Science and Engineering Ethics

Papers
(The median citation count of Science and Engineering Ethics is 8. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
The Ethics of Supernumerary Robotic Limbs. An Enactivist Approach82
Gender and Age Stereotypes in Robotics for Eldercare: Ethical Implications of Stakeholder Perspectives from Technology Development, Industry, and Nursing82
Why the Epistemic Objection Against Using Sentience as Criterion of Moral Status is Flawed72
SAF: Stakeholders’ Agreement on Fairness in the Practice of Machine Learning Development54
Stakeholders’ Experiences of Research Integrity Support in Universities: A Qualitative Study in Three European Countries42
Measures of Ethics and Social Responsibility Among Undergraduate Engineering Students: Findings from a Longitudinal Study35
A Survey Study on Knowledge and Attitude Toward the Ethics Committee and Research Ethical Practices Among Researchers From Kuwait28
How Do Scientists Perceive the Relationship Between Ethics and Science? A Pilot Study of Scientists’ Appeals to Values26
The Development of a Literacy-Based Research Integrity Assessment Framework for Graduate Students in Taiwan25
Towards a Design Toolkit of Informed Consent Models Across Fields: A Systematic Review24
Repentance as Rebuke: Betrayal and Moral Injury in Safety Engineering21
Interdisciplinary Confusion and Resolution in the Context of Moral Machines21
Correction: Domain Experts on Dementia-Care Technologies: Mitigating Risk in Design and Implementation21
Co-creating Research Integrity Education Guidelines for Research Institutions20
Machine Ethics: Do Androids Dream of Being Good People?20
The Value-Free Ideal of Science: A Useful Fiction? A Review of Non-epistemic Reasons for the Research Integrity Community18
Professional and Organizational Leadership Role in Ethics Management: Avoiding Reliance on Ethical Codification and Nurturing Ethical Culture18
Ethics of Autonomous Collective Decision-Making: The Caesar Framework17
Correction: Equity in AgeTech for Ageing Well in Technology-Driven Places: The Role of Social Determinants in Designing AI-based Assistive Technologies16
Research Misconduct Investigations in China’s Science Funding System15
Nonhuman Value: A Survey of the Intrinsic Valuation of Natural and Artificial Nonhuman Entities15
How Smart are Smart Materials? A Conceptual and Ethical Analysis of Smart Lifelike Materials for the Design of Regenerative Valve Implants15
Equity in AgeTech for Ageing Well in Technology-Driven Places: The Role of Social Determinants in Designing AI-based Assistive Technologies15
Playing Brains: The Ethical Challenges Posed by Silicon Sentience and Hybrid Intelligence in DishBrain14
Principal Investigators’ Priorities and Perceived Barriers and Facilitators When Making Decisions About Conducting Essential Research in the COVID-19 Pandemic13
Research Ethics in the Age of Digital Platforms13
How Competition for Funding Impacts Scientific Practice: Building Pre-fab Houses but no Cathedrals13
How Neurotech Start-Ups Envision Ethical Futures: Demarcation, Deferral, Delegation12
States of Uncertainty, Risk–Benefit Assessment and Early Clinical Research: A Conceptual Investigation12
An Ethical Exploration of Increased Average Number of Authors Per Publication11
Value Change, Energy Systems, and Rational Choice: The Expected Center of Gravity Principle11
A Comparative Analysis of the Definitions of Autonomous Weapons Systems11
Reflections on Putting AI Ethics into Practice: How Three AI Ethics Approaches Conceptualize Theory and Practice11
Retractions and Rewards in Science: An Open Question for Reviewers and Funders11
Is Online Moral Outrage Outrageous? Rethinking the Indignation Machine11
A Comparative Defense of Self-initiated Prospective Moral Answerability for Autonomous Robot harm10
Genetically Engineered Foods and Moral Absolutism: A Representative Study from Germany10
Joint Interaction and Mutual Understanding in Social Robotics10
Tech Ethics Through Trust Auditing9
Multi Scale Ethics—Why We Need  to Consider the Ethics of AI in Healthcare at Different Scales9
Post-publication Peer Review with an Intention to Uncover Data/Result Irregularities and Potential Research Misconduct in Scientific Research: Vigilantism or Volunteerism?9
AI Moral Enhancement: Upgrading the Socio-Technical System of Moral Engagement9
Socially Assistive Devices in Healthcare–a Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence from an Ethical Perspective9
A Review of Scientific Ethics Issues Associated with the Recently Approved Drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease9
Ambiguity in Ethical Standards: Global Versus Local Science in Explaining Academic Plagiarism8
AI as an Epistemic Technology8
Which Framework to Use? A Systematic Review of Ethical Frameworks for the Screening or Evaluation of Health Technology Innovations8
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