Ethics
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Australia vetos six humanities research projects
Move sparks debate over political interference in science
Crispr-Cas9
Disputed Crispr patents
Patents related to CRISPR-Cas9 use to edit the genes of plant and animal cells belong to the Broad Institute
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The disease of self-plagiarism in Russia
One in every 20 papers published in Russian journals between 2014 and 2017 was an exact or near copy of an existing article
By Redação
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How to avoid predatory journals
Checklist designed to help researchers identify reputable scientific journals
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Biden’s chief science advisor forced to resign
Biden's chief science advisor forced to resign
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Fraud in hundreds of articles
A recent editorial in the journal Anesthesiology profiled a researcher who committed fraud in hundreds of scientific articles. An investigation by the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists found that anesthesiologist Hironobu Ueshima fabricated data and committed other types of fraud, such as false attribution of authorship, in 142 papers. An inquiry by Showa University in Tokyo,... View Article
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Digitization to fight plagiarism
Nigeria's Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) will begin digitizing scientific theses and papers written by its students and faculty
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The specter of collusion
Study finds evidence that editorial board members receive special treatment in the scientific review process
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Integrity in times of open science
The sixth Brazilian Meeting on Research Integrity and Ethics in Science (BRISPE) was held between October 28 and 29, with discussions on how to encourage ethical behavior and scientific integrity in an environment marked by increasing collaboration, open access to knowledge, and data sharing—generally encompassed by the term “open science.” More than one hundred participants,... View Article
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Academic papers for sale
Essay mills could be made illegal in the UK in a bid to combat widespread fraud in remote learning
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A collection of retracted articles
An article about the health benefits of broccoli was recently retracted, 12 years after it was published
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Race to report clinical trial results
New rules on disclosing the results of clinical trials in the European Union come into force on January 31, 2022
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Jailed for clinical trial fraud
A federal judge in the US state of Florida sentenced Eduardo Navarro and Nayade Varona to prison for falsifying clinical trial data for a drug being tested against irritable bowel syndrome
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University revokes homage to pioneering dermatologist
University revokes homage to pioneering dermatologist
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Ways to encourage responsible behavior
Study highlights the impacts of scientific integrity training for students
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COVID-19 studies in “hijacked” journals
The World Health Organization (WHO) has a database of some 320,000 scientific papers published on COVID-19
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The appeal of predatory journals in Uzbekistan
An article showed why the former Soviet Republic in Central Asia has become known for the publication of papers in predatory journals
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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
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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
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Academy expels researchers for sexual harassment
The US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has expelled researchers accused of sexual harassment
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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%
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