Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance

Article	Citations
Misinterpretation of statistical nonsignificance as a sign of potential bias: Hydroxychloroquine as a case study	208
Addressing serious and continuing research noncompliance and integrity violations through action plans: Interviews with institutional officials	104
The case for affiliation contribution statements	63
Exploring scientific misconduct in Morocco based on an analysis of plagiarism perception in a cohort of 1,220 researchers and students	49
Mitigating global climate change and its environmental impact is a key social responsibility of scientists and should be part of research ethics policies and guidelines	42
On the epistemological and methodological implications of AI co-authorship	39
Taking it back: A pilot study of a rubric measuring retraction notice quality	34
Inclusive, engaged, and accountable institutional review boards	32
Challenges for enforcing editorial policies on AI-generated papers	30
Fake no more: The redemption of ChatGPT in literature reviews	26
Ethical committee frameworks and processes used to evaluate humanities research require reform: Findings from a UK-wide network consultation	26
Correction	25
Procrastination and inconsistency: Expressions of concern for publications with compromised integrity	24
How (not) to be held accountable in research: A reply to my critics	24
Faculty-student differences in authorship perceptions before and after authorship ethics interventions	22
Inverted U-Shaped relationship between team size and citation impact: Mediating role of responsibility diffusion	21
Analysis of scientific paper retractions due to data problems: Revealing challenges and countermeasures in data management	20
Characteristics of blacklisted journals: Evidence from Chinese-language academic journals	20
Statement of Retraction: Assessing database accuracy for article retractions: A preliminary study comparing Retraction Watch Database, PubMed, and Web of Science	19
Comparing the performance of Retraction Watch Database, PubMed, and Web of Science in identifying retracted publications in medicine	18
A comprehensive ethics and data governance framework for data-intensive health research: Lessons from an Italian cancer research institute	18
Manifestations of research ethics and integrity leadership in national surveys – cases of Estonia, Finland, Norway, France and the Netherlands	17
New evidence of weakness and inconsistency in the regulation of research misconduct in Australia	16
Opening Pandora’s box: Developing reviewer rhetorical sensitivity through retracted articles	16
Status bias in Chinese scholarly publishing: an exploratory study based on mixed methods	16

Comparing companion open access journals to their traditional journal counterparts	14
Perceptions of network-level ethics in an engineering research center: Analysis of ethical issues & practices reported by scientific & engineering participants	14
Does YouTube promote research ethics and conduct? A content analysis of Youtube Videos and analysis of sentiments through viewers comments	14
Institutional policies on plagiarism management:A comparison of universities in mainland China and Hong Kong	14
Creating research ethics and integrity country report cards: Case study from Europe	13
A comprehensive overview of studies that assessed article retractions within the biomedical sciences	13
In defense of the ICMJE authorship guideline, a rejoinder to Curzer	13
Artificial Intelligence (AI) guidance for authors, peer reviewers, and editors: A content analysis of journal policies	12
Typology of conflict of commitment (COC) in the era of inappropriate foreign influence in research	12
How to embed ethics into laboratory research	11
The author expression ​of concern (AEOC): A proposed formal mechanism to allow authors’ legitimate concerns to be heard, and their rights and voices to be respected	11
A structural equation model for cyber academic dishonesty in higher education: Evidence from Taiwan	10
GAIDeT (Generative AI Delegation Taxonomy): A taxonomy for humans to delegate tasks to generative artificial intelligence in scientific research and publishing	10
Clarifying polarization in research	10
How to write a good embedded ethics letter	10
AI-based research mentors: Plausible scenarios and ethical issues	10
Possible misplaced perception of moral shame in AI-use disclosure	10
Rethinking the author name ambiguity problem and beyond: The case of the Chinese context	10
COI works both ways: Investigation of misconduct by an independent research integrity organization is the way to go	9
Leadership, management, and team practices in research labs: Development and validation of two new measures	9
Fabrication in a study about honesty: A lost episode of columbo illustrating how forensic statistics is performed	9
Retraction (mal)practices of elite marketing and social psychology journals in the Dirk Smeesters’ research misconduct case	9
Industry effects on evidence: a case study of long-acting injectable antipsychotics	9
Mapping nine decades of research integrity studies (1935–2024): A scientometric analysis	8
‘Special issue-ization’ as a growth and revenue strategy: Reproduction by the “big five” and the risks for research integrity	8
A Delphi survey on attitudes to serious research misconduct: Exploring convergence vs. polarization of views of research “sleuths” and research integrity experts	8
Scientific priorities and relational dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study	8
Are the lists of questionable journals reasonable: A case study of early warning journal lists	8
Teaching research integrity as discussed in research integrity codes: A systematic literature review	8
