Research Ethics Monthly
ISSN 2206-2483
We don’t need a definition of research misconduct
October 24, 2016
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Responsibilities for ensuring the integrity of the research record rests with a number of players – funding agencies, governments, publishers,
When is research not research?
June 30, 2016
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Most institutions have processes for differentiating between Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement (QA/QI) activities and those that can be considered to be
Reflections on case: ‘Racist bus drivers project’
June 12, 2016
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All views expressed in this post are my own and not of my employer, the national committees which I have served
Comparing research integrity responses in Australia and The Netherlands
May 17, 2016
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Last year, I was invited by Tracey Bretag to contribute a chapter to the Handbook of Academic Integrity. The invite
We would all benefit from more research integrity research
May 9, 2016
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Paul M Taylor1 and Daniel P Barr2 1Director, Research Integrity, Governance and Systems Research and Innovation, RMIT University (paul.taylor@rmit.edu.au) 2Acting
An Open Invitation to Research an Ethics Committee
July 10, 2015
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Jay Marlowe and Martin Tolich have had an article published (in press) in Research Ethics examining the first year of
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Requesting your input
April 23, 2019
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We’re preparing to work on a new version of the subscribers’ area, so we’d
The trouble with circRNAs- are researchers going around in circles?
June 21, 2023
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In this very interesting post, Professor Jennifer Byrne (University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine and Health, NSW Health Pathology) looks at the mistakes being made in circRNAs papers, even in high-profile, supposedly high-quality and distinguished publications.
She reflects on what might be the cause of those mistakes, why they are a big deal what could be the consequences.
Why is it that honest researchers make such a serious mistake?
Is a sign of lack of experience, insight and knowledge? Or is it an indication something far more dubious and questionable?
This very accessible post does a great job of explaining complex genetic concepts in lay terms.
This points to the need for research institutions and research publishers to have sufficient expertise in the topic, to truly understand circRNAs and reagents.
Research Ethics: The Journal
February 22, 2021
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We note that the journal, Research Ethics, is now Open Access. https://journals.sagepub.com/description/rea
Research Ethics is aimed at all readers and authors interested in ethical issues in the conduct of research, the regulation of research, the procedures and process of ethical review as well as broader ethical issues related to research such as scientific integrity and the end uses of research. The journal aims to promote, provoke, host and engage in open and public debate about research ethics on an international scale but also to contribute to the education of researchers and reviewers of research…
All articles in Research Ethics are published as open access. There are no submission charges and no Article Processing Charges as these are fully funded by institutions through Knowledge Unlatched, resulting in no direct charge to authors.
Heeding our stories: Getting the most from a reference group in disability research
February 22, 2021
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Gary Allen, Carolyn Ehrlich, Michael Norwood, Delena Amsters and Maddy Slattery’s post reflecting on great engagements with disability reference groups.
Here, we aim to share insights from a group of Griffith University researchers and a consumer reference group, who worked together on a research project during the development of materials and methods, as well as in the dissemination of research outcomes. The research project we conducted aimed to explore the research experience of people with acquired disability. We wanted to understand what researchers could do better to be more inclusive of people who are often described as vulnerable or marginalised by the National Statement and subsequently Human Research Ethics Committees. We wanted to know how to best include them as participants in, rather than subjects of, research.
This is not a post advocating for the use of reference groups for research involving those with disability and chronic health conditions. Calls for respectful inclusion have already been eloquently made…
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