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Research Ethics
The foundation of every clinical trial is a clinical protocol. It is an important document that describes in detail all the crucial elements of the research. In fact,…
- Dr. Kalpataru Mukherjee
- April 26, 2018
A series of unplanned events led me to a copy of Charlie Munger’s famous speech titled “The Psychology of Human Misjudgment” and got my brain whirring. In the speech he…
- Shachi Gautam
- March 22, 2018
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
As the volume of scientific publishing is increasing, so is the competitive pressure to get published. The extreme competition in academia and the immense pressure to…
- Caven Mcloughlin
- June 16, 2017
A journal editor discovers an overlap between one of his journal’s published articles and two other articles published in different journals. The editor suspects that…
- Kakoli Majumder
- December 13, 2018
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
This post clarifies the role and nature of animal ethics boards or regulatory bodies that set down regulations to help ensure humane and ethical treatment of animals in…
- Dr. Radhika N.S.
- March 27, 2018
This online course titled Avoid Retractions: Publish Ethically is an effort to provide guided learning on ethics in a simple and systematic manner allowing…
- Editage Insights
- December 12, 2016
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
This post covers the basics of copyright in reference to research papers. It explains what copyright is, what fair use and infringement are, and which types of copyright…
- Yateendra Joshi
- April 26, 2023