The developers of a new open-access curriculum to teach rigor discuss confirmation bias and other common errors in scientific thinking, plus ways to avoid these missteps. (19 Mar 2025) It’s easy to do less-than-rigorous science without realizing it. Yet there isn’t a systematic way to learn good science practice, says Konrad Kording, professor of neuroscience at the…
(20 Feb 2025) Shady companies have long given unscrupulous scientists the opportunity to buy authorship of papers—a form of academic fraud. But according to a draft paper posted online today and scheduled to appear in the International Journal for Educational Integrity, these outfits have now diversified into selling intellectual property rights, too. Over the past 2 years, these…
(30 Dec 2024) At LibraryLearningSpace.com, we are dedicated to sharing what’s happening in the library and academic publishing world by curating news from across the globe. Looking back at 2024, the most viewed and frequently published topics were artificial intelligence (AI), research integrity, and our column of Ruth’s Rankings. AI’s Growing Role in Research …
(22 Dec 2024) A deepening crisis of academic fraud in Indonesian and Thai universities has revealed professors and lecturers paying for publications in predatory journals. In Indonesia, eleven professors at Lambung Mangkurat University lost their titles after failing to meet publication requirements and bribing evaluation team members. The scandal extends beyond ULM, with experts suggesting…
(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…
(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.
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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.