Scientific misconduct continues to plague the academic world. When scientific misconduct comes to light, it often results in retractions of published papers. An effort to crack down on such misconduct has resulted in an increasing number of…

After putting in grueling weeks and months preparing your grant proposal, there is nothing better than clicking on that email that says your work has paid off; you got the grant! Before you pop open the champagne, you need to make sure you…

In academic journals, there have been several ethical issues with respect to authorship. This is notably the case with articles having multiple authors. For example, a study done by the International Journal of Nanomedicine showed that 33%…