Ethics

Scientometrics

Study evaluates the output of computer scientists who publish far more articles than their average colleague

Methodology created by a group from UFMG identified anomalous practices in some cases

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Aerospace technology

Open letter defends Russian scientists arrested for treason

Hypersonic missile experts deny leaking secrets to China

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GOOD PRACTICES

Reward for publishing in renowned journals

Reward for publishing in renowned journals

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GOOD PRACTICES

Student articles used to increase citations of college’s own papers

Student articles used to increase citations of college’s own papers

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GOOD PRACTICES

Pay close attention to the signs

Conference attendees discuss new strategies for identifying and combating fraudulent articles sold by paper mills

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GOOD PRACTICES

Masters of disguise

Predatory journals seek to simulate respectability by fraudulenty naming prestigious scientists as article authors and editorial board members

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University of Oxford bans intimate relationships between staff and students

University of Oxford bans intimate relationships between staff and students

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Court rules that universities can revoke degrees for academic misconduct

Court rules that universities can revoke degrees for academic misconduct

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ANIMAL TESTING

Regulation establishes guidelines on the use of animals in research and teaching in Brazil

At 1100 pages long, the new manual took a decade to produce

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INTERVIEW

Euclides de Mesquita Neto: The chess game of global science

UNICAMP researcher Euclides de Mesquita Neto discusses the challenges ahead as the executive secretary of the Global Research Council, an association of more than 60 research-funding agencies on all continents

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Archaeology

Fossil was a giant honeybee hive

Giant honeybee nest mistaken for a fossil, leading to erroneous geological conclusions

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GOOD PRACTICES

The miracle of article amplification

The controversial practice of publishing thousands of papers in special journal editions raises suspicions about how rigorously they were reviewed

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Author of more than 700 articles suspended for 13 years for breach of contract

Author of more than 700 articles suspended for 13 years for breach of contract

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Transparency on sexual harassment in Australia

Transparency on sexual harassment in Australia

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Good practices

Journal denies retraction request and says ecology article is valid

Journal denies retraction request and says ecology article is valid

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Good practices

How to prevent authorship disputes

How to prevent authorship disputes

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Good practices

Covert plagiarism in ChatGPT texts

Studies show that natural language models can be a source of academic misconduct, suggest ways to prevent the problem

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Cover

System designed to detect manipulated images in scientific articles

Artificial intelligence can both generate fake images and help to identify them

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Good practices

When misconduct goes unpunished

Survey finds that only one in five articles containing errors or suspected misconduct lead to a reaction by the publishing journal

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Good practices

American government details guidelines for preventing political interference in federal agencies

American government details guidelines for preventing political interference in federal agencies

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Good practices

University in Bangladesh establishes scale to assess and punish plagiarism

University in Bangladesh establishes scale to assess and punish plagiarism

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Under the skin

University investigates and apologizes for unethical dermatology tests conducted on prison inmates in the 1960s and 1970s

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Combating predatory journals in India

Students in India no longer required to publish articles to receive a PhD

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A chain of plagiarism at Mexico’s biggest university

One academic text was plagiarized multiple times, including in a thesis presented by a Supreme Court judge in 1988

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How to inflate résumés and influence people

List of world's most cited researchers removes 550 names suspected of inflating the impact ratings of their articles

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Negligence and misconduct in experiments led by Japanese astronaut

Negligence and misconduct in experiments led by Japanese astronaut

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Norwegian court convicts scientist who let Iranian students use microscope

Norwegian court convicts scientist who let Iranian students use microscope

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The conundrum of gender inequality in science

Studies help explain why physics papers published by women have less impact and make suggestions on how to reduce the disparity

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Astronomer who directed European observatory removed from university for harassment

Astronomer who directed European observatory removed from university for harassment

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Checking citations with artificial intelligence

Group will use artificial intelligence to verify that references are papes> reliable

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