Q&A Daniele Fanelli: Retracting your own paper can lead to a spike in citations Authors who retract papers due to an honest mistake are praised by peer-reviewers. Gemma Conroy Q+A 6 Sep 2019
Publishing standards help fight bias against Chinese authors A response to concerns that editors' and peer reviewers’ confidence in Chinese authors has been eroded. Hepeng Jia News 20 Aug 2019
Fudged research results erode people’s trust in experts Some academic reports are flawed, and they're undermining trust in the vast majority that are rigorous and accurate. Gavin Moodie 26 Jul 2019
Singapore joins the rise of research integrity networks Global effort to combat research misconduct gathers pace. Dalmeet Singh Chawla News 3 Jul 2019
No paper, no PhD? India rethinks graduate student policy A committee has recommended scrapping a rule that requires PhD students to publish articles. Gayathri Vaidyanathan News 13 Jun 2019
From punish to empower: A blame-free approach to research misconduct Research institutions have a duty to foster integrity, and that includes monitoring. Lex Bouter Comment 16 Oct 2018
Power balance in clinical trials exposed Industry funders routinely take charge of analysis and reporting. Gemma Conroy News 9 Oct 2018
Africa should set own standards of research excellence 'Most highly cited' criterion is not the most appropriate. Munyaradzi Makoni News feature 13 Sep 2018
High-profile journals put to reproducibility test Researchers replicated 62% of social-behaviour findings published in Science and Nature — a result matched almost exactly by a prediction market. Philip Ball 30 Aug 2018
Could blockchain unblock science? The technology has potential to solve some transparency problems, but there are many obstacles to clear first. Jon Brock Comment 29 Aug 2018
Q&A Adam Russell: The search for automated tools to rate research reproducibility A US project is exploring the use of software to assign confidence levels to published research. Dalmeet Singh Chawla Q&A 8 Aug 2018
For the sake of science, it’s time to break ranks Researchers call for a change in evaluation to recognise the importance of reproducibility. Anja Krieger News 26 Jul 2018
Early-career researchers herald change The younger generation sees a collaborative system as key to discovery and advancement, a three-year tracking project reveals. David Nicholas et al.* Comment 25 Jul 2018
British universities fail at research integrity self-regulation One-quarter of surveyed institutions admit to not complying with guidelines. Dalmeet Singh Chawla News 11 Jul 2018
Australian researchers ‘vulnerable’ under new code of conduct Lack of independent oversight in examining alleged breaches leaves academics at the whim of institutions. Smriti Mallapaty News 20 Jun 2018
Q&A Felicitas Hesselmann: Vague and varied retractions point to weakness in the scientific community The scientific method is not applied in dealing with aberrant research behaviour. Q&A 1 May 2018
The undercover academic keeping tabs on ‘predatory’ publishing Following the shutdown of Beall’s list, blacklists that warn against questionable publishers are in demand. Dalmeet Singh Chawla 22 Mar 2018
Network seeks to lift African research integrity A regional alliance of researchers is giving voice to a neglected community. Munyaradzi Makoni News 23 Feb 2018
Disagreement over the legal definition of misconduct Without clear and consistent terminology, policing can be tricky. Yojana Sharma News feature 9 Jan 2018
Scientists tainted by misconduct of former collaborators The stigma has a punitive effect on citations for prior collaborators of fraudulent researchers. Dyani Lewis News 21 Dec 2017
