How to Avoid the Stigma of a Retracted Paper? Don't Call It a Retraction
Avoiding the r-word would make it easier for researchers to correct the literature after an honest mistake.
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5th World Conference on Research Integrity
May 28-31, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Meta-Assessment of Bias in Science
Science is said to be suffering a reproducibility crisis caused by many biases. How common are these problems, across the wide diversity of research fields? We probed for multiple bias-related patterns in a large random sample of meta-analyses taken from all disciplines.
Transparency In Authors' Contributions And Responsibilities To Promote Integrity In Scientific Publication
Transparency In Authors' Contributions And Responsibilities To Promote Integrity In Scientific Publication
Research institutions should have regular open conversations on authorship criteria and ethics and that funding agencies adopt ORCID and accept CRediT.
China Cracks Down on Fake Data in Drug Trials
Researchers and manufacturers face possible jail time — or execution — for fraudulent submissions to nation's drug agency.
China Publishes More Science Research with Fabricated Peer-Review than Everyone Else Put Together
China Publishes More Science Research with Fabricated Peer-Review than Everyone Else Put Together
It's hard to believe how "far ahead" China is on this front until you see it with your own eyes.
Integrity Starts with the Health of Research Groups
Funders should force universities to support laboratories’ research health
Why Do Scientists Fabricate And Falsify Data?
A matched-control analysis of papers containing problematic image duplications.
Scientists Are Getting Proactive About Self-Corrections
The process for correcting a published article can be needlessly burdensome. So some researchers have decided to take matters into their own hands.
New Report Calls for Action to Protect Integrity in Research
All stakeholders in the scientific research enterprise -- researchers, institutions, publishers, funders, scientific societies, and federal agencies – should improve their practices and policies to respond to threats to the integrity of research, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Is The Peer Review Crisis A Patent Application Crisis?
The impact of crisis of reproducibility on the patent system.
ALLEA Publishes Revised Edition of the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
ALLEA Publishes Revised Edition of the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
The revised Code addresses recent and emerging challenges emanating from technological developments, open science, citizen science and social media, among other areas.
'Fake Research' Comes Under Scrutiny
The scale of "fake research" in the UK appears to have been underestimated, a BBC investigation suggests.
NSF Sends Congress a Garbled Message on Misconduct Numbers
Agency attempts to set the record straight after suggesting rise in cases.
Analysis of Meta-Analyses Identifies Where Sciences' Real Problems Lie
But the pressure to publish might not be such a problem after all.
Potential Predatory and Legitimate Biomedical Journals: Can You Tell the Difference?
Potential Predatory and Legitimate Biomedical Journals: Can You Tell the Difference?
A cross-sectional comparison of characteristics of potential predatory, legitimate open access, and legitimate subscription-based biomedical journals.
A Scholarly Sting Operation Shines a Light on ‘Predatory’ Journals
When Dr. Fraud applied to 360 randomly selected open-access academic journals asking to be an editor, 48 accepted her and four made her editor in chief.
How Can We Tackle the Thorny Problem of Fraudulent Research?
Misconduct in academia isn’t rampant but should be taken more seriously: let’s consider independent anti-corruption units
The Science 'Reproducibility Crisis' – and What Can Be Done About It
The Science 'Reproducibility Crisis' – and What Can Be Done About It
We asked three experts for their takes.
Science Covered in the News Is More Likely to Be Overturned
It often feels as though today’s health headlines are some scientific version of Mad Libs. And now there’s a study that provides evidence for that hunch.
Got "Significosis?" Here Are the Five Diseases of Academic Publishing
How to prevent, diagnose, and treat the five diseases of academic publishing.
Figuring out a Handshake
A solution to fix the replication crisis in science: why do scientists not simply sell what they learn from their research?
How to Quickly Spot Dodgy Science
There are a few red flags to look out for when reading about new scientific discoveries that can help you spot dodgy or unreliable work.
Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2017
232 new predatory open-access publishers over 2016.
7 Bad Science and Health Ideas That Should Die With 2016
There’s no shortage of misinformation in the world — particularly around health and science topics.
Take the Time and Effort to Correct Misinformation
Scientists should challenge online falsehoods and inaccuracies — and harness the collective power of the Internet to fight back, argues Phil Williamson.
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