The pandemic highlighted how science can serve society and deliver needed outcomes fast.  Sadly, it also highlighted the flaws that see charlatans, cheats and kooks publish nonsense and junk.  This one-hour panel discussion reflects on matters such as questionable publishers, paper mills, research misconduct, retractions and public trust.  It also looked at the role of journalists in maintaining public trust.  This is another item, which probably isn’t right for your institution’s research integrity library, but it could be a useful prompt for internal discussion about policy settings, research culture and responsible research.

A fascinating discussion about the upward trend in the number of retracted articles in a year.  This is a really interesting discussion about academic publishing, articles, misconduct and retractions.  This is probably not an item to include in your institution’s research integrity resource library.  But it might be a useful starting point for discussions within research integrity teams and with Research Integrity Advisers.  What is at stake here is the intregity of the scientific record.