Ethics

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High sensitivity

Social psychologists say that controversial research topics may be targeted by covert censorship, calling for more transparency in science

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Compromised peer review leads to retraction of 209 articles

Publishing company Sage has announced the retraction of 209 scientific articles

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Automatic conversion in Excel changed to prevent errors in genetic studies

Microsoft has announced changes to an Excel feature that has become infamous for introducing errors into research data

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A recipe to follow

Consortium proposes checklists to ensure that microscopy images in articles can be understood and confirmed

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Retraction database sold for US$775,000

Crossref, a nonprofit organization, has purchased Retraction Watch’s database

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Alcohol restrictions tightened on scientific bases in Antarctica

New rules came into effect in October on the sale of alcoholic beverages at USA’s McMurdo Station, the largest scientific station in Antarctica

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Risky behavior

Researchers suggest parameters for judging cases of scientific misconduct involving recklessness

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Misconduct on display

Website that allows users to make anonymous comments on scientific articles has established itself as a platform for reporting ethical misconduct

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Putting the brakes on special editions

Ethics Committee launches document to combat the proliferation of special journal issues

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Misconduct in melanoma study

Australian cancer research center faces melanoma study misconduct case

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Integrity advisors

Australia assesses the impact of specialists responsible for guiding teachers and students on responsible conduct, a model that is gaining ground in other countries

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Stanford president resigns after image manipulation investigation

Stanford president resigns after image manipulation investigation

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Military personnel punished for sexual assault of researcher in Antarctica

Military personnel punished for sexual assault of researcher in Antarctica

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The poison that is also an antidote

Artificial intelligence, which poses unprecedented challenges to scientific integrity, is also behind many of the tools used to defend it

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How retracted articles survived peer review

Article examines how papers retracted due to error or fraud managed to pass peer review

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Animal abuse at malaria research center

Agency stops funding malaria research center after mistreatment of monkeys

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GENDER

Depictions of abusive behavior

The number of academic studies about the incidence and effects of bullying and sexual harassment in the country’s universities is growing

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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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Reward for publishing in renowned journals

Reward for publishing in renowned journals

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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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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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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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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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