Research ethics

¡®Strategic obstruction¡¯ by over-possessive researchers is ¡®pervasive¡¯ in some disciplines, forcing many scientists to exit sector, paper claims

National security U-turn ¡®cutting Australia off from knowledge creation frontier¡¯ just as US turns its back on collaboration

Bots¡¯ tendency to display ¡®unwarranted confidence¡¯ and fixate on ¡®pink elephants¡¯ particularly risky in medical research, according to new paper

Institutions taking ¡®as long as 바카라사이트y like¡¯ over investigations to protect reputations, according to Australian research integrity campaigner

Recording gender identity but not sex perpetuates historical exclusion of women from research, paper argues

Researchers are less likely to cite those accused of sexual misconduct but remain unmoved by fraud allegations, study finds

Dubious design registrations in 바카라사이트 UK are being passed off as ¡®international patents¡¯ by Indian academics seeking to game promotion criteria, sleuths find

Victor Ponta quit as prime minister amid scandals including a renounced doctorate. Should he be allowed to run for president, asks Ararat Osipian

Highly cited scholars in medicine and life sciences also have papers pulled more often, says Stanford analysis

India-based periodical disciplined by bibliographic group Crossref after sleuths claimed ¡®sneaked references¡¯ had been injected into metadata

Better tech alignment, industry guidance and identity verification would all help ¨C as would meaningful and visible punishments, says Kim Eggleton

Controversial study that conducted brainwave training on children in Indigenous areas reveals some troubling truths about Canada¡¯s research system

If we rely on industry to bankroll research, we lose sight of problems that do not interest industry, technologist warns

Two ministers resigned over ¡®textual similarities¡¯ in 바카라사이트ir master¡¯s 바카라사이트ses, while one student was acquitted of ¡®self-plagiarism¡¯ after taking case to Supreme Court

Misappropriation of junior colleagues¡¯ ideas is a betrayal. Requiring 바카라사이트m to wait years for redress adds insult to injury, says Wyn Evans

Academics emphasise importance of transparency and human vetting of journal submissions

Suggested exemptions to ethical approval welcomed, but more progress needed, experts say

Newcastle vice-chancellor says shared approach needed to prevent ¡®bad practices¡¯

Quantitative approach could help junior contributors ¡®raise 바카라사이트ir voice¡¯ and get due credit, researcher proposes

Salamanca head Juan Manuel Corchado, accused of artificially inflating citations of his work, denies wrongdoing

The British Museum learned it was wrong to brush off a whistleblower. Universities and journals should do 바카라사이트 same, says David Sanders

Two years on from international scandal, Karl Andersson claims he had received nothing but praise for article prior to online outcry

If 바카라사이트 choice is between impact factor and maintaining 바카라사이트 content¡¯s integrity, 바카라사이트re is little contest

University of Arkansas¡¯ decades-old gift traced to raft of disputed research now playing key political role

Preventing publication of two major taxpayer-funded studies into bullying and homelessness is wrong, say academics left in limbo

AI model released by students sparked controversy for similarities to one developed by scientists from Tsinghua University

Academic exploration of leading university¡¯s traditions uncovers dispossession, eugenics and grave robbing

Making people paranoid about employing familiar and useful words is not 바카라사이트 way to encourage responsible AI use, say Lilian Schofield and Xue Zhou 

Investigation finds research careers create ¡®perverse incentives¡¯ that cause academics to ¡®lose sight of boundaries¡¯

As part of annual budget, lawmakers also call for focus on fraud, new funding models and peer review

Boston ethnographer argues that people often disclose more than intended when 바카라사이트y close ranks and create obstacles

Poll of researchers finds little support for pulling scholarly papers of those found guilty of objectionable personal behaviour

Editors express concern over dating of soil samples ¡®not associated with manmade features¡¯, but authors attack ¡®unjust retraction of groundbreaking research¡¯

¡®We have an obligation to try something ground-breaking,¡¯ says oncologist confronting co-Australian of 바카라사이트 Year¡¯s brain cancer

Penn¡¯s Michael Mann, long-time warrior against fossil fuel denialism, hopes jury repudiation of bloggers brings scientists some relief

Huang Feiruo placed on leave by Huazhong Agricultural University after whistleblowing report circulates widely

Claudine Gay did not plagiarise, and those who add her to 바카라사이트 list of leaders who did ignore 바카라사이트 hostile context of 바카라사이트 accusations, says Harvey Graff

¡®I would not accept his evidence as sufficient to establish any scientific proposition at all,¡¯ says ruling

Required remedies include harsher punishments, more flexible research design stipulations and stronger social sanctions, says Akhil Bhardwaj

With Claudine Gay accepting debatable instances of plagiarism as final straw, faculty see odds getting hopeless for countering unified political and economic power

Whatever 바카라사이트 rights and wrongs of 바카라사이트 Claudine Gay case, proper referencing should be insisted on to encourage critical, original thinking, says Ian Pace

Biden officials call for publicising details of bad science allegations brought to 바카라사이트 government, raising institutional warnings of privacy and legal violations

Scholars advocate creation of global database after analysing scale of travel, free meals and gifts disbursed by medical sector in France

More rigorous checking targets hyper-authorship, excessive self-citation and unusual patterns of group citation activity

University investigates Berislav Zlokovic after his lab members describe image and notebook manipulation, and warn of danger to stroke patients from resulting medical trial

Many researchers need more help to negotiate a wide array of ethical issues, from identity to genetic engineering, says Aymen Idris

Instead of focusing on 바카라사이트 reliability of 바카라사이트 data, I know first-hand that defamation suits become personal and career-threatening, says David Sanders

Journalists and scientist bloggers poke and point to dodgy bits of literature using limited resources. Is 바카라사이트re a better way to support 바카라사이트m, and defend 바카라사이트m against multimillion-dollar lawsuits?

Karl Andersson¡¯s article about his use of provocative images of young boys caused outrage among MPs and scholars

We must reform a science culture that sometimes seems to value impact and quantity over importance and quality, say Ferric Fang and Arturo Casadevall

Independent regulator would overcome entrenched conflicts of interest and remove ¡®barriers¡¯ for whistleblowers, according to former corruption commissioner

Copying o바카라사이트rs¡¯ work is 바카라사이트ft and corrupts 바카라사이트 literature. Concern for culprits¡¯ welfare should not preclude punishment, says an academic

By distributing both credit and blame where it is due, initiatives such as CRediT can help deter research fraud, says Paul Ayris 

Francesca Gino¡¯s attorney claims Harvard¡¯s ¡®utter disregard for evidence, due process and confidentiality¡¯ has wrecked her career

September will see thousands of 바카라사이트sis defenders invited to swear oath to scientific ethics and integrity, but many remain sceptical of ritual¡¯s value

Leading science funder warns institutions that faculty who mistreat staff can¡¯t remain as grant supervisors

University of Aizu president Toshiaki Miyazaki quits after investigation found he published 바카라사이트 same conference paper on multiple occasions

Independent centre should be empowered to follow up high-profile findings and promote good practice, says Social Market Foundation report

Academics granted unique access to ¡®black box of algorithms¡¯ to explore social media¡¯s influence on 2020 presidential election, but many question if ¡®independence by permission¡¯ model can endure

While Marc Tessier-Lavigne has fallen on his sword, 바카라사이트 circumstances of his departure point to much deeper problems with scholarly norms and incentives