Ethics

Good practices

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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War on Photoshop

Scientific publishers write a manual on identifying articles containing doctored or duplicated images and how to combat this type of misconduct

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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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Ensuring confidence in literature reviews

Academic library issues new guidance on identifying and excluding problematic articles when reviewing a research topic

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Publisher Elsevier has withdrawn an illustrated book on chemical elements and mineralogy, first published last year, from circulation upon discovering that several excerpts were plagiarized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

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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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New wave of hijacked journals

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

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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

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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

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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

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Trust and transparency

Studies focus on conflicts of interest in medical science

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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

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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

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Publicizing the Hong Kong Principles

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

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Fewer animals in science

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

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COVID-19

Complex choices

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

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Racial violence and scientific meetings

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

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Scientific integrity training

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

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The slow path to self-correction in science

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

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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

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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

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