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Accountability in Research: Ethics, Integrity, and Policy
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Peer-reviewed academic journal on research integrity and ethics.
An interdisciplinary forum across sciences, medicine, law, management, public policy, and history.
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When discussing the impacts of the US government shutdown on science, the #peer_review & editorial work done by federal scientists & staff is overlooked. Their absence is a halt in engagement with sharp minds. I miss their presence at @accountabilityair.bsky.social & look forward to their return.
October 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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"Comparing companion open access journals to their traditional journal counterparts"

Alexander Pohlman et al.

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Comparing companion open access journals to their traditional journal counterparts
Many traditional journals have launched companion open access (cOA) journals with similar scope and aims. These journals seek better article dissemination through removal of the paywall and use of ...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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💡Comment les chercheurs réagissent-ils lorsqu’ils identifient une erreur dans la littérature scientifique ? carnetist.hypotheses.org/2511 ➡️ pour une courte présentation de mon papier sur le sujet dans Accountability in Research @accountabilityair.bsky.social
Comment les chercheurs réagissent-ils lorsqu’ils identifient une erreur dans la littérature scientifique ?
Au sein du projet NanoBubbles, nous travaillons à comprendre les mécanismes de correction de la science, et à déterminer comment, quand et pourquoi la science échoue-t-elle à s’auto-corriger. C’est da...
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October 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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🔍 Debating Polarization in Research

Bjorn Hofmann’s recent paper sparked a thoughtful discussion on how we conceptualize polarization in science.

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#ResearchIntegrity #AcademicDebate #Polarization
On polarization, incommensurability, and value-laden research. A response to Bjørn Hofmann, 2024
In this commentary, I integrate Bjørn Hofmann’s thorough analysis of polarization in research with two considerations. First, Hofmann defines polarization as characterized by incommensurable positi...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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"Polarization in research or mere dissent – a need for better demarcation"

Bor Luen Tang

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Polarization in research or mere dissent – a need for better demarcation
Dr Bjørn Hofmann’s views on polarization in research are insightful. However, many if not most types of differences in scientific opinions might thus be included as polarization. It could be argued...
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October 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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"On and off-the-record correction practices: A survey-based study of how chemistry researchers react to errors"

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On and off-the-record correction practices: A survey-based study of how chemistry researchers react to errors
This survey-based study (982 participants) explores chemistry researchers’ practices and motivations in correcting errors in scientific publications.While respondents believe errors should be corre...
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October 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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"A classroom exercise for improving mentor/mentee relationships"

Robert Klitzman

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#ResearchEthics
#ResearchIntegrity
#ResponsibleResearch
A classroom exercise for improving mentor/mentee relationships
Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) courses seek to heighten awareness of the importance of mentor/mentee interactions and other topics, but questions remain – e.g., how best to train mentors/men...
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September 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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"Psychiatry vs. medicine editor-in-chiefs’ research publications in their own journals before, during, and after their tenures"

Justin Nguyen, Christopher Tuohino, Charlotte Horowitz, & Robert T. Rubin

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Psychiatry vs. medicine editor-in-chiefs’ research publications in their own journals before, during, and after their tenures – An exploratory study
To compare self-publication rates by editors-in-chief (EICs) of psychiatry vs. medicine journals before, during, and after their editorships.Frequency of self-publication by 25 psychiatry EICs and ...
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September 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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"Assessing the influence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) on awareness and behavior in medical research integrity: An online survey study"

Xiaoting Peng, et al.

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#GenAI
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Assessing the influence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) on awareness and behavior in medical research integrity: An online survey study
Generative Artificial Intelligence(GenAI) significantly enhances medical research efficiency but raises ethical concerns regarding research integrity. The lack of systematic guidelines for its ethi...
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September 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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"AI-based research mentors: Plausible scenarios and ethical issues"

Daniel Crean, Michał Wieczorek, Bert Gordijn & Alan J. Kearns

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#AI
#ArtificialIntelligence
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AI-based research mentors: Plausible scenarios and ethical issues
Guided by Brey’s Anticipatory Technology Ethics, we examined AI-based research mentors (AIRMs) through technology foresight as well as identification and evaluation of ethical issues. Scenario plan...
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September 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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"Ranking-based sanctions for retraction-afflicted elite researchers"

Shaoxiong Brian Xu & Guangwei Hu

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#Sanctions
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Ranking-based sanctions for retraction-afflicted elite researchers
The 2024 Stanford career-long list of the world’s top 2% scientists (WTSs) by citation impact, which for the first time includes retraction data, offers a unique opportunity to explore research int...
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August 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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"Randomised clinical trials integrity and patient, carer and public involvement: A scoping umbrella review"

Balázs Juhász et al.

