Prevalence of research misconduct, questionable research practices (QRPs) and their
associations with a range of explanatory factors has not been studied sufficiently among …

Background Improper practices and unprofessional conduct in clinical research have been
shown to waste a significant portion of healthcare funds and harm public health. Objectives …

This work aims to present concepts related to ethical issues in conducting and reporting
scientific research in a clear and straightforward manner. Considerations around research …

Promoting and implementing research integrity is considered the joint responsibility and
effort of multiple stakeholders in the research community. We conducted a scoping review …

Purpose To explore the mentor–mentee relationship with a focus on determining the
characteristics of effective mentors and mentees and understanding the factors influencing …

Recent scandals and controversies, such as data fabrication in federally funded science,
data manipulation and distortion in private industry, and human embryonic stem cell …

The honesty and integrity of scientists is widely believed to be threatened by pressures to
publish, unsupportive research environments, and other structural, sociological and …

Some scholars add authors to their research papers or grant proposals even when those
individuals contribute nothing to the research effort. Some journal editors coerce authors to …

We can regard the wider incentive structures that operate across science, such as the
priority given to novel findings, as an ecosystem within which scientists strive to maximise …

IN THE NEWS FOCUS STORY “PESTICIDES UNDER FIRE FOR RISKS TO pollinators”(10
May, p. 674), E. Stokstad writes that the use of neonicotinoid insecticides has been partly …