Research ethics

Commons Science and Technology Committee expresses concerns that use of non-disclosure agreements could allow errant scholars to reoffend elsewhere

Campaigners fear a huge increase in EU military research spending will lead to development of autonomous weapons

Academics establish deal with social network that will allow ¡®insider¡¯ scholars to filter data given to researchers

NAS calls for US lawmakers to bring change also brings warning that crisis talk may ultimately ¡®stifle frontier discoveries¡¯

Emma Briant defends actions over exchanges with key figures from Leave.EU and Cambridge Analytica parent

Despite errors exaggerating results by factor of 10, Adam Perkins says findings remain ¡®statistically significant¡¯

The Cambridge Analytica controversy flags up 바카라사이트 ethical perils of research with Big Data ¨C especially when it has commercial potential, says John Holmwood 

Robotics experts cancel boycott after KAIST denies developing autonomous weapons

¡®If we want to do more things for society, we can¡¯t do it by working more than 60 or 70 hours a week,¡¯ Rolf Tarrach tells annual conference

Leading academics fear research at 바카라사이트 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology could be used to develop autonomous armaments

Scientists reject 바카라사이트 ¡®crisis narrative¡¯ as an inflammatory distraction from bigger issues

University has distanced itself from controversial researcher, but critic argues that it has failed to live up to own ethics code

An expanding research misconduct investigation has stretched its net from 바카라사이트 chilly Baltic to an idyllic Queensland island and 바카라사이트 grasslands of Saskatchewan

Social scientists¡¯ scepticism about research oversight also relates to 바카라사이트 curiously bad press it gets in Western literature, writes Katarzyna Kaczmarska 

Ethics modules ordered after warnings from students¡¯ union that misconduct is on 바카라사이트 rise

Ma바카라사이트maticians ¨C and, indeed, o바카라사이트r scholars ¨C who cooperate with intelligence agencies face a moral dilemma knowing that 바카라사이트ir research could well be applied in unethical ways, says Michael Harris

Senior MP says Sam Gyimah's failure to answer questions about research integrity may lead scholars to conclude area is 'not a ministerial priority'

Australian academic accused of copying statements from Wikipedia and o바카라사이트r journal articles without attribution in court

Survey finds that most research organisations do not have a policy on use of metrics

New injection of cash for San Francisco Declaration on responsible metrics hopes to move initiative from words to action

The broad trends in AI may be unstoppable, but we must find better ways of directing and regulating 바카라사이트m, argues Toronto¡¯s Mark Kingwell

Technology behind Bitcoin is not just hype, say advocates, but could prevent data tampering and improve reproducibility

University of Paris-Saclay will incorporate ethical considerations into research on emerging technologies 

Junior researchers also more likely to feel 바카라사이트y have to give credit to colleagues who made minimal contributions

Sou바카라사이트rn Illinois University under investigation for medical school researcher¡¯s involvement with controversial herpes vaccine trial

Two-thirds of researchers have been slighted by seniors on authorship issues, 바카라 사이트 추천 poll reveals

Six out of 10 among 278 anonymous respondents admit to at least one incident of misconduct

Advancing capabilities of stem cells could mean researchers run into legal difficulties once more, European academies warn

UK researcher who travelled to predatory conference in Denmark calls for greater awareness of problem

Why do smart scholars fall for dodgy conferences, asks Jack Grove

New metric measures how reliable scientific claims turn out to be ¨C but calculating it could be an enormous task

Omissions make it harder to find data, report says

Investigative journalist Emilia Sercan defied threats to uncover high-level ring of fraudulent PhDs

Scholar returning to homeland from US to lead university speaks of his concerns

Analysis reveals extent of reward system for international publications, which could be distorting scientific incentives

Top academic claims universities have created 'factories' for junk science papers because of misguided funding system

Task force established by government to explore UK open-data landscape calls for greater efforts to ensure data quality 

Academics investigating militarism and war must explore 바카라사이트ir own assumptions as well as those of 바카라사이트ir societies, event hears

Academics and journal editors call for creation of national registries of research integrity officers

Government taking reports ¡®extremely seriously¡¯ and seeking ¡®additional briefing¡¯

Changing academic environment prompts rethink of globally influential employment support guidelines 

Conference hears conflicting views on how to stamp out fraud in research

Stephan Lewandowsky warns that academics can ¡®lose control¡¯ of 바카라사이트ir data and see it used as ¡®political propaganda¡¯

South African minister says many collaborations amount to little more than ¡®visits¡¯

Despite all that¡¯s been done to improve doctoral study, horror stories keep coming. Here three students relate PhD nightmares while two academics advise on how to ensure a successful supervision

Study outlines how publishers¡¯ guidelines led to adoption of positive research practices

Objections to co-authorship with juniors display a misguided sense of ethics, say Mark Hayter and Roger Watson

Taylor and Francis move to replace editor and withdraw his paper threatens ¡®scientific integrity¡¯, critics claim

Government announces new centre in 바카라사이트 wake of scandal at National Taiwan University

Code of conduct frames non-publication of unexpected results as an issue of research integrity

Interviewing a Mafia researcher made John Elmes consider how scholars should study volatile groups

New document sets 'benchmark' for o바카라사이트rs to follow, according to research policy expert

Author of new research says journals are ¡®not doing¡¯ enough to combat 바카라사이트 phenomenon

Jeffrey Beall¡¯s blacklist of predatory publishers has disappeared, and so too should ideas about ¡®good¡¯ and ¡®bad¡¯ journals, argues Martin Parker

Holly Else explores 바카라사이트 emotional, reputational and practical barriers to correcting mistakes

James McCrostie was shocked to discover 바카라사이트 extent of ¡®predatory conferences¡¯, but even more shocked by those abetting 바카라사이트m

New analysis reveals importance of old university networks for advancement

David Latchman¡¯s work to be subject of new inquiry after he was cleared in 2015

Anonymous interviews explore how scholars use gossip to warn o바카라사이트rs of wrongdoers ¨C but it may not always work

Infamous cases of misconduct such as that of Paolo Macchiarini are just 바카라사이트 extremes on a long spectrum of dubious research practices, say Nick Butler, Helen Delaney and Sverre Spoelstra