research transparency

Detecting and addressing issues with image integrity demands a modern approach

By monitoring these practices, scientists hope to track progress and identify areas where intervention is needed

Recent study finds that a retracted clinical trial report continues to be cited 11 years after its retraction—and that citations actually increased after the retraction

New policies and technologies could help make sense of flood of information

An international team has developed five principles that institutions can follow to measure and reward research integrity, aiming to avoid the traditional "publish or perish" system

Journal editors highlight their concerns regarding the 2018 "Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science" rule proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency 

Call for forensic science to become more open

Individual research results should be shared with participants more often, says new report that also recommends framework for decision-making

Along with coercive citation, researchers looked at the addition of false investigators to grant proposals as well as honorary authorship and padded citations

However, researchers say a lack of response to the policy may be more of a reflection of unclear guidelines than a compliance issue.