Toward an “ecosystems” approach to responsible conduct of research (RCR): A multi-stakeholder framework for collaborative accountability and policy recommendations on research integrity	8
The consistency of peer-reviewers and the process of commensuration: a comment on Bolek et al. (2022)	8
‘I don’t believe in the neutrality of research. OK?’ Mapping researchers’ attitudes toward values in science	8
On polarization, incommensurability, and value-laden research. A response to Bjørn Hofmann, 2024	8
Disclosing artificial intelligence use in scientific research and publication: When should disclosure be mandatory, optional, or unnecessary?	7
Publishing in potentially predatory journals: Do universities adopt university leaders’ dishonest behavior?	7
The research literature is an unsafe workplace	7
Keeping the health of our home planet in mind as we do research	7
Incorporating replication in higher education: Supervisors’ perspectives and institutional pressures	7
Timing and monitoring of financial disclosures in publications: A cross-institutional assessment of financial conflict of interest reports	7
Reflections on the 2024 Final Rule on Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct	7
Evolution and characterization of health sciences paper retractions in Brazil and Portugal	7
AI, reviewer incentives, and questions raised by García et al.	7
Spin in randomized controlled trials of pharmacology in COVID-19: A systematic review	6
The case for compensating peer reviewers: A response to Moher and Vieira Armond	6
Group authorship, an excellent opportunity laced with ethical, legal and technical challenges	6
Self-plagiarism: A retrospective study of its prevalence and patterns across scientific disciplines	6
Using AI to write scholarly publications	6
It takes two flints to start a fire: A focus group study into PhD supervision for responsible research	6
Ethics tools for strengthening ethics review: A scoping Review	6
Student views on the culture of STEM research laboratories: Results from an interview study	6

More ethics in the laboratory, please! Scientists’ perspectives on ethics in the preclinical phase	6
Limits of ethical non-human subjects research in an applied setting	6
“Dear Editor, may I speak with you?“	6
Evaluating the effectiveness of a Delphi-validated educational video in enhancing awareness and understanding of predatory journals among residents and medical students	6
Time-based changes in authorship trend in research-intensive universities in Malaysia	6
Responding to research misconduct allegations brought against top university officials	5
Is AI my co-author? The ethics of using artificial intelligence in scientific publishing	5
Can ChatGPT be trusted to provide reliable estimates?	5
Improving diversity in research: Successes and limitations of research team education in fostering inclusive recruitment practices and community voice	5
On “intent” in research misconduct	5
Consequences of undisclosed conflicts of interest in academic publishing	5
Research integrity in Spain: Great expectations, mediocre results	5
What is the sensitivity and specificity of the peer review process?	5
From disclosure to evidence: Toward auditable AI use and contribution provenance	5
The trinity of good research: Distinguishing between research integrity, ethics, and governance	5
Emerging ethical duties in AI-mediated research: A case of data sovereignty in applying cross-national regulation	5
In Defense of the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity: Response to Radder	5
Identificatory underpinnings of ethical research behavior for graduate students: Evidence from a baseline sample of a university research ethics training program	5
Polarization in research or mere dissent – a need for better demarcation	5
The case for universal artificial intelligence declaration on the precedent of conflict of interest	5
Correction	5
The punishment intensity for research misconduct and its related factors: An exploratory study on hospitals in Mainland China	5
Bad apples or systematic problem? Is Italy struggling with maintaining high level of research integrity?	5
The PubPeer conundrum: Administrative challenges in research misconduct proceedings	5
Guidelines needed for the use of AI in the preparation or review of IRB, IBC, and IACUC applications	4
The justified limits of transparency in research misconduct reports	4
Development of consensus on essential virtues for ethics and research integrity training using a modified Delphi approach	4
Registration of research on research integrity is still not common: Findings from the Hong Kong, Cape Town, and Athens editions of the World Conference on Research Integrity	4
Are there accurate and legitimate ways to machine-quantify predatoriness, or an urgent need for an automated online tool?	4
Perceptions of publication pressure among Hungarian researchers: Differences across career stage, gender, and scientific field	4
Harness editors’ networks of communication to fight publication fraud	4
Closing the paper mines	4
Evolution of retracted publications in the medical sciences: Citations analysis, bibliometrics, and altmetrics trends	4
Research data mismanagement – from questionable research practice to research misconduct	4
The definition of research misconduct should be stated in the abstract when reporting research on research misconduct	4
Cancer researchers’ experiences with and perceptions of research data sharing: Results of a cross-sectional survey	4
Is requiring Research Integrity Advisors a useful policy for improving research integrity? A census of advisors in Australia	4
How to categorize citation irregularities: A proposal based on an exploration of the literature	4
