C O P E
CO M M ITTE E ON P U B LICATI ON ETH ICS
COPE European Seminar 2015
in cooperation with the Representation of the State of Hessen to the
European Union
WEIGHED AND MEASURED: HOW METRICS SHAPE
PUBLICATION (MIS)BEHAVIOUR
Friday 17 April 2015, 10.00am - 4.45pm
Representation of the State of Hessen to the European Union, Rue Montoyer 21,
1000 Brussels, Belgium
Seminar Programme
10.15
Registration and tea/coffee
10.45–11.00 Welcome by the State of Hessen - Friedrich von Heusinger, Director, Representation of the State of Hessen
to the EU
11.00–11.15
Welcome and overview of COPE activities - Virgina Barbour, COPE Chair
Session one - chaired by Mirjam Curno, COPE Council Member
11.15–11.50
Altmetrics in practice: where are they being used (and misused)? — Euan Adie, Altmetric
11.50–12.25
Research metrics: use and abuse — Lisa Colledge, Elsevier
12.25–13.00
The impact of evaluative metrics on research groups and individual academics — Sarah de Rijcke,
CWTS, Leiden University
13.00–14.00 Lunch, including poster session
14.00–14.15
COPE Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM)
Session two - chaired by Chris Graf, COPE Treasurer
14.15–15.15 Panel discussion: “Using metrics for evaluation to foster ethical publishing”
— Jonathan Montgomery, Chair, Health Research Authority and Nuffield Council on Bioethics
— Mike Thelwall, University of Wolverhampton, UK — Wolfram Gerlich, Justus Liebig University Giessen
15.15–15.40
Tea Break
15.40–16.40
Interactive workshop: ‘Designing a new COPE flowchart’
16.40
Summary and close
Please note that the proceedings of the seminar will be videoed and recorded, and in some cases reported verbatim on the
COPE website and/or in a podcast or other recording. Photographs will also be taken. By attending the seminar you are
agreeing that any feedback you give may be recorded and may appear on the website.
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