Ethics

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Four shades of academic plagiarism

India releases new guidelines on how to punish plagiarism in scientific papers and proposes a scale for assessing the severity of the problem

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Genetics

The limitations of a genome editing technique

The CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique is less accurate than previously thought

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Czech politicians resign over academic plagiarism

Two government ministers in the Czech Republic have recently resigned amid accusations of having plagiarized their university theses

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The specter of predatory journals in Brazil

Study shows how many researchers in the country are publishing in suspicious journals

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Patent War

Patent War

Researchers locked in legal battle for property rights linked to the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 

Closer links with industry

UNICAMP is Brazil’s highest-ranked university for patent applications, and USP for licensing royalties

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Addressing sexual harassment in academia

Report proposes new strategies for protecting students and researchers from harassment and coercion

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Pitfalls of misconduct

Director of the National Center for Professional & Research Ethics at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, USA, listed the pitfalls that students and researchers often fall into that can lead to poor decisions and cases of scientific misconduct

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A second chance

Biologist fired by the University of Tokyo for manipulating images receives training from British Nobel laureate

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Multiple irregularities

Journal has announced the retraction of a scientific paper based on a number of factors

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Billionaire startup founders charged with fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission has formally charged biotechnology company Theranos with fraud

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Credit where credit is due

Experts recommend ways to ensure proper recognition of everyone who contributes to a scientific article

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DATA MANAGEMENT 

Unbalanced Dissemination

Reuse of scientific data is still uncommon, and varies depending on the field of knowledge

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Young authors in South Korea

The South Korean government is to begin an investigation into cases of researchers registering their own children as coauthors of their scientific articles

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Agency takes action against sexual harassment

The NSF has announced a set of measures to combat sexual harassment in the academic environment

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Preventing further crises

Report proposes changing research practices to reduce the publication of studies whose results have not been replicated

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Genetics

Chinese researchers clone monkeys using the same technique that created Dolly the sheep

Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, of the cynomolgus species, are genetically identical

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Wrong version of an article published

The Journal of Paleontology recently retracted a scientific paper for an unusual reason

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The Spectre of Eugenics at University

UCL has announced an investigation into a researcher accused of secretly promoting conferences on intelligence and eugenics at the university over the last three years

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A closer look at retractions around the world

Study uses announcements on Retraction Watch website to produce an overview of misconduct in scientific publications

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Mass resignation from editorial board

Nineteen researchers stepped down from the editorial board of Scientific Reports, in November

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The career effects of scandal

A group of researchers from the MIT and Harvard University measured the damage that an article retraction causes to the reputation of its authors

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Anonymous accusations and weak excuses

Anonymous accusations and weak excuses

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Questionable methods admitted publicly

Articles by nutritionist retracted due to errors and negligence

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USP Good Practices Committee to invest in education and prevention

USP Good Practices Committee to invest in education and prevention

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A plan to improve integrity

Karolinska Institute establishes new measures to prevent cases of misconduct

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Journal retracts two mistakenly published articles

Journal retracts two mistakenly published articles

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Harassment casts shadow over scientific integrity

Harassment casts shadow over scientific integrity

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French physician is convicted of conflict of interest

French physician is convicted of conflict of interest

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How to deal with an author punished for misconduct

How to deal with an author punished for misconduct

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