The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) was established in 1997 by a small group of international editors of medical journal in the UK but now has approx. 9000 members worldwide from all academic fields. About the COPE, please visit
- CODE of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors
- CODE of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (Chinese)
- CODE of Conduct for Journal Publishers
- CODE of Conduct for Journal Publishers (Chinese)
- COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers
- Responsible Research Publication: International Standards for Authors
- Responsible Research Publication: International Standards for Editors
- https://publicationethics.org/files/Code of Conduct_2.pdf
- https://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_chinese_final_Feb_2012_0.pdf
- https://publicationethics.org/files/Code of conduct for publishers FINAL_1_0_0.pdf
- https://publicationethics.org/files/Code of conduct for publishers chinese_1.pdf
- https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/cope-ethical-guidelines-peer-reviewers
- https://publicationethics.org/files/International standards_authors_for website_11_Nov_2011.pdf
- https://publicationethics.org/files/International standard_editors_for website_11_Nov_2011.pdf