# COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION ETHICS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1123023
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 29, 2008
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1123023


## Contact

- **Address:** NEW KINGS COURT, TOLLGATE, CHANDLER'S FORD, EASTLEIGH, HAMPSHIRE
- **Postcode:** SO53 3LG
- **Phone:** 023 8090 8090
- **Email:** cope_execofficer@publicationethics.org
- **Website:** www.publicationethics.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF ETHICAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND THE PUBLICATION OF SCIENCE JOURNALS

**Activities:** COPE is a forum for editors and publishers of scholarly journals to discuss all aspects of publication ethics. It also provides support, education, and advises editors on how to handle cases of research and publication misconduct.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £638162 | £682134 | £343304 | 4 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £565669 | £533158 | £387276 | 4 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £524742 | £488274 | £354127 | 3 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £461119 | £401354 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £450014 | £396988 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr Nancy Chescheir** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 24, 2020
- Caroline Porter — appointed Sept. 1, 2019
- Daniel Kulp — appointed Nov. 2, 2017
- Dr Howard Browman — appointed Sept. 1, 2022
- Dr James Williams Mwangi Kigera — appointed Nov. 13, 2021
- Dr Susan Garfinkel — appointed Aug. 7, 2023
- Dr Trevor Lane — appointed Oct. 2, 2022
- Professor Emilio Jose Sanz Alvarez — appointed Nov. 13, 2023
- Tim Kersjes — appointed Sept. 6, 2022