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Jocelyn Bell Burnell's skills on the radio telescope were on point. Following the discovery of pulsars, Bell Burnell faced casual sexism from the media and public as well.
Even after reading every single related news article, it is still worth reading the 300-plus page National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine report on Sexual Harassment in its entirety. The report lays out why academia is fundamentally broken and incapable of dealing with harassment.
University manipulated test scores for more than a decade to ensure more men became doctors.
An international investigation has discovered that some 400,000 scientists have published papers in so-called "predatory journals". Action taken after number of journals run by such publishers triples since 2013.
This study's report presents a comprehensive review of the research, experiences, and effects of sexual harassment on women and their careers in science, engineering, and medicine.
Summarizing the literature on predatory journals, describing its epidemiological characteristics, and extracting empirical descriptions of potential characteristics of predatory journals.
Anonymous survey of young scientists reveals fresh accusations of bullying and harassment at astrophysics institute.
Proposed body would monitor universities to ensure that allegations of malpractice are properly investigated.
Science and Technology Committee publish report on research integrity
In examining compensation records from drug companies to physicians who advised FDA, Science found widespread after-the-fact payments or research support to panel members. The agency's safeguards against potential conflicts of interest are not designed to prevent such future financial ties.
An investigative report uncovers little recognized and unpoliced potential conflicts of interest among those who serve on FDA advisory panels that review drugs. FDA may also have missed or judged insignificant financial ties physicians had before their service on the drug approval advisory panels.
One estimate puts the number of papers in questionable journals at 400'000.
Retraction Watch retraction database, being built with the support of the MacArthur and Arnold Foundations.
The drinking study had raised concerns because NIH officials had solicited funding for the $100 million project from liquor companies, with the money funneled through the private NIH Foundation.
A "significant number" of fraud cases involving research funds and academia have been uncovered in recent years, including professional exchanges which never actually took place, or projects that never came to fruition.
As a major funder of this report, NSF emphasizes its commitment to a more inclusive STEM culture and climate - one free of harassment.
Cancer biologist Inder Verma quit as board considered investigation’s findings.
New national guidelines spell out punishment for plagiarism, fabrication of data and research conclusions, ghostwriting and peer review manipulation.
If the publishers of scientific journals everywhere enforced a universal code of ethics - if you violate the code, you cannot publish your scientific work - systematic bullies and harassers would be eliminated from their fields.
A graduate student is analyzing how Stormfront and other racist websites misunderstand, and misuse, new scientific papers.
Balancing due process with the academic community's right to know is no easy task, but critics say more could be done to weed out bad actors. Many universities halt investigations after an accused scientist departs, leaving future employers blind to the researcher’s history of allegations.
Suggestions for how scientists, specifically male scientists, can undermine the alienating culture of sexual harassment that exists in STEM.
Scientific integrity needs to apply to how researchers treat people, not just to how they handle data.
The Wellcome Trust vows to pull grants if researchers or institutions do not abide by its new misconduct policy.
Institutions including Oxford and Cambridge under scrutiny as the number of academic misconduct cases surges.
As Inder Verma soared at Salk Institute, women say a parallel tale of unwelcome advances and comments unfolded.
When someone has to retract a paper for misconduct, what are the odds they will do it again? And how can we use that information to stop repeat offenders?
Following a massive editorial protest, Scientific Reports is admitting its handling of a disputed paper was "insufficient and inadequate," and has agreed to retract it.
Following the shutdown of Beall’s list, blacklists that warn against questionable publishers are in demand.
On the inadequacy and lack of transparency of most research institutions’ responses to allegations of research misconduct.
