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How Journals Treat Papers from Researchers Who Committed Misconduct

How Journals Treat Papers from Researchers Who Committed Misconduct

Nature Plants explains how it handled a manuscript coauthored by Patrice Dunoyer, a biologist with multiple retractions to his name.

Discredited Gene-Editing Researcher Vows to Clear His Name

Discredited Gene-Editing Researcher Vows to Clear His Name

A Chinese biologist whose team on Wednesday retracted a high-profile paper on a gene-editing technology has vowed to press ahead with experiments that he hopes will vindicate the potential rival to the CRISPR/Cas9 system.

Cambridge Researchers Fight Back Against ‘Bad Science’

Cambridge Researchers Fight Back Against ‘Bad Science’

A group of junior researchers at Cambridge have established a campaign against the damaging pressure to produce 'sexier' results

Academics Strike Back Against Bad Science

Academics Strike Back Against Bad Science

Fed up with the relentless pressure to produce reams of jazzed-up findings, a group of junior researchers at the University of Cambridge are fighting back with a campaign called Bullied into Bad Science.

'Exaggerations' Threaten Public Trust in Science

'Exaggerations' Threaten Public Trust in Science

David Spiegelhalter, president of Royal Statistical Society, says sloppy attitude to statistics leads to misleading claims and draws parallels to rise of fake news

Dozens of Recent Clinical Trials May Contain Wrong or Falsified Data, Claims Study

Dozens of Recent Clinical Trials May Contain Wrong or Falsified Data, Claims Study

Fresh concerns over reliability of papers published in journals as suspicious statistical patterns prompt investigations into some of the identified trials

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 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.

US Report Calls for Research Integrity Board

US Report Calls for Research Integrity Board

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine says that the US research community needs to do a better job of both investigating misconduct allegations and promoting ethical conduct.