Maintaining ethics, Integrity, and accountability: Best practices for reporting a meta-analysis	4
Ranking-based sanctions for retraction-afflicted elite researchers	4
The core epistemic responsibilities of universities: Results from a Delphi study	3
Extent of publishing in predatory journals by academics in higher education institutions in Zimbabwe: A case study of a university	3
Importance of considering historical contexts when selecting terminology for questionable journal list names	3
Why and how to incorporate issues of race/ethnicity and gender in research integrity education	3
Appropriate inclusion of adult research participants with intellectual disability: an in-depth review of guidelines and policy statements	3
Perspectives on non-financial conflicts of interest in health-related journals: A scoping review	3
Peer reviewer fatigue, or peer reviewer refusal?	3
How (not) to be held accountable in research: The case of the Dutch integrity code	3
A policy toolkit for authorship and dissemination policies may benefit NIH research consortia	3
Author academic influence and manuscript acceptance: Evidence from peer review in cell press journals	3
Status of animal experimentation in nutrition and dietetic research: Policies of 100 leading journals and new approach methodologies	3
AI, originality, and attribution: Researchers’ perspectives on distinguishing contributions	3
Self-retraction as redemption: Forgiveness for repentant authors	3
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding plagiarism of postgraduate students in Myanmar	3
Assessment of the knowledge and attitudes of the Iranian medical faculty toward plagiarism	3
Why research integrity matters and how it can be improved	3
A practitioner-centered policy roadmap for ethical computational social science in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland	3
Using co-creation methods for research integrity guideline development – how, what, why and when?	3
AI vs academia: Experimental study on AI text detectors’ accuracy in behavioral health academic writing	3
Correction	3
Open minds, tied hands: Awareness, behavior, and reasoning on open science and irresponsible research behavior	3
Polarization in research: What is it, why is it problematic, and how can it be addressed?	2
Assessing the influence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) on awareness and behavior in medical research integrity: An online survey study	2
Mismatch in perceptions of the quality of supervision and research data management as an area of concern: Results from a university-wide survey of the research integrity culture at a Belgian universit	2
On and off-the-record correction practices: A survey-based study of how chemistry researchers react to errors	2
On the (ab)use of special issues in scholarly journals	2
Scientific misconduct: A cross-sectional study of the perceptions, attitudes and experiences of Spanish researchers	2
A study on ethical review processes of local ethics committees for animal experimentation in Türkiye*	2
Correction	2
Citation bias, diversity, and ethics	2
Developing, implementing, and transferring a faculty-led RCR training program	2
Do authors need an Ombudsperson to resolve peer-review issues?	2
International multi-stakeholder consensus statement on patient, carer and public involvement to enhance clinical trial integrity	2
Developing faculty research mentors: Influence of experience with diverse mentees, gender, and mentorship training	2
The impact of affiliation naming proximity on the retrieval efficiency of Chinese universities-affiliated retractions in the Retraction Watch Database	2
Training, networking, and support infrastructure for ombudspersons for good research practice: A survey of the status quo in the Berlin research area	2
Messing with Merton: The intersection between open science practices and Mertonian values	2
De-naturalizing the “predatory”: A study of “bogus” publications at public sector universities in Pakistan	2
Psychiatry vs. medicine editor-in-chiefs’ research publications in their own journals before, during, and after their tenures – An exploratory study	2
A data mining-based study on academic publication retractions in the 21st Century	2

How can research institutions support responsible supervision and leadership?	2
Perception of organizational climate by university staff and students in medicine and humanities: A qualitative study	2
Seeking help as a strategy for ethical and professional decision-making in research: Perspectives of researchers from East Asia and the United States	2
Seniority, authorship order, and severity of punishment in research misconduct – shared/honorary authorships as explanations for an apparent paradox	2
Publishing important work that lacks validity or reproducibility – pushing frontiers or corrupting science?	2
Is it plagiarism if the material was previously published by a third party?	2
The association of gender, experience, and academic rank in peer-reviewed manuscript evaluation	2
A tale of two formats: Graduate students’ perceptions and preferences of interactivity in Responsible conduct of research education	2
Transferring rejected manuscripts to other journals: A good practice?	2
Randomised clinical trials integrity and patient, carer and public involvement: A scoping umbrella review	2
Evidence-based literature review, not the meta-analysis: A rejoinder	2
Research anomalies in criminology: How serious? How extensive over time? And who was responsible?	2
How to combine rules and commitment in fostering research integrity?	2
Not so fast with fast funding	2
Reasons for retractions in potential predatory journals	2