Read the full story in Nature. Researchers need guidance on how to handle published work whose ethics have been questioned, argue Graeme D. Ruxton and
Category: Scientific publishing
Hundreds of extreme self-citing scientists revealed in new database
Read the full story in Nature. Some highly cited academics seem to be heavy self-promoters — but researchers warn against policing self-citation.
The plan to mine the world’s research papers
Read the full story in Nature. A giant data store quietly being built in India could free vast swathes of science for computer analysis —
University of California’s showdown with the biggest academic publisher aims to change scholarly publishing for good
Read the full story at The Conversation. This month, academic publisher Elsevier shuttered the University of California’s online access to current journal articles. It’s the latest move
Ethics in Scientific Research: An Examination of Ethical Principles and Emerging Topics
Download the document. Scientific research ethics vary by discipline and by country, and this analysis sought to understand those variations. The goal of this project
Peer review is not just quality control, it is part of the social infrastructure of research
The purpose of peer review is often portrayed as being a simple ‘objective’ test of the soundness or quality of a research paper. However, it
