Retractions of scientific articles are becoming the most relevant institution for making sense
of scientific misconduct. An increasing number of retracted articles, mainly attributed to …

Purpose In this series of articles—Research Ethics I, Research Ethics II, and Research
Ethics III—the authors provide a comprehensive review of the 9 core domains for the …

Previous research has found authors of retracted publications responsible for the vast
majority of retractions. Although considerable research attention has been given to reasons …

In the last 20 years, there has been a sharp increase in the incidence of retractions of
articles published in scientific journals, the majority of which are due to research misconduct …

Although retraction is widely perceived as stigmatic in the scientific community, little is
known about how retraction stigma is communicated via retraction notices. Drawing on a …

This article presents a comprehensive overview of retraction research. It introduces
retraction as a self-correcting mechanism of science involving various stakeholders and a …

The procedures undertaken to investigate a research misconduct are usually dictated by
research ethics and integrity policy, prescribed either by the institute or by the national …

Most research universities have concrete policies for navigating the conflicts of interest of
faculty members. Policies that might constrain university administrators acting on behalf of …

Assessing the severity of an instance of research misconduct is undoubtedly challenging,
especially when the result of the assessment may be key to suggesting subsequent …

Definitions of fraud and misconduct are not ethically neutral, and they have implications for
the process and procedure of investigations into cases of suspected fraud and misconduct …