Ethics

Copying from Wikipedia

Publisher Elsevier has withdrawn an illustrated book on chemical elements and mineralogy, first published last year, from circulation upon discovering that several excerpts were plagiarized from Wikipedia

Study reveals extent of misconduct in the Netherlands

A major survey of scientific integrity at universities and research institutions in the Netherlands produced worrying results

Turmoil caused by a miscalculation

Methodological errors and negligence in the peer review process led to the retraction of an article used by anti-vaxxers

Academy expels researchers for sexual harassment

The US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has expelled researchers accused of sexual harassment

The weight of academic misconduct in German politics

Academic misconduct has become a sensitive political issue in Germany, the European Union country with the highest percentage of members of parliament that have a doctorate, at 17%

New wave of hijacked journals

Cloned journal websites continue to deceive unsuspecting authors, leading researchers to offer tips on how to identify fakes

Misconduct in the scientific literature

A group of researchers searched scientific journal databases for the terms “research ethics” and “research integrity.” The survey aimed to reveal the perspectives of academic literature on cases of misconduct

University ranking fraud goes to court

Moshe Porat has been indicted by a federal court for submitting fraudulent information to the U.S. News & World Report

Supervising the gatekeepers of quality

A database of 500,000 editors is helping to identify whether people are truly deserving of their places on editorial boards

Trust and transparency

Studies focus on conflicts of interest in medical science

Alarming medical research in Iran

A group of researchers from various universities in Iran recently sent a scientific integrity questionnaire to professors at medical schools around the country

Data manufactured in study evaluating psychiatric clinics

A renowned expert in treating anxiety and phobias who edited a mental disorder diagnosis manual used by psychologists in Germany fabricated some of the data in a €2.4-million study

Publicizing the Hong Kong Principles

Study looks at initiatives to reward researchers for sharing data and other ethical and transparent behavior

Fewer animals in science

New legislation aims to reduce the number of animals used in teaching and research in Brazil

Complex choices

Bioethics committees have become increasingly important in solving dilemmas brought about by the pandemic, but few hospitals have them

Racial violence and scientific meetings

The American Physical Society has adopted new venue selection criteria for its 12 annual scientific events

Scientific integrity training

The Albert Einstein Israeli Institute for Teaching and Research has strengthened training in good research practices for its graduate students

The slow path to self-correction in science

Psychologists continued to cite papers whose results were not confirmed in subsequent research, study shows

An integrity official at every agency

On January 27, United States President Joe Biden ordered a review of the scientific integrity policies of all federal agencies

Simple tips to combat misconduct

The associate dean of research at São Paulo State University created a website with tips on good practices and issues related to scientific integrity

How to survive the poison of predatory journals

Scientists look for ways to mitigate the damage of publishing in fraudulent journals

Recognizing diversity in research

Cell Press has adopted an innovative policy to encourage diversity and inclusion in scientific research

The “special issue” scam

Fraudsters deceive editors of scientific journals and infiltrate the article review process for special issues

Frustrated ambitions

A group of researchers from the Netherlands has been working on a large multidisciplinary survey on scientific integrity at Dutch universities and research institutions

1951 paper on homosexuality retracted

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease has announced the retraction of a scientific article published almost 70 years ago.

Artificial intelligence in peer review

Software identifies potential conflicts of interest between the authors of an article and the researchers reviewing it

A retraction with explicit criticism

The Brain Research Bulletin announced the retraction of a 2017 article on the effect of the hormone erythropoietin in rats and it decided to clearly explain why

UNICAMP issues new research integrity policy

University creates commission to produce educational material and assess complaints

Article proves resilient after retraction

COVID-19 miracle remedies

A preprint describing a potential treatment for the novel coronavirus caught the attention of Dutch biologist Elizabeth Bik, who runs a blog on scientific integrity