Can integrity issues encountered by a publisher inform best practices at institutions? Reflections from the World Conference on Research Integrity 2022 [MetaArXiv Preprints, 2022]

Title:

Can integrity issues encountered by a publisher inform best practices at institutions? Reflections from the World Conference on Research Integrity 2022

 

Authors:

Noémie Aubert Bonn, Mark Hooper, Michael Streeter & Elizabeth Moylan

 

Published:

MetaArXiv Preprints, 25 July 2022

https://osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/wx4ds

 

Abstract:

At the World Conference on Research Integrity in June 2022, we held a symposium session to discuss whether sharing information on research integrity and publishing ethics cases seen at a publisher could inform the training and support that researchers need from institutions. Here we reflect on the data and views presented and the discussion that followed. We recommend that all stakeholders involved in promoting research integrity pursue the following four goals to reshape research culture: adoption of a shared granular taxonomy that emphasises research quality; transparent reporting from publishers and institutions on the number and type of research integrity and publishing ethics cases seen annually; delivery of research integrity and publishing ethics training with emphasis on research quality; adoption of open research initiatives and the creation of healthy, inclusive and diverse work environments.

Universities of Bath and Lancaster - Fears over technology ‘addictions’ and ‘disorders’ may be unjustified, shows research

Title:

Fears over technology ‘addictions’ and ‘disorders’ may be unjustified, shows research 

 

Published:

University of Bath, 13 June 2022 (Updated: 14 June 2022)

https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/fears-over-technology-addictions-and-disorders-may-be-unjustified-shows-research/

 

From the press release:

Questionnaires and scales measuring how we interact with smartphones, social media and gaming should not be used to demonstrate links with mental health and wellbeing, according to research from the Universities of Bath and Lancaster.

Note:

This research was published in Computers in Human Behavior.

China’s clampdown on fake-paper factories picks up speed [Nature, October 2021]

Title:

China’s clampdown on fake-paper factories picks up speed 

 

Author:

Holly Els 

Published:

Nature, 1 October 2021

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02587-3

 

From the article:

As part of a misconduct crackdown, Chinese funders are penalizing researchers who commission sham journal articles from ‘paper mills’, but some say the measures still don’t go far enough.