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nature.com/articles/d41586-025
There's a correlation between sexual #misconduct accusations and a drop in citations for the scholars accused, while that's not the case for fraudsters. In both cases there is a drop in publications, and the puzzling thing is that - looking at the raw data in the original paper doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0 - the trend seems to begin before the accusations emerge. It raises the question of in which direction does the causality go.
#ResearchMisconduct #Science #SexualHarassment

www.nature.comSexual harassment allegations linked to drop in citationsBut numbers remain steady for researchers who commit scientific misconduct.

📢 #Scientometric indicators in #research evaluation and research #misconduct: analysis of the Russian #university excellence initiative

👉 "The results showed that #RUEI #universities had a significantly higher number of retracted #publications in #WoS - and #Scopus -indexed #journals, suggesting that pressure to meet quantitative scientometric #indicators may have encouraged unethical research practices and #researchmisconduct."

link.springer.com/article/10.1

SpringerLinkScientometric indicators in research evaluation and research misconduct: analysis of the Russian university excellence initiative - ScientometricsThis study aimed to examine the impact of the Russian University Excellence Initiative (RUEI), also known as Project 5–100, on research misconduct in Russian higher education. Launched in 2013, the RUEI incentivized universities to increase the number of publications in internationally indexed journals. The analysis compares the prevalence of retracted publications—as a proxy for research misconduct—between universities that participated in the RUEI and a control group of universities that did not. A total of 2621 retracted papers affiliated with at least one Russian institution were identified. Of which 203 papers were indexed in Web of Science (WoS) and/or Scopus databases. The results showed that RUEI universities had a significantly higher number of retracted publications in WoS- and Scopus-indexed journals, suggesting that pressure to meet quantitative scientometric indicators may have encouraged unethical research practices and research misconduct. In addition, different reasons for retraction were found between publications indexed and not indexed in WoS and/or Scopus databases. These findings suggest that the direct and irresponsible use of scientometric indicators as performance measures may have unintended negative consequences that may undermine research integrity.

What could #metascience learn from #criminology for the prevention of #researchmisconduct and #researchintegrity violations? In a seminar at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR), I discussed with researchers in criminology how theories and findings from the field may be applied in the field of meta research.
Blog: renebekkers.wordpress.com/2025
Slides: renebekkers.wordpress.com/wp-c
#peerreview

"So is there anything that can be done to challenge wrongdoing without crashing out over the cliff? A major point made by Elliott is that whistleblowers should not go it alone: that way madness lies." - @deevybee

Dorothy Bishop reviews Carl Elliott's book, The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No.

deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/07/

deevybee.blogspot.comWhistleblowing, research misconduct, and mental health  Book Review Carl Elliott. The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No.  W. W. Norton, 2024. ISBN: ...

Finally, it happened: someone threw me into the realm of AI hallucinations. Two papers posted on Research Gate, with identical versions posted on the SSRN, linked to an account at the School of Economics, Finance & Banking (SEFB) of Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), include hallucinated references to non-existent publications listed under my name.

In case you missed it, last month we published a Research Misconduct Reporting Checklist. The checklist highlights the key questions to ask yourself when reporting potential research misconduct.

Research Misconduct Reporting Checklist: zurl.co/8wPp

You can use this checklist in conjunction with our previously shared guide to Reporting
Research Misconduct (link below)

Reporting Research Misconduct: zurl.co/TCvs

We've just published a Research Misconduct Reporting Checklist! The checklist highlights the key questions to ask yourself when reporting potential research misconduct (in the UK).

Research Misconduct Reporting Checklist: zurl.co/8wPp

You can use this checklist in conjunction with our previously shared guide to Reporting
Research Misconduct (link below)

Reporting Research Misconduct: zurl.co/TCvs