Misconduct in its many forms continues to be discussed widely
A blog by Patrick Dunleavy looks at citation practices in the humanities and social sciences, and discusses what might be done to improve them
citation practice differences
A recent study published in the journal Anesthesia suggests that data fabrication is rampant in the medical literature
data fabrication study
and is discussed here in The Guardian
data fabrication editorial
However, this Medpage video (with accompanying transcript) suggests that the conclusions reached in the paper may be unsustainable, although the method used is a useful tool
data fabrication counter argument
Meanwhile, the phenomenon of fake reviewers is still causing much consternation in China
China crackdown
call for integrity
And a new interpretation of China’s criminal code has stringent penalties for the faking of clinical trial data, with long prison terms for drugs which cause health problems, and even the death penalty in the case of severe or fatal consequences
penalties for fake data
death penalty for fraud
On the other side of the world, a US court has granted Elsevier US$15 million in damages for copyright infringement by Sci-Hub, the Library of Genesis (LibGen) project and related sites
copyright infringement
dodging payment for papers
For some reflections on what leads researchers to commit misconduct in the first place
road to misconduct
And some resources to avoid misconduct through teaching early career researchers about research integrity and peer review
workshops & guides
academic integrity strategies
Data challenges and solutions
The number of initiatives around data in the humanities and social sciences is increasing, for example
domain data for arts & humanities
big data approaches
And for an interesting read on how digital methods are changing history, this blog gives a round up of the Mile End Institute’s conference on Contemporary Political History in the Digital Age
born digital data in political history
A new report by the Royal Society and the British Academy calls for a new framework for governing the management and use of data
data governance report
Nature calls for funders, researchers and journals to take steps to improve the infrastructure for data accessibility
commit to data sharing
On a related note, UCSD's SciCrunch is encouraging authors to improve reproducibility by providing a Research Resource Identifier (RRID) for each resource (antibody, organism, tool, etc.) used in a journal article
Resource Identification Portal
And for some reflections on what influences whether research evidence makes it into policy, or not
understanding policymaking