UŁ przyjęty do COPE za wysokie standardy etyczne

COPE has approved membership of the University of Lodz. The university has been admitted to the organisation as a research institution. COPE, or Committee in Publications Ethics is a non-profit organisation that has been operating since 1997. It sets global ethical standards in science.

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University of Lodz in the COPE database

Success thanks to the University of Lodz journals 

University of Lodz owes its membership in COPE to the prior successful application of its journals to the database. Since 2018, 42 journals affiliated with the University of Lodz have been accepted into the database. As a result, the university has now been invited, through the Lodz University Press, to join the prestigious group of 11 institutions.

The implementation of practices offered by COPE is recommended by the Ministry of Education and Science. Since 2023, the organisation has not only cooperated with academic periodicals, but also universities and research institutions.

Other research universities in COPE: 

University of Lodz thanks to its being admitted to COPE has joined the following universities:

  • The University of Hong Kong  
  • University College London (UCL)  
  • University of Glasgow  
  • Aston University  
  • Ottawa Hospital Research Institute  
  • University of Lodz  
  • University of Calgary  
  • Queensland University of Technology  
  • Ohio State University  
  • University of Cambridge  
  • Leiden University  

Source: Lodz University Press

Edit: Paweł Śpiechowicz, Communications and PR Centre, University of Lodz