The Effects of Corrupted Peer Reviews on Scientific Credibility
Recent retractions of papers due to the absence of rigorous peer reviews have recalled to the international research community the importance of ensuring research accuracy. After…
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Understanding Ethics
Resourceful articles on research and publication ethics
How Can We Reduce the Amount of Dishonest Research?
There is no doubt that there is too much dishonest research being published in academic journals. Do a Google search and you’ll find plenty of examples of once renowned scientific…
Publishing Quality Research Vs. Deluging Scientific Information
It is widely believed in the field of scientific research that too many articles are being published. Many research papers are cranked out mainly to pad their author’s resumés, who…
Why Should Negative Results Be Published?
The scientific method involves testing of a hypothesis by an experiment. If the experiment shows a result that supports the hypothesis, this is considered as positive result,…
Dealing With Bias in Academic Research
What is Bias in Research?
The act of a researcher influencing the process of a systematic investigation either knowingly or unknowingly is termed as "Bias in Research". Research…
