Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Robert M. Kwee, Maan T. Almaghrabi, Thomas C. Kwee
Summary: The study found that radiologists generally pay attention to scientific integrity, with some admitting to scientific fraud, publication bias, and honorary authorship. While their confidence in the integrity of published work was relatively high, there is still room for improvement. It is recommended to initiate cultural and policy reforms to address these issues.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Medical Ethics
Minal M. Caron, Sarah B. Dohan, Mark Barnes, Barbara E. Bierer
Summary: This paper discusses the issue of discovering research misconduct in research supported by federal funds, particularly when allegations are made against the primary research supervisor. It proposes a framework for evaluating whether past supervisory conduct should be considered reckless.
ACCOUNTABILITY IN RESEARCH-ETHICS INTEGRITY AND POLICY
(2023)
Article
Management
Peyman Khezr, Vijay Mohan
Summary: This paper examines authorship misconduct, describes various forms of misconduct, and proposes a simple model to explore the strategic interaction between guest authors and research teams. It also investigates the possibility of using a monitoring-punishment approach to eliminate free-riding equilibria. The paper highlights the importance of efficiency and ethics in research and introduces recent advances in distributed ledger technology and authorship forensics for monitoring research workflows.
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Environmental Sciences
Alonzo Alfaro-Nunez
Summary: Scientists and academic researchers face enormous pressure to publish ground-breaking results, which may compromise the transparency and integrity of scientific research. Survival and advancement in the competitive world of science are particularly challenging for junior and mid-senior researchers. However, continuous rejections for years may lead to discouragement, requiring resilience and perseverance.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES EUROPE
(2022)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Esmee M. Bordewijk, Wentao Li, Rik van Eekelen, Rui Wang, Marian Showell, Ben W. Mol, Madelon van Wely
Summary: This study provides an overview of methods to investigate research misconduct in health-related research. While measures against textual plagiarism are well implemented, tools for other forms of research misconduct are lacking standardization and formal validation, calling for further development of automatic tools and routine validation of these methods.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Ethics
Nicole Shu Ling Yeo-Teh, Bor Luen Tang
Summary: Irregularities in scientific research data/results can be detected before publication by co-workers and reviewers, or after publication by readers, particularly those with vested interest. Some readers actively scrutinize published papers to identify potential problems with the work, leading to post-publication peer review (PPPR) activities known as intentional misconduct exposing (IME)-PPPR. Despite concerns about their lack of accountability, such activities have helped uncover instances of research misconduct and contribute to a self-correcting research culture.
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ETHICS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Samar Abd ElHafeez, Mohamed Salem, Henry J. Silverman
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the psychometric properties of an attitude scale and demonstrates its validity and reliability through factor analysis and correlation analysis. The validated attitude scale can be used to assess the effectiveness of educational programs and facilitate the development of responsible attitudes among researchers.
Review
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Maria Nunez-Nunez, Jeffrey C. Andrews, Mohamed Fawzy, Aurora Bueno-Cavanillas, Khalid Saeed Khan
Summary: This article analyzes the current literature to promote research integrity in clinical trials. Recent admissions of questionable practices by researchers have undermined confidence. There is a lack of specific recommendations for ethical and professional standards in clinical trials, and a need for constructive, supportive, and multidisciplinary approaches to embed integrity into research practice.
CURRENT OPINION IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
(2022)
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Ethics
Erik Boetto, Davide Golinelli, Gherardo Carullo, Maria Pia Fantini
Summary: The paper highlights the commonality of frauds and misconduct in the history of science, emphasizing the risks and consequences of recent events related to COVID-19. It suggests strengthening journal policies and utilizing blockchain technology to improve the research process in order to prevent the repetition of mistakes in research history.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS
(2021)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Thomas C. Kwee, Maan T. Almaghrabi, Robert M. Kwee
Summary: Our study aimed to investigate scientific fraud, publication bias, and honorary authorship in the field of nuclear medicine. The results showed that a small percentage of corresponding authors admitted to committing scientific fraud and a significant number reported witnessing or suspecting scientific fraud in their department. Publication bias and honorary authorship were also prevalent. Researchers in Asia displayed higher confidence in the integrity of published work compared to researchers in other regions.
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Business
Nicolae Lupu, Dragon Bigu
Summary: To ensure scientific research complies with ethical standards, integrity codes and research ethics committees play a crucial role. Analyzing complaints, reports, and decisions from recent years provides insights into the alignment of research activities with ethical norms.
AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC
(2022)
Review
Computer Science, Information Systems
Arafat Al-Dhaqm, Richard A. Ikuesan, Victor R. Kebande, Shukor Razak, Fahad M. Ghabban
Summary: The emergence of unmanned aerial vehicles has revolutionized digital surveillance and supply chain logistics, leading to new security and forensic challenges. The adoption of drones has also brought about a proliferation of diverse drone types and drone-related criminality. Research into existing digital forensic models aims to provide more effective methodologies for investigating drone-related incidents.
Review
Anesthesiology
Michael C. Ferraro, R. Andrew Moore, Amanda C. de C. Williams, Emma Fisher, Gavin Stewart, McKenzie C. Ferguson, Christopher Eccleston, Neil E. O'Connell
Summary: This study aimed to explore the extent and characteristics of retracted publications in pain research. The results showed a significant increase in the number of retracted pain articles over time, with the majority of retractions being due to misconduct. The median time from article publication to retraction was 2 years, and the time differed depending on the reason for retraction. Further investigations into the fate of retracted pain articles are necessary to determine the impact of unreliable data on pain research.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jennifer A. Byrne, Yasunori Park, Reese A. K. Richardson, Pranujan Pathmendra, Mengyi Sun, Thomas Stoeger
Summary: Human gene research is at risk from low-quality or fraudulent articles produced by paper mills. This review discusses the impact of paper mills on the human gene research literature and proposes methods for detecting and correcting these problematic publications.
NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
V. T. Nguyen, M. K. Sharp, C. Superchi, G. Baron, K. Glonti, D. Blanco, M. Olsen, T. T. Vo Tat, C. Olarte Parra, A. Neveol, D. Hren, P. Ravaud, I. Boutron
Summary: The aim of this study was to describe the research practices of doctoral students facing a dilemma in research integrity and assess the impact of inappropriate research environments, specifically exposure to a post-doctoral researcher or supervisor engaged in detrimental research practices. The findings suggest that neither post-doctoral researchers nor supervisors had a significant impact on student research practices.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)