Ethics
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Retraction overview
A researcher at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at the University of Leiden, Netherlands, published a paper that gives a comprehensive overview of scientific articles retracted due to errors, bias, fraud, or plagiarism
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Flawed theory retracted
The idea that HIV may not be the cause of AIDS was suggested in the 1990s, but completely discredited when drugs were created that prevented replication of the virus and eliminated the symptoms of the syndrome
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Purdue researcher admits fraud
At a US district court, Qingyou Han, director of Purdue University's Center for Materials Processing Research, admitted defrauding the NSF, the USA's largest research funding agency
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Academic legacy in dispute
King's College finds work by one of its most renowned researchers "unsafe"
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Agencies facing unique challenges
A comparative study looks at how two of the USA's top research funding agencies deal with cases of misconduct
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Secret donations lead to MIT lab director’s resignation
Entrepreneur and digital activist Joichi Ito resigned as director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
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Swedish universities suffer crisis of confidence
Parliament sets up agency to centralize investigations into scientific misconduct
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Lack of Transparency
Most research universities in the European Union have failed to comply with the 2014 rule that the results of clinical trials must be made public within 12 months
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Punishment after 40 years of harassment at Harvard
Harvard University, USA, has revoked the emeritus status of sociologist Jorge Dominguez, a former professor at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and was vice provost for international affairs at the institution from 2006 to 2015
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Article written by priest retracted for plagiarism
"The Road to Emmaus and the Road to Gaza," published by Canadian priest Thomas Rosica in 1994, has been retracted by the journal Worship
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Punishment for deceptive business practices
Omics International has been found guilty of adopting deceptive commercial policies that violate US law in a suit filed by the US Federal Trade Commission
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Editor fired for homophobia
The American Heart Association dismissed cardiologist Roberto Bolli from his position as editor in chief of its journal Circulation Research
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Why do authors publish in predatory journals?
Why do authors publish in predatory journals that do not properly review articles and are more interested in making money than maintaining a good reputation?
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Inappropriate reviewer behavior
The Oxford University Press journal Bioinformatics recently published a case study on misconduct in the peer review process
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The American connection
The controversial baby gene-editing experiment performed in China may have directly involved a scientist from the USA
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Misconduct in papers on misconduct
One of the abstracts submitted to the 6th World Conference on Research Integrity contained signs of plagiarism
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Multiple sanctions for ethical misconduct
Punishments for scientific misconduct will affect the social lives of Chinese researchers
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Transparency on the rise
A study published in the journal PLOS Biology suggests biomedical research is becoming more open and transparent
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Systematic violations in peer-review process
Twenty-six scientific articles by electrical engineer Antonio Orlandi have been retracted
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Genetics
Chinese scientist who claims to have created gene-edited babies suspended
He Jiankui claims to have altered genes using DNA editing technique
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CNRS creates scientific integrity office
The French National Center for Scientific Research has established an office to investigate suspected cases of misconduct
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