OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Science and Engineering Ethics is 4. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The Ethics of Supernumerary Robotic Limbs. An Enactivist Approach	99
SAF: Stakeholders’ Agreement on Fairness in the Practice of Machine Learning Development	82
Why the Epistemic Objection Against Using Sentience as Criterion of Moral Status is Flawed	66
Gender and Age Stereotypes in Robotics for Eldercare: Ethical Implications of Stakeholder Perspectives from Technology Development, Industry, and Nursing	54
Dual-Use and Trustworthy? A Mixed Methods Analysis of AI Diffusion Between Civilian and Defense R&D	52
Developing an Online Data Ethics Module Informed by an Ecology of Data Perspective	42
Parity and the Resolution of Value Conflicts in Design	39
“In Our Own Little World”: Invisibility of the Social and Ethical Dimension of Engineering Among Undergraduate Students	39
Meaningful Lives in an Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Reply to Danaher	37
Stakeholders’ Experiences of Research Integrity Support in Universities: A Qualitative Study in Three European Countries	33
Measures of Ethics and Social Responsibility Among Undergraduate Engineering Students: Findings from a Longitudinal Study	31
Correction to: Does Proof of Concept Trump All? RRI Dilemmas in Research Practices	30
Correction to: Medical Students’ Acquaintance with Core Concepts, Institutions and Guidelines on Good Scientific Practice: A Pre- and Post-questionnaire Survey	29
Biobanks and Individual Health Related Findings: from an Obstacle to an Incentive	24
RESPONSE_ABILITY A Card-Based Engagement Method to Support Researchers’ Ability to Respond to Integrity Issues	24
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	22
How Do Scientists Perceive the Relationship Between Ethics and Science? A Pilot Study of Scientists’ Appeals to Values	21
Correction to: Research Misconduct in the Fields of Ethics and Philosophy: Researchers’ Perceptions in Spain	21
The Rule of Virtue: A Confucian Response to the Ethical Challenges of Technocracy	20
The Development of a Literacy-Based Research Integrity Assessment Framework for Graduate Students in Taiwan	20
Important Topics for Fostering Research Integrity by Research Performing and Research Funding Organizations: A Delphi Consensus Study	18
Ethical, Legal and Social Issues of Digital Phenotyping as a Future Solution for Present-Day Challenges: A Scoping Review	17
Perceptions of Scientific Authorship Revisited: Country Differences and the Impact of Perceived Publication Pressure	17
The Autonomy of Science as a Civilian Casualty of Economic Warfare: Inadvertent Censorship of Science Resulting from Unilateral Economic Sanctions	16

Interdisciplinary Confusion and Resolution in the Context of Moral Machines	15
Can Blockchain Solve the Dilemma in the Ethics of Genomic Biobanks?	15
Towards a Design Toolkit of Informed Consent Models Across Fields: A Systematic Review	15
Correction: Domain Experts on Dementia-Care Technologies: Mitigating Risk in Design and Implementation	15
Repentance as Rebuke: Betrayal and Moral Injury in Safety Engineering	14
The Societal Readiness Thinking Tool: A Practical Resource for Maturing the Societal Readiness of Research Projects	14
A Multi-level Review of Engineering Ethics Education: Towards a Socio-technical Orientation of Engineering Education for Ethics	13
Machine Ethics: Do Androids Dream of Being Good People?	13
The Value-Free Ideal of Science: A Useful Fiction? A Review of Non-epistemic Reasons for the Research Integrity Community	13
Co-creating Research Integrity Education Guidelines for Research Institutions	12
Technological Answerability and the Severance Problem: Staying Connected by Demanding Answers	12
Professional and Organizational Leadership Role in Ethics Management: Avoiding Reliance on Ethical Codification and Nurturing Ethical Culture	12
Correction: Equity in AgeTech for Ageing Well in Technology-Driven Places: The Role of Social Determinants in Designing AI-based Assistive Technologies	11
The Ethical Challenges of Innovation	11
Ethics of Autonomous Collective Decision-Making: The Caesar Framework	11
Correction to: Energy Communities and the Tensions Between Neoliberalism and Communitarianism	11
Modeling Ethics: Approaches to Data Creep in Higher Education	11
Research Misconduct Investigations in China’s Science Funding System	11
University Teachers During the First Lockdown Due to SARS-CoV-2 in Italy: Stress, Issues and Perceptions of Misconduct	10
How Smart are Smart Materials? A Conceptual and Ethical Analysis of Smart Lifelike Materials for the Design of Regenerative Valve Implants	10
Conceptual Tools to Inform Course Design and Teaching for Ethical Engineering Engagement for Diverse Student Populations	9
Playing Brains: The Ethical Challenges Posed by Silicon Sentience and Hybrid Intelligence in DishBrain	9
Looking Back at Ten Years of RRI: Review of R. von Schomberg and J. Hankins (eds): International Handbook on Responsible Innovation: A Global Resource	9
Equity in AgeTech for Ageing Well in Technology-Driven Places: The Role of Social Determinants in Designing AI-based Assistive Technologies	9
Nonhuman Value: A Survey of the Intrinsic Valuation of Natural and Artificial Nonhuman Entities	8
Correctness and Completeness of Programming Instructions for Traffic Circulation	8
Acceptability of Neuroscientific Interventions in Education	8
A Value Sensitive Scenario Planning Method for Adaptation to Uncertain Future Sea Level Rise	8
Research Ethics in the Age of Digital Platforms	8
Principal Investigators’ Priorities and Perceived Barriers and Facilitators When Making Decisions About Conducting Essential Research in the COVID-19 Pandemic	8
Learning from Retracted Papers Authored by the Highly Cited Iran-affiliated Researchers: Revisiting Research Policies and a Key Message to Clarivate Analytics	8
How Neurotech Start-Ups Envision Ethical Futures: Demarcation, Deferral, Delegation	7
Ethical Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Research and Development: A Dual Advantage for Sustainability	7
How Competition for Funding Impacts Scientific Practice: Building Pre-fab Houses but no Cathedrals	7
Retractions and Rewards in Science: An Open Question for Reviewers and Funders	7
A Comparative Analysis of the Definitions of Autonomous Weapons Systems	7
States of Uncertainty, Risk–Benefit Assessment and Early Clinical Research: A Conceptual Investigation	7
Value Change, Energy Systems, and Rational Choice: The Expected Center of Gravity Principle	6
Is Online Moral Outrage Outrageous? Rethinking the Indignation Machine	6
Reflections on Putting AI Ethics into Practice: How Three AI Ethics Approaches Conceptualize Theory and Practice	6
Knowledge and Perceptions of Honorary Authorship among Health Care Researchers: Online Cross-sectional Survey Data from the Middle East	6
Implementing Ethics in Healthcare AI-Based Applications: A Scoping Review	6
Ethical Considerations Associated with “Humanitarian Drones”: A Scoping Literature Review	6
An Ethical Exploration of Increased Average Number of Authors Per Publication	6
Multi Scale Ethics—Why We Need to Consider the Ethics of AI in Healthcare at Different Scales	5
The Future Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Making Sense of Collaborative Models	5
A Comparative Defense of Self-initiated Prospective Moral Answerability for Autonomous Robot harm	5
Genetically Engineered Foods and Moral Absolutism: A Representative Study from Germany	5
A Review of Scientific Ethics Issues Associated with the Recently Approved Drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease	5
Joint Interaction and Mutual Understanding in Social Robotics	5

Energy Communities and the Tensions Between Neoliberalism and Communitarianism	5
AI as an Epistemic Technology	4
AI Moral Enhancement: Upgrading the Socio-Technical System of Moral Engagement	4
Correction to: The Moral Consideration of Artificial Entities: A Literature Review	4
An African Relational Approach to Healthcare and Big Data Challenges	4
Advance Car-Crash Planning: Shared Decision Making between Humans and Autonomous Vehicles	4
Gender Bias and Conversational Agents: an ethical perspective on Social Robotics	4
Correction to: Biobanks and Individual Health Related Findings: from an Obstacle to an Incentive	4
Achieving Equity with Predictive Policing Algorithms: A Social Safety Net Perspective	4
Post-publication Peer Review with an Intention to Uncover Data/Result Irregularities and Potential Research Misconduct in Scientific Research: Vigilantism or Volunteerism?	4
Guilt Without Fault: Accidental Agency in the Era of Autonomous Vehicles	4
Socially Assistive Devices in Healthcare–a Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence from an Ethical Perspective	4
Tech Ethics Through Trust Auditing	4
Why and Where to Fund Carbon Capture and Storage	4