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Academic Fabrication: Is the Case of Designer Science an Isolated One?

"There are tales readily believed by scholars, 'in order to live' — because the ideological campus discourse is beyond question." Source

What a Thesis Editor Should and Shouldn’t Do: An Integrity Guide for Postgraduate Students

Late in a master’s or doctoral programme, many students start to wonder whether they are allowed to get help with their writing.Continue reading on Medium »

'Faculty must be able to uphold exam integrity without fear': IIT Madras association on IIT Bombay case

Faculty members across the IIT system are entrusted with upholding the integrity of examinations, and they must be able to discharge this responsibility in good faith, says IIT Mad...

How to Write an MD/MS Thesis Protocol That Ethics Committees Will Actually Approve

5 common pitfalls I see as a medical faculty member and how to fix them before your institutional review board meeting.Continue reading on Medium »

The Shils Report and Academic Merit

Still Another Romanian Plagiarism Scandal

Yet another high-ranking Romanian official has been accused of plagiarism. Unfortunately, it's unlikely to cause any real consequences for anyone involved. Source

Commerce Scrubs Ban on Political Interference From