Ethics

Good Practices

Cuckoos in the nest

Study finds that one in every 25 highly cited scientists has had a paper retracted, sparking a debate about prestige and integrity

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Behavior guide

Study examines the importance of codes of conduct to prevent sexual harassment at conferences

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Unsustainable situation

Neuroscientist accused of manipulating images in Alzheimer's article resigns from university

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ETHICS

Online science communicators discuss limits for advertising campaigns

Online science communicators discuss limits for advertising campaigns

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INTEGRITY

Use of fake email addresses leads to retraction of 45 articles by Brazilian scientists

Peer review was compromised: three reviewers suggested by the authors were not who they appeared to be

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Double-checking

Initiative to fund extra verification step for biomedical research results aims to prevent publication of studies that undermine trust in science

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Retracted studies

New repository of problematic preprints that were removed by their authors

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Unproven

Study used to justify treating COVID-19 with hydroxychloroquine retracted

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Blind dates

Nonstandard scientific collaborations tracked to detect articles sold by paper mills

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Misconduct in studies on superconducting materials costs researcher his job

Misconduct in studies on superconducting materials costs researcher his job

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Clinical trial failure ends controversial trajectory of promising treatment for Alzheimer’s disease

Clinical trial failure ends controversial trajectory of promising treatment for Alzheimer’s disease

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Citation amplification machine

Spanish university dean’s work retracted for fraud in scientific impact indicators

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Ethical principles

New version of the Declaration of Helsinki influenced by the pandemic and scientific integrity

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Fraud with chatGPT

Misconduct linked to the use of AI on the rise in UK institutions

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Canada’s Medical Association apologizes for bad conduct with native peoples

Organ admits it has not abided to the ethical standards demanded by the profession

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Divergent calculations

Researchers reach different conclusions on the scale of data fabrication

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Rise and fall

Suspicious images in articles lead to downfall of director of Alzheimer's research program

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False advertising

Scammers pose as scientific conference organizers

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Beware: Fragile

Online tool identifies articles with retracted references

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The calculating cat

Biologist reveals flaws in academic metrics by attributing fake studies and manipulated citations to his family pet

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Student protection

Universities in England face new obligations to prevent sexual harassment

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Data verification

The difficulties of verifying statistical rigor in medical articles

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Ethics

Botanists say no to racism

Racist term to be eliminated from scientific names of plants, fungi, and algae

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Tricks to increase prestige

Seventeen journals temporarily stripped of impact factor due to suspicions that citation figures were being manipulated

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New legislation establishes punishments for Peruvian scientists who commit misconduct

New legislation establishes punishments for Peruvian scientists who commit misconduct

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GOOD PRACTICES

Article linking vitamin D to milder cases of COVID retracted

Article linking vitamin D to milder cases of COVID retracted

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Detours in the labyrinth of Alzheimer’s disease

Author of Nature article cited more than 2,500 times acknowledges image manipulation and requests retraction

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Research animal supplier pays record fine for mistreatment of beagles

Research animal supplier pays record fine for mistreatment of beagles

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Retired researcher says open-access agreement is discriminatory

Retired researcher says open-access agreement is discriminatory

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Cover

Care and empathy for animals

Researchers from various disciplines investigate ways to reduce pain and improve the quality of life for species used or consumed by humans

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