Development, validity, and reliability of the pre-attendance conference evaluator (PACE) tool for identifying predatory conferences

Predatory conferences (PCs) scam researchers by compromising them financially and professionally. This study presents the empirical development of the Pre-Attendance Conference Evaluator (PACE) to ...

doi.org

Managing manuscripts with potential dual-use research of concern: A thematic analysis of life science journal policies

Dual-use research of concern (DURC) refers to legitimate scientific research that, if misapplied, could cause significant harm. Journal editors play an important role in ensuring that disseminated ...

doi.org

Shared responsibility to address questionable research practices? – A study of perceived efficacy of organizational research integrity policies

In response to widespread concerns about research integrity, recent years have seen numerous efforts to safeguard against research misconduct and questionable research practices. Research-performin...

doi.org

Improving acknowledgments sections to better credit research contributors

Formal recognition of research contributions is critical for career advancement and the allocation of research funding. However, some contributions are mentioned only in the acknowledgments section...

doi.org

Two economies of medical knowledge: The publishing oligopoly and the clinical trial shadow profession

Contemporary medical knowledge is generated within two interconnected economies that are often examined separately. First, the publishing market has become increasingly oligopolistic, transforming ...

doi.org

Editorial expressions of concern are infrequent even for researchers with multiple retracted publications – An observational study

Early notification of journal readers of the existence of publication integrity concerns by an editorial expression of concern (EoC) can mitigate the adverse effects of unreliable research.We extra...

doi.org

Reasons for retractions in potential predatory journals

Despite growing scholarly attention to both research integrity issues and predatory publishing, the phenomenon of retraction in potential predatory journals (PPJs), especially reasons for retractio...

doi.org

New evidence of weakness and inconsistency in the regulation of research misconduct in Australia

Public trust in research depends in part on the capacity of the system to detect and correct errors in the research record. In Australia, this task is largely entrusted to research institutions thr...

doi.org

The phenomenon of ‘value extraction’ in Open Access

Open Access (OA) agreements were introduced to remove financial barriers to scientific dissemination and promote equity in knowledge access. As Article Processing Charges (APCs) have shifted from i...

doi.org

Identificatory underpinnings of ethical research behavior for graduate students: Evidence from a baseline sample of a university research ethics training program

In efforts to improve replication rates across sciences, graduate student training can foster an understanding of best practices. One consideration is to identify the psychological underpinnings th...

doi.org

Showcasing research achievements and safeguarding research integrity: How do Chinese universities fare?

Despite the importance of showcasing research achievements and safeguarding research integrity, our understanding of how Chinese universities navigate these potentially competing priorities remains...

doi.org

Is it plagiarism if the material was previously published by a third party?

Is it plagiarism if the material was previously published by a third party (other than the claimant)? This scenario is of interest as a model for an assertion that involves the 1981 Nobel Prize in ...

doi.org

Faculty-student differences in authorship perceptions before and after authorship ethics interventions

Authorship practices in collaborative research teams are often complex and influence perceptions surrounding fairness, responsibility, and accountability in scholarly work. This study investigates ...

doi.org

How to categorize citation irregularities: A proposal based on an exploration of the literature

Citation irregularities undermine the fairness and reliability of scholarly communication, yet the terms used to describe these behaviors remain fragmented and inconsistently defined.We employed a ...

doi.org

International multi-stakeholder consensus statement on patient, carer and public involvement to enhance clinical trial integrity

The recent update of the Declaration of Helsinki has emphasized community engagement and research integrity. Patient, carer and public involvement (PCPI) throughout the research lifecycle of random...

doi.org

Ethics tools for strengthening ethics review: A scoping Review

Ethics review of research and innovation activities face growing challenges due to rapid scientific and technological advances, interdisciplinary research, and wider societal implications, such as ...

doi.org

Hallucinated citations produced by generative artificial intelligence may constitute research misconduct when citations function as data in scholarly papers

In this article, we discuss the growing problem of hallucinated citations produced by Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in scholarly research and writing. We argue that GenAI hallucinated ...

tandfonline.com

Can aspects of predatory publishing be applied to some mainstream and grey journals?

Since the term predatory publishing was coined in the early 2010s, a significant research literature has emerged that carries warnings about journals issued by such publishers, while signaling the ...

doi.org

Gaming the peer review system: Evidence for a review mill in medicine highlights the need to ensure reviewer integrity

Review mills are recognized when individuals generate numerous generic review reports, typically containing suggestions for citations to their own work. Here, we report a network with characteristi...

doi.org

A Delphi survey on attitudes to serious research misconduct: Exploring convergence vs. polarization of views of research “sleuths” and research integrity experts

Research fraud is often seen as a rare event, but evidence from self-report surveys indicates that fabrication and falsification of data are common enough to be a problem. This study assessed attit...

tandfonline.com

Improving diversity in research: Successes and limitations of research team education in fostering inclusive recruitment practices and community voice

The lack of diversity in research participation poses a threat to health equity and the ethical principle of justice. Yet few evidence-based interventions exist. This study compared two educational...

doi.org

Artificial Intelligence (AI) guidance for authors, peer reviewers, and editors: A content analysis of journal policies

This study aims to examine how scholarly journals advise authors, peer reviewers, and journal editors about the acceptable use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the scholarly publishing process.Me...

doi.org

Closing the paper mines

Scientific fakery is a centuries old problem. Twinned with the long history of hard-working scientists earning fame for genuine discoveries, runs a tawdry history of those who were willing fabricat...

doi.org

On the potential value conflict between scientific knowledge production and fair recognition of authorship

The value of scientific knowledge and fairness in distribution of academic credit are core values in research publication. However, it is little discussed in the literature that these values may co...

doi.org

To be or not to be value-free? A tension in the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity

In this paper, we document a tension in the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity: the Code seeks to limit the influence of non-epistemic values, and yet, it recognizes that such values p...

doi.org

Emerging ethical duties in AI-mediated research: A case of data sovereignty in applying cross-national regulation

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping research practices, yet its ethical implications remain under‑examined, particularly in cross‑national contexts.To explore how AI integration into environm...

doi.org