misled if it emerged later. They may be personal, commercial, political, academic or financial, and authors, editors, reviewers, publishers and journal owners can all hold them. The webinar covered how to identify them and how to declare them correctly in a footnote.

This is an archive record

These workshops ran between 2014 and 2021 and registration is closed. Brieflands screens all submissions for plagiarism as part of its plagiarism control service, and its ethical framework is set out under publication ethics.