[News Watch] Czech university urged to bar new dean over ‘junk journal’ papers
“More than 330 academics from across the world have added their names to an open letter calling on the university’s rector, Tomáš Zima, to veto […]
Two Swedish scientists have been found guilty of “misconduct in research”
Marine biologist Oona Lönnstedt and limnologist Peter Eklöv at Uppsala University have been found guilty of “misconduct in research”. The misconduct is related to their […]
The use of statistics and the reproducibility of science
Nature asked influential statisticians about the use of statistics and poor reproducibility in sciences.
[Publication] Stop this waste of people, animals and money
An interesting study has published in Nature by David Moher and colleagues about predatory journals.
Research integrity in Japan : How accused scientists deal with scientific fraud ?
“Practices related to research misconduct seem to have been multiplied in recent years. Many cases of scientific fraud have been exposed publicly, and journals and […]
[Publication] Research integrity revisited
In Science this week : an editorial of Marcia McNutt, Robert M. Nerem about research integrity. Read the editorial online : http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2017/04/10/science.aan3552 Download the PDF […]
In Science this week : French physicist accused of plagiarism seems set to lose prestigious job
Martin Enserink published in Science un update on the plagiarism case of Etienne Klein in France. Read the article online : French physicist accused of […]
New guidance from UKRIO : authorship in academic publications
The UK Research Integrity Offices (UKRIO) has published a guidance on authorship in academic publications. This guidance was written by Dr Elizabeth Wager, former Chair […]
Thierry Mandon Launches a national structure for research integrity in France
On 23 March 2017, the Secretary of State for Higher Education and Research Thierry Mandon officially announced the launch of a national structure for research […]
ALLEA publishes revised edition of The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
Brussels, 24 March 2017 : The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, published today the revised edition of The European Code of Conduct […]