OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Science and Engineering Ethics is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Dual-Use and Trustworthy? A Mixed Methods Analysis of AI Diffusion Between Civilian and Defense R&D	63
Gender and Age Stereotypes in Robotics for Eldercare: Ethical Implications of Stakeholder Perspectives from Technology Development, Industry, and Nursing	49
SAF: Stakeholders’ Agreement on Fairness in the Practice of Machine Learning Development	47
The Ethics of Supernumerary Robotic Limbs. An Enactivist Approach	47
Why the Epistemic Objection Against Using Sentience as Criterion of Moral Status is Flawed	42
Developing an Online Data Ethics Module Informed by an Ecology of Data Perspective	39
Parity and the Resolution of Value Conflicts in Design	34
Measures of Ethics and Social Responsibility Among Undergraduate Engineering Students: Findings from a Longitudinal Study	31
Meaningful Lives in an Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Reply to Danaher	31
Stakeholders’ Experiences of Research Integrity Support in Universities: A Qualitative Study in Three European Countries	25
“In Our Own Little World”: Invisibility of the Social and Ethical Dimension of Engineering Among Undergraduate Students	23
The Problem is Not Monsters: The FRANKENCON Panel on Science and Ethics	23
A Survey Study on Knowledge and Attitude Toward the Ethics Committee and Research Ethical Practices Among Researchers From Kuwait	21
The Development of a Literacy-Based Research Integrity Assessment Framework for Graduate Students in Taiwan	20
How Do Scientists Perceive the Relationship Between Ethics and Science? A Pilot Study of Scientists’ Appeals to Values	20
RESPONSE_ABILITY A Card-Based Engagement Method to Support Researchers’ Ability to Respond to Integrity Issues	20
The Rule of Virtue: A Confucian Response to the Ethical Challenges of Technocracy	19
Ethical, Legal and Social Issues of Digital Phenotyping as a Future Solution for Present-Day Challenges: A Scoping Review	18
Perceptions of Scientific Authorship Revisited: Country Differences and the Impact of Perceived Publication Pressure	18
Towards a Design Toolkit of Informed Consent Models Across Fields: A Systematic Review	18
Correction: Domain Experts on Dementia-Care Technologies: Mitigating Risk in Design and Implementation	17
Repentance as Rebuke: Betrayal and Moral Injury in Safety Engineering	16
Machine Ethics: Do Androids Dream of Being Good People?	15
The Societal Readiness Thinking Tool: A Practical Resource for Maturing the Societal Readiness of Research Projects	15
Interdisciplinary Confusion and Resolution in the Context of Moral Machines	15

Modeling Ethics: Approaches to Data Creep in Higher Education	14
Co-creating Research Integrity Education Guidelines for Research Institutions	14
The Value-Free Ideal of Science: A Useful Fiction? A Review of Non-epistemic Reasons for the Research Integrity Community	14
Ethics of Autonomous Collective Decision-Making: The Caesar Framework	13
Correction: Equity in AgeTech for Ageing Well in Technology-Driven Places: The Role of Social Determinants in Designing AI-based Assistive Technologies	13
Professional and Organizational Leadership Role in Ethics Management: Avoiding Reliance on Ethical Codification and Nurturing Ethical Culture	13
Research Misconduct Investigations in China’s Science Funding System	12
Correction to: Energy Communities and the Tensions Between Neoliberalism and Communitarianism	12
Conceptual Tools to Inform Course Design and Teaching for Ethical Engineering Engagement for Diverse Student Populations	11
How Smart are Smart Materials? A Conceptual and Ethical Analysis of Smart Lifelike Materials for the Design of Regenerative Valve Implants	11
University Teachers During the First Lockdown Due to SARS-CoV-2 in Italy: Stress, Issues and Perceptions of Misconduct	10
Equity in AgeTech for Ageing Well in Technology-Driven Places: The Role of Social Determinants in Designing AI-based Assistive Technologies	10
Playing Brains: The Ethical Challenges Posed by Silicon Sentience and Hybrid Intelligence in DishBrain	10
Correctness and Completeness of Programming Instructions for Traffic Circulation	10
Nonhuman Value: A Survey of the Intrinsic Valuation of Natural and Artificial Nonhuman Entities	10
A Value Sensitive Scenario Planning Method for Adaptation to Uncertain Future Sea Level Rise	9
How Competition for Funding Impacts Scientific Practice: Building Pre-fab Houses but no Cathedrals	9
Research Ethics in the Age of Digital Platforms	9
Learning from Retracted Papers Authored by the Highly Cited Iran-affiliated Researchers: Revisiting Research Policies and a Key Message to Clarivate Analytics	8
Principal Investigators’ Priorities and Perceived Barriers and Facilitators When Making Decisions About Conducting Essential Research in the COVID-19 Pandemic	8
How Neurotech Start-Ups Envision Ethical Futures: Demarcation, Deferral, Delegation	7
An Ethical Exploration of Increased Average Number of Authors Per Publication	7
Is Online Moral Outrage Outrageous? Rethinking the Indignation Machine	7
States of Uncertainty, Risk–Benefit Assessment and Early Clinical Research: A Conceptual Investigation	7
Retractions and Rewards in Science: An Open Question for Reviewers and Funders	7
Value Change, Energy Systems, and Rational Choice: The Expected Center of Gravity Principle	7
A Comparative Analysis of the Definitions of Autonomous Weapons Systems	7
Reflections on Putting AI Ethics into Practice: How Three AI Ethics Approaches Conceptualize Theory and Practice	7
A Comparative Defense of Self-initiated Prospective Moral Answerability for Autonomous Robot harm	7
Joint Interaction and Mutual Understanding in Social Robotics	6
AI Moral Enhancement: Upgrading the Socio-Technical System of Moral Engagement	6
Implementing Ethics in Healthcare AI-Based Applications: A Scoping Review	6
The Future Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Making Sense of Collaborative Models	6
Energy Communities and the Tensions Between Neoliberalism and Communitarianism	6
Genetically Engineered Foods and Moral Absolutism: A Representative Study from Germany	6
Multi Scale Ethics—Why We Need to Consider the Ethics of AI in Healthcare at Different Scales	6
A Review of Scientific Ethics Issues Associated with the Recently Approved Drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease	6
Tech Ethics Through Trust Auditing	5
Gender Bias and Conversational Agents: an ethical perspective on Social Robotics	5
Post-publication Peer Review with an Intention to Uncover Data/Result Irregularities and Potential Research Misconduct in Scientific Research: Vigilantism or Volunteerism?	5
Guilt Without Fault: Accidental Agency in the Era of Autonomous Vehicles	5
Socially Assistive Devices in Healthcare–a Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence from an Ethical Perspective	5
Why and Where to Fund Carbon Capture and Storage	5
Correction to: The Moral Consideration of Artificial Entities: A Literature Review	5
Correction to: Biobanks and Individual Health Related Findings: from an Obstacle to an Incentive	5
Advance Car-Crash Planning: Shared Decision Making between Humans and Autonomous Vehicles	5