Too Much at Stake to Win the Billion Dollar COVID-19 Vaccine Race!
While the world eagerly awaits the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine, there are several questions that remain! By when can we expect the vaccine to be ready? Is it safe to…
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Pharmacovigilance Post COVID-19: Opportunities and Challenges
Pharmacovigilance (PV) deals with drug-related problems: detecting, understanding, and preventing adverse effects. Patient safety is the key goal of PV. Many approved medicines…
A Masterclass on Research Reporting and Ethical Reproducibility in Life Sciences
Standard research reporting guidelines
Critical issues in research reporting
Primary reasons for low reproducibility
Transparency and ethical reproducibility
Bioethics: Addressing Social and Ethical Issues in Medicine and Science
Bioethics and bioethical principles
Policy-making and upholding
Ethical issues in life sciences research
Resources for bioethics information
Dealing with Fake Co-Authors: A New Publishing Problem
Recently I walked past my colleague’s office and noticed he was laughing. I asked him what was so funny.“I am reading about an authorship story of ‘Stronzo Bestiale’,” he chuckled.…
Research Ethics Compliance
Science and research have made tremendous progress in the last century. Unfortunately, some of the studies conducted earlier were not governed by ethical norms and have caused…
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 having multiple authors. For example, a study done…
How to Effectively Referee a Ph.D. Thesis
A referee is someone who has been given the responsibility of evaluating the suitability of a doctoral thesis and the candidate for the award of a Ph.D. degree. This degree is the…
How to Withdraw Manuscript after Submission
You have just completed manuscript submission process for your target journal. The next steps would be initial review by the editor followed by the peer review by the invited…
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…
The Effect of Scientific Misconduct on a Researcher’s Career
Scientific misconduct is not only deplorable from a moral standpoint; it can have serious consequences on a researcher’s future. At the least a record of misconduct will hang over…
Publication Ethics: Giving Credit where Credit is Due
One basic element of publication ethics requires that an author give proper credit to those who contributed to the research. There are two ways to violate this guideline: not…