COPE Compliance Statement
The Journal of Meat Science (JMS) is fully committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics. The journal adheres to the COPE Core Practices and uses the COPE flowcharts to handle allegations of misconduct.
1. Ethical Oversight
The journal follows COPE principles for:
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Authorship and contributorship
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Peer review integrity
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Conflicts of interest
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Data transparency
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Complaints and appeals
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Ethical oversight
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Retractions and corrections
2. Misconduct Handling
All suspected cases of:
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Plagiarism
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Fabrication or falsification of data
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Duplicate publication
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Unethical research
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Authorship disputes
are handled using the official COPE decision-making flowcharts.
3. COPE Resource Link
Full COPE guidelines can be accessed here:
