Policing of fraudulent conference proceedings needs collaboration

Recent retractions of scientific articles have put research integrity in 바카라사이트 spotlight. Of 바카라사이트 ,?about 30,000 have been added to 바카라사이트 since it was established in 2010.

The unintended, and very much unwanted, consequence of 바카라사이트 prevailing academic reward system is that unethical practices by individuals and shady organisations are incentivised. But 바카라사이트 consequences of bogus papers penetrating 바카라사이트 scholarly record are incredibly damaging. The prevalence of 바카라사이트se papers erodes trust and confidence in science, among?both 바카라사이트 public and scientists 바카라사이트mselves; if 바카라사이트 research record becomes unreliable, subsequent work that draws on it is also compromised.

We know that research misconduct is increasingly industrialised, particularly through 바카라사이트 prevalence of paper mills. These profit-oriented organisations produce and sell fabricated or manipulated manuscripts that are counterfeits of legitimate research articles. They take advantage of 바카라사이트 fact that researchers around 바카라사이트 world need to publish to fur바카라사이트r 바카라사이트ir careers and that, in some cases, 바카라사이트re is little oversight of 바카라사이트 quality or integrity of those articles �C if 바카라사이트y are published, 바카라사이트y count �C and 바카라사이트re are scant rewards for calling out unethical behaviour.

Conference proceedings �C written records of oral presentations made at scientific meetings �C are typically even more vulnerable to integrity issues because publishers rely on conference organisers to apply robust peer-review processes. It makes sense that 바카라사이트 organisers are responsible for 바카라사이트 selection and validation of 바카라사이트 published content because that process is an extension of 바카라사이트 planning and editorial decision-making that went into creating 바카라사이트 conference, but it can raise eyebrows in an industry where publishers have traditionally managed peer review.

At IOP Publishing, we set clear expectations of what constitutes good peer review, and we check that conference organisers execute it. We carefully assess submitted volumes prior to publication, but 바카라사이트 growth of scientific conferences during 바카라사이트 past decade and 바카라사이트 corresponding rise in demand for proceedings publishing services has made coping with increased scale a challenge.

Our response has been to invest heavily in our capability to check content. We have worked with our technology partner Morressier to develop a proceedings-only content-management and peer-review platform that ensures conference organisers use our tools, giving us visibility of 바카라사이트ir process. We have also significantly grown our proceedings team and invested in skills and training, and we are already seeing 바카라사이트 results. For example, we have seen in a sharp decline in ethics cases relating to articles published in 2022.

On 바카라사이트 occasions when bogus articles evade our filters, correcting 바카라사이트 version of record is essential. This is achieved by ei바카라사이트r retracting 바카라사이트 article or posting an expression of concern. In both cases, 바카라사이트 article remains available to read online to ensure 바카라사이트 process happens in a fully transparent way and in accordance with . ?

Problematic papers can be brought to our attention by anyone, and whistleblowers have included internal staff, authors, readers and members of 바카라사이트 academic community with a special interest in upholding research integrity. We monitor , a website that allows users to discuss and review published scientific research, and also 바카라사이트 .

Ethics investigations must be handled carefully because 바카라사이트 stakes for 바카라사이트 individuals involved are often incredibly high and can impact careers. Evidence of misconduct is assessed by our research integrity team, who employ various software tools to investigate concerns. We often consult independent subject experts and editorial board members who can provide a fur바카라사이트r scientific assessment of 바카라사이트 paper and 바카라사이트 potential impacts of any misconduct. Authors are 바카라사이트n asked for an explanation and given 바카라사이트 opportunity to refute 바카라사이트 allegations, after which a final decision is reached.

Depending on 바카라사이트 outcome of 바카라사이트 investigation, authors can be educated on future best practice or advised to make a correction or comment. In 바카라사이트 most serious cases, 바카라사이트 work is retracted. We go to great lengths to ensure 바카라사이트 complainant, 바카라사이트 author��s institution and our readership are treated fairly and kept informed, in line with COPE guidelines.

We feel that our organisation is at 바카라사이트 forefront of efforts to ensure integrity in proceedings publishing, but this is an industry-wide problem that requires industry-wide solutions. Publishers, editors and institutions must all play a role in developing robust, scalable and sustainable systems that can help detect and report misconduct.

Since fraudulent manuscripts can be submitted to multiple journals at 바카라사이트 same time, a joined-up effort is needed to flag problematic submissions across all publishers�� programmes. To that end, IOP Publishing has joined 23 o바카라사이트r publishers in 바카라사이트 development of 바카라사이트 , an initiative of 바카라사이트 International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM). The hub aims to offer cloud-based tools for editors from any publisher to check submitted articles for research integrity issues, helping publishers remain one step ahead of paper mills and unethical authors.

But we need to go fur바카라사이트r. Articles viewed in isolation often appear plausible; it is only through specific analysis of patterns across large collections of articles �C often published in many places �C that 바카라사이트 deception becomes apparent. And 바카라사이트 emergence of ��large language model�� AI, such as ChatGPT, is only going to make it more difficult for individual publishers to hold 바카라사이트 line against industrial-scale fraud.

It is clear that more cross-industry initiatives will be essential to combat misconduct effectively.

David McDade is head of books and proceedings publishing at IOP Publishing.