GRIM and SPRITE: Simple Tools to Identify Errors in Research
Imagine you are a young, keen PhD student. Deep in the research for your thesis, you decide to take a break by browsing the latest news in your field. That’s when you spot a story…
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Understanding Ethics
Resourceful articles on research and publication ethics
What You Must Know While Assigning Authorship to Your Manuscript
Authorship of research papers is a critical factor that is considered while assessing a researchers work. It also has a significant impact on a researchers career growth.…
Motherhood & Gender Disparity in Academia
Avril works her way through graduate school. She puts in all of the hard work to complete courses, does research, and eventually earns her PhD. Consequently, she earns an academic…
Is Self-Retraction Bad for a Researcher’s Career?
That sinking feeling in your stomach when you realize the cell lines you have been working on were not the ones you thought. You discovered there was a labeling error. The…
Gender Disparity in Authorship Existent in Academia
In academic journals, there have been several ethical issues with respect to authorship. This is notably the case with articles with multiple authors. For example, a study done by…
Meet the Sherlocks of Academia: Scientific Sleuths
As a researcher, you constantly read the literature in your field to keep up with developments. But, how can you be sure that the authors have been transparent in their research…
How Much Should a Research Participant Know?
Research involves performing tests on animal subjects and sometimes even on human subjects. However, there are times researchers do not follow the ethical practices associated with…
What if You Lose Confidence in Your Research?
Research reproducibility is the foundation of scientific research. Transparency in research design and methodology, as well as data collection, analysis, and storage is critical to…
R-Factor to Reduce Instances of Scientific Fraud?
A significant chunk of research published in the last few years has faced reproducibility issues. According to a recent report, only 6 out of 53 landmark cancer studies were found…
Intellectual Property Rights: What Researchers Need to Know
Intellectual property rights help protect creations of the mind that include inventions, literary or artistic work, images, symbols, etc. If you create a product, publish a book,…
How Do Article Retractions Affect Researchers?
We witness misconduct in every field of study and in all walks of life. Although the excuses may vary, humans tend to misbehave and sometimes even justify their misbehavior. Enago…
What You Need to Know About the New Core Practices of COPE
COPE’s guidelines have always been voluntary best practices instead of enforceable standards. This fact is emphasized again with the release of the new Core Practices. Although the…