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#PublicHealth
#ClinicalTrial
Randomised clinical trials integrity and patient, carer and public involvement: A scoping umbrella review
Patient, carer and public involvement (PCPI), an approach being endorsed in research, may also improve research integrity. After prospective registration (https://osf.io/nfgxp), we conducted a scop...
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August 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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"Embedding ethics in synthetic life research: A case study on Ethical Foresight Analysis"

Sander Joachim Boerema & Daphne Desiree Brandenburg

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Embedding ethics in synthetic life research: A case study on Ethical Foresight Analysis
Innovative research in emerging fields may give rise to future ethical issues. Yet at developmental stages it cannot be reliably known what those issues are. This presents a problem, because it is ...
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August 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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"Research on retractions: A systematic review and research agenda"

Sefika Mertkan, David Mills, Aygil Takir, Esma Emmioğlu

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#Retraction
#ResearchIntegrity
#ScholarlyPublishing
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Research on retractions: A systematic review and research agenda
There is a growing concern about the scale of journal retractions across the globe science system, and about the implications of the increase in retractions for scientific record and research integ...
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August 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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"GAIDeT (Generative AI Delegation Taxonomy): A taxonomy for humans to delegate tasks to generative artificial intelligence in scientific research and publishing"

Yana Sychikova et al.

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#AI
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GAIDeT (Generative AI Delegation Taxonomy): A taxonomy for humans to delegate tasks to generative artificial intelligence in scientific research and publishing
The integration of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in research raises concerns about transparency, accountability, and task delegation. While frameworks such as CRediT and the NIST AI Use ...
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August 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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"AI disclosure, moral shame, and the punishment of honesty"

Aorigele Bao & Yi Zeng

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#AI
#AIGC
#ResearchIntegrity
AI disclosure, moral shame, and the punishment of honesty
Disclosure of AI use is seen as a sign of the author’s honesty and commitment to the principle of transparency. However, existing discussions have paid little attention to a special case: authors w...
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August 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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"Disparate data retention standards in biomedical research"

Carolyn Lye, MD, JD, Minal Caron, Lauren Walsh, Barbara Bierer, Mark Barnes

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#BiomedicalResearch
#DataManagement
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August 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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"Balanced examination of positive publication bias impact"

Mark Louie F. Ramos

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#PublicationBias
#PositiveResults
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Balanced examination of positive publication bias impact
Positive publication bias is the tendency to favor studies that reject null hypotheses for publication and is widely regarded as detrimental to research enterprise quality. However, this view overs...
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August 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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"Analysis of scientific paper retractions due to data problems: Revealing challenges and countermeasures in data management"

Wanfei Hu et al.

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#RetractionWatch
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July 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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+1 year ago we limited manuscript submissions to 4 per author p/y @accountabilityair.bsky.social, but overall, submissions have grown anyway. I wonder if the NIH would face the same challenge.
July 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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"AI, originality, and attribution: Researchers’ perspectives on distinguishing contributions"

Yanyi Wu, Xinyu Lu & Chenghua Lin

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#Originality
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AI, originality, and attribution: Researchers’ perspectives on distinguishing contributions
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into research, significantly challenging established scholarly norms around originality, contribution, and authorship. While policies are dev...
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July 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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"Evaluating the effectiveness of a Delphi-validated educational video in enhancing awareness and understanding of predatory journals among residents and medical students"

Alessandro Martinino et al.

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Evaluating the effectiveness of a Delphi-validated educational video in enhancing awareness and understanding of predatory journals among residents and medical students
This study seeks to assess the impact of a Delphi-validated educational video on improving comprehension of predatory journals among medical students and residents.Participants completed pre-video ...
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July 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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"Implementation, barriers, and improvement strategies for CRediT: A scoping review"

Tove Godskesen, Gert Helgesson & Stefan Eriksson

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#Authorship
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Implementation, barriers, and improvement strategies for CRediT: A scoping review
This scoping review aims to investigate the reasons for adopting the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) in scholarly publishing, identify barriers to its implementation or concerns about its use, ...
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July 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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"Managing data in collaborative research starts with the researcher: A Soil CRC case study"

Nathan Robinson, Jude Channon, Simon Clarendon & David Medyckyj-Scott

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#SmallSciences
#FAIRData
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Managing data in collaborative research starts with the researcher: A Soil CRC case study
Multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary research centers are central to the concept of collaborative science. A challenge to the success of these research centers is their “data sharing readiness”...
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July 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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“A data mining-based study on academic publication retractions in the 21st Century"

Qian Shen, Xueyan Gao & Xiaomeng Xiong

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#Retraction
#ResearchMisconduct
#Scientometrics
A data mining-based study on academic publication retractions in the 21st Century
Background: The rising number of academic retractions has drawn increasing attention across the academic community. With the availability of large-scale retraction data from Crossref and Retraction...
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July 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM