academic integrity

STM report: Feasibility of technical solutions for the detection of falsified images in research

Research SupportDecember 11, 2024

(13 Nov 2024) Amidst the ongoing issues of research integrity and paper mills, image integrity is a growing concern. The rise of generative AI poses significant additional risks, as it allows for the generation of images and other types of data that are very hard — if not impossible — to detect with current technologies. For this reason, STM funded a report developed by MoreBrains Cooperative, looking into the feasibility of technical…

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A Paper mill target reflects – a publisher’s perspective on fighting publishing integrity

AI, PublishersDecember 10, 2024

(4 Dec 2024) The paper mill crisis has polluted the scholarly record and eroded public trust in science. Miriam Maus of IOP Publishing shares her view from the front lines of the fight for publishing integrity. Katina has the interview in full here.

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Indonesia: Muhammadiyah calls for crackdown on plagiarism, degree sales at universities

Asia Pacific, Research SupportOctober 31, 2024

(21 Oct 202) Muhammadiyah chairman Haedar Nashir has urged President Prabowo Subianto to address problems of plagiarism and the sale of academic degrees at the nation’s universities. He said plagiarism and academic fraud in higher education reflected a troubling trend of unscrupulous opportunism in the pursuit of advancement. Recent plagiarism scandals, such as those involving…

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United States: Parents sue school over AI punishment

AIOctober 25, 2024

(21 Oct 2024) In Massachusetts, a family has filed a lawsuit against the Hingham Public School district, alleging that the school unfairly punished their son for using AI on an AP US History assignment. If the lawsuit moves forward, it will be one of the first legal challenges for schools enforcing AI policies. It has…

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The Dark ages of academic plagiarism

Research SupportOctober 14, 2024

(10 Oct 2024) Plagiarism used to be an arduous task. Finding and copying content to plagiarize was hard work in and of itself. It was primarily a tool for those unsure about the quality of their work rather than a time/work saver. But as technology made plagiarism easier, it became a powerful shortcut. This caused…

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Web of Science holds indexing on mega-journals Cureus and Heliyon

eJournalsOctober 7, 2024

(30 Sep 2024) Web of Science, Clarivate’s influential database of abstracts and citations, has paused indexation of new content from the open-access journals Heliyon and Cureus, apparently due to concerns about the quality of their articles. Retraction Watch has gathered comments over social media on this news here.

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How can we ensure research integrity? Summary of CHORUS forum

Research SupportAugust 30, 2024

(21 August 2024) At the CHORUS forum on July 24th, a diverse group of speakers- ranging from society and commercial publishers to academic institutions and standard organizations, assembled to discuss the vital steps their organizations are utilizing to uphold integrity of the scientific record. The forum delved into the vulnerabilities of our trust-based publishing ecosystem…

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The citation black market: schemes selling fake references alarm scientists

Research SupportAugust 29, 2024

(20 Aug 2024) The ways in which researchers can artificially inflate their reference counts are growing. Research-integrity watchers are concerned about the growing ways in which scientists can fake or manipulate the citation counts of their studies. In recent months, increasingly bold practices have surfaced. One approach was revealed through a sting operation in…

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What’s in a picture? Two decades of image manipulation awareness and action

Research SupportAugust 26, 2024

(12 Aug 2024) This year marks the 20th anniversary of awareness regarding image manipulation in biomedical literature, highlighting significant changes and ongoing challenges in the field by Mike Rossner. Twenty years ago, people were either unaware of the problem of image manipulation in the biomedical literature, or they thought the problem was so minor…

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China takes ‘drastic’ action to punish research plagiarism

Asia PacificAugust 12, 2024

Government bans researchers from participating in government-funded projects after accusing them of plagiarising content for research proposals (29 Jul 2024) In July, China’s Ministry of Science and Technology published the names of four researchers from institutions across the country who were found to have used plagiarised content in proposals for government-funded research projects. An additional researcher was also named,…

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