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Inappropriate image manipulation has become increasingly prevalent in research publishing. This article talks about peer reviewers' role in flagging unethical elements…
- Adita Joshi
- September 20, 2022
Despite the lack of pay and sometimes-thankless nature of the work, peer reviewers are vital to the process of academic publication. This article talks about the new…
- David Burbridge
- September 19, 2022
On July 21, 2022, the prominent blog Retraction Watch and esteemed American journal Science published articles on the newly uncovered evidence of potential…
- David Burbridge
- August 5, 2022
The 7th World Conference on Research Integrity, held in May–June 2022 in Cape Town, focused on issues surrounding ethics in collaboration between researchers in the…
- David Burbridge
- July 22, 2022
Images that researchers include in their papers need to meet the presentation quality requred for publication. But in manipulating their images to make them presentable,…
- Adita Joshi
- June 15, 2022
On 21 March, 2022, the Chinese government has issued a stricter set of ethical guidelines2 for research in human and animal genetics. What will be the major changes and…
- Malvika Gaur
- April 19, 2022
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Following this brief explanation of what plagiarism is – essentially, ‘borrowing’ pieces of text published elsewhere and incorporating them into your article without any…
- Yateendra Joshi
- August 6, 2021
Even novel, high-impact research can face problems at the journal submission stage if they don’t meet ethical guidelines or lack the required declarations. Take a look…
- Elizabeth George
- August 31, 2020
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Dr. Elisabeth Bik is a microbiome and science integrity consultant and founder of the Microbiome Digest blog. Dr. Bik’s pro bono efforts to help identify instances of…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- August 8, 2019
Newer forms of unethical practices are on the rise in the acdemic publishing world, taking unsuspecting authors by surprise. When a dissatisfied author gives a negative…
- Kakoli Majumder
- March 15, 2019