Policies and guidelines
We are publisher members of COPE , and have signed up to their guidelines. By extension, we expect our journals to uphold the same standards of transparency and best practice, outlined in our Research Publishing Ethics Guidelines, and on COPE’s website . Following these guidelines will also support your journal in applying to be indexed on Abstracting and Indexing sites, in getting an impact factor or other accreditation, and being eligible to publish work from some authors with funder requirements on publication outlets.
We expect all our eligible journals to apply for individual journal COPE membership, and will support you in doing so. Becoming a journal member gives you access to member-only COPE content, support and resources, and eligibility to serve on COPE Council and attend COPE events. Any journal that has been publishing for more than a year and meets COPE’s other eligibility criteria can apply.
We are publisher members of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics), and have signed up to their guidelines. By extension, we expect our journals to uphold the same standards of transparency and best practice, outlined in our Research Publishing Ethics Guidelines (available to download on this page). Following these guidelines will also support your journal in applying to be indexed on Abstracting and Indexing sites, in getting an impact factor or other accreditation, and being eligible to publish work from some authors with funder requirements on publication outlets.
We expect all our eligible journals to apply for individual journal COPE membership, and will support you in doing so. Links to the COPE website, core practices and becoming a member can be found below. Becoming a journal member gives you access to member-only COPE content, support and resources, and eligibility to serve on COPE Council and attend COPE events. Any journal that has been publishing for more than a year and meets COPE’s other eligibility criteria can apply.
COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)
COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)
COPE brings together all those involved in scholarly research and its publication to strengthen the network of support, education and debate in publication ethics
Learn moreCOPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)
COPE brings together all those involved in scholarly research and its publication to strengthen the network of support, education and debate in publication ethics
Learn moreCOPE Core Practices
The Core Practices were developed in 2017, replacing the Code of Conduct. They are applicable to all involved in publishing scholarly literature: editors and their journals, publishers, and institutions.
Learn moreCOPE Core Practices
The Core Practices were developed in 2017, replacing the Code of Conduct. They are applicable to all involved in publishing scholarly literature: editors and their journals, publishers, and institutions.
Learn moreBecome a member of COPE
Becoming a member of COPE shows that you, your journal, publisher, organisation, university or research institute intends to follow the highest standards of publication ethics.
Learn moreBecome a member of COPE
Becoming a member of COPE shows that you, your journal, publisher, organisation, university or research institute intends to follow the highest standards of publication ethics.
Learn moreCOPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)
COPE brings together all those involved in scholarly research and its publication to strengthen the network of support, education and debate in publication ethics
Learn moreCOPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)
COPE brings together all those involved in scholarly research and its publication to strengthen the network of support, education and debate in publication ethics
Learn moreCOPE Core Practices
The Core Practices were developed in 2017, replacing the Code of Conduct. They are applicable to all involved in publishing scholarly literature: editors and their journals, publishers, and institutions.
Learn moreCOPE Core Practices
The Core Practices were developed in 2017, replacing the Code of Conduct. They are applicable to all involved in publishing scholarly literature: editors and their journals, publishers, and institutions.
Learn moreBecome a member of COPE
Becoming a member of COPE shows that you, your journal, publisher, organisation, university or research institute intends to follow the highest standards of publication ethics.
Learn moreBecome a member of COPE
Becoming a member of COPE shows that you, your journal, publisher, organisation, university or research institute intends to follow the highest standards of publication ethics.
Learn moreResearch Publishing Ethics Guidelines
At Cambridge University Press, the integrity of our academic content and publishing process is paramount. This document outlines the best practice principles that we apply to our books and journals. We hope these guidelines will be useful to many different groups, including authors, peer reviewers, editors within and outside of Cambridge University Press, societies, publishing partners and funders.
Ongoing support
We also have a dedicated Publishing Ethics and Research Integrity team at the Press, who can advise on all manner of publication ethics issues and topics. If you have an ethical concern (or if someone has raised a concern to you), or you would like advice on publishing ethics policy development or workflows, please contact your Publisher and/or: publishingethics@cambridge.org