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…
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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…
How Research Institutes Should Promote Ethical Behavior
Research ethics is the essential code of conduct that governs academic research. It is a set of norms that define acceptable behavior. Unethical behavior often affects academic…
Is Pirate Black Open Access Disrupting Green & Gold Open Access?
Efforts to create open scholarly communications are an ongoing process within academic publishing, amid conflicting views on open access models. In this context, publications…
Research Fraud: How Journals Should Address It
Journals and academic institutions have significant roles to play in cases where academic fraud and research misconduct are suspected. When journals suspect academic misconduct…
Research Ethics & Misconduct: What Researchers Need to Know
Ethics are the moral principles that a person must follow, irrespective of the place or time. Behaving ethically involves doing the right thing at the right time. Research ethics…
Researcher’s Guide to Patents
With the ongoing CRISPR patent battle, there is no better time to refresh some important information on patenting inventions. Legally, technology transfer is defined as formal…
What is Ghost, Guest, and Gift Authorship in Research?
Authorship defines the role of a creator, whose intention is to circulate original ideas and intellectual works. In scholarly publishing, in particular, the role of the author…
How Should Researchers Deal with Article Retractions?
Primary research findings are typically published in academic journals as articles. However, even after passing peer-review, retractions in academic journals can follow, even many…
Why are Negative Results Crucial in Science?
Similar to any other discipline, scientific success is rejoiced while failure is shoved to the background and rarely admitted. Journals report success in academic research as…