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Artificial intelligence in the news
…how AI can interact with other unethical practices like paper mills and authorship for sale. It is possible that AI tools will actually lower the incidence of some of… - Forum discussion topics
Systematic manipulation of the publishing process via “paper mills”
…for 15 years at Stanford University and two years in industry before becoming a science integrity volunteer and consultant in 2019. Her work with her team in scanning the biomedical literature for images and other data concerns has been instrumental in detecting paper mill activity. Paper Mills are becoming a real problem. There are likely thousands of these papers and our team has… - News
In the news: February Digest
…-babies-show-need-for-more-specific-rules/ Plan S A review of the current (as of Jan 3,2019) world status on endorsement of Plan S, documents that as of now, <4% of global research articles published in 2017 were payed for by the first 15 funders to back Plan S. However, as more funders join, the more pressure there will be to flip from paywall subscription model to an open access model. China now, the country that contributes… - Forum discussion topics
Dealing with complaints about the integrity of published research
…consider the seriousness of the complaint rather than how long ago the article was published. A paper will image manipulation published 10-15 years ago, for example, would be considered high priority. Editors should also prioritise on the type of paper (research articles having a higher priority). How should harassment be defined? Complainants often bombard journals with emails while they are… - News
In the news: June 2018 Digest
…Review The theme of Peer Review week, September 10-15, 2018, is “Diversity and Inclusion in Peer review. The announcement about the week and ways to participate is at https://peerreviewweek.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/prw-press-release1.pdf Deborah Sweet published a blog bost on CROSSTALK… - News
In the news: October 2018 Digest
…October 15, 2018. Responders on Twitter are pushing the NIH to make sure grantees with similar misconduct have their funding revoked. (#TIMESUPNIH) Peer Review This Scholarly Kitchen author argues that transparency in peer review is the single most important requirement for diversity. This include ideas of open peer review, but also that in making the processes of peer… - Seminars and webinars
Webinar 2022: Managing paper mills
…19:05-33.20 Sarah Elaine Eaton, COPE Council Member, and Editor of the International Journal of Education Integrity, explained the parallels between student contract cheating and paper mills, and how some of what we know about contact cheating can be transferred to our understanding of paper mills.There has been around 15 years of…