A recent study has revealed widespread unethical behaviour in academic research. Allen Wilhite focuses on two activities in particular; the addition to funding proposals of investigators not expected to contribute to the research, and editors who coerce authors to add citations to manuscripts even though those citations were not part of the scholars' reference material. Research institutions, funders, rankings bodies, and scholars themselves can and should do more to address such behaviours
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Correcting mistakes in light of new data and updating findings to reflect this is often considered t...
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A fundamental principle of open access is that publication technology enables the widest possible au...
The impact of academic research, particularly on policy and the private sector, is an increasingly i...
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Almost all qualitative and quantitative research into human society involves the participation of ot...
Academics reporting to be simultaneously affiliated with multiple organisations is a growing global ...
Much academic research is currently characterised by a rush to capture the effects of COVID-19. Howe...
It is increasingly common for researchers to make their data freely available. This is often a requi...
For many years, academia has relied on citation count as the main way to measure the impact or impor...
The appeal of collaborating with a government agency, or an organisation funded by one, seems obviou...
Research assessment exercises, such as the REF ostensibly serve to evaluate research, but they also ...
Arbaugh, Fornaciari and Hwang (2016) use citation analysis – with Google Scholar as their source of ...
Outside of specific institutional and organizational settings discussions about ‘impact’ often desce...
Whilst much of the focus on policy impact and knowledge exchange is on what researchers need to do, ...
Correcting mistakes in light of new data and updating findings to reflect this is often considered t...
Being able to find, assess and place new research within a field of knowledge, is integral to any re...
A fundamental principle of open access is that publication technology enables the widest possible au...
The impact of academic research, particularly on policy and the private sector, is an increasingly i...
Funding for research communication is a growing feature of grant applications and whilst digital sch...
Almost all qualitative and quantitative research into human society involves the participation of ot...
Academics reporting to be simultaneously affiliated with multiple organisations is a growing global ...
Much academic research is currently characterised by a rush to capture the effects of COVID-19. Howe...
It is increasingly common for researchers to make their data freely available. This is often a requi...
For many years, academia has relied on citation count as the main way to measure the impact or impor...
The appeal of collaborating with a government agency, or an organisation funded by one, seems obviou...
Research assessment exercises, such as the REF ostensibly serve to evaluate research, but they also ...
Arbaugh, Fornaciari and Hwang (2016) use citation analysis – with Google Scholar as their source of ...
Outside of specific institutional and organizational settings discussions about ‘impact’ often desce...
Whilst much of the focus on policy impact and knowledge exchange is on what researchers need to do, ...
Correcting mistakes in light of new data and updating findings to reflect this is often considered t...
Being able to find, assess and place new research within a field of knowledge, is integral to any re...