All research integrity articles
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NewsLegal threats, online trolls and low pay: the world of scientific sleuth Elisabeth Bik
Chemistry World catches up with one of the world’s leading scientific integrity experts
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NewsIntegrity specialist has no case to answer over blackmail, extortion allegations, French officials find
Elisabeth Bik, famed for her research integrity work, admits that she is relieved that the investigation is over
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OpinionHoles in the ‘holey graphyne’ story
The challenges – and importance – of questioning published results
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NewsUK committee makes recommendations to improve research integrity in first report
Artificial intelligence and other new technologies under assessment for the risks and opportunities they provide
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NewsDedicated committee needed to tackle research reproducibility problems in the UK
UK House of Commons report suggests government needs to play a bigger role addressing issues affecting science
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NewsFrench inquiry censures lab that promoted hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid
Report raises awkward questions about prominent study on antimalarial conducted in Didier Raoult’s lab
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NewsResearch concordat guidance to help align government science with academia
Move will improve transparency in government research
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NewsProminent Chinese immunologist and research integrity leader cleared of scientific misconduct
Investigation finds problems with images but concludes that Xuetao Cao is not guilty of research fraud
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NewsStudy of misconduct suggests first author should be guarantor for a paper’s accuracy
Research examined 80 misconduct investigations by US Office of Research Integrity
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NewsEmbattled director of US research integrity office heads to NIH
Head of Office of Research Integrity won’t return after temporary reassignment and is set to become NIH’s integrity officer
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NewsCall for quicker progress on research integrity at UK universities
House of Commons investigation finds a quarter of universities still don’t publish an annual integrity report
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NewsChaos at US government’s research integrity office
The dramatic drop in misconduct findings from the Office of Research Integrity in the last two years has been blamed on turmoil at the agency
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NewsResearch integrity report calls for change to flawed system
A US National Academies panel has proposed measures to help curb scientific misconduct
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NewsCongress introduces bill reaffirming open communication of research
In an apparent response to Trump, US senators seek to shore up independence of federal scientists
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NewsIntegrity rules ‘well received’ by researchers
Progress report on concordat on research ethics broadly supportive of actions taken so far
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NewsImage manipulation in biomedical papers is commonplace
Almost 4% of pictures in papers surveyed over past 20 years contain evidence of tampering
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NewsHow do you solve a problem like misconduct?
The world’s scientific bodies have come together to tackle fraud and plagiarism, but the problem will be tough to crack
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Research integrity may be linked to UK grants
Universities UK concordat on good research conduct suggests that signatories could make commitments part of grant conditions
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Opinion
Integrity begins at home
James Parry argues that safeguarding the integrity and quality of research is best achieved through cultural and not regulatory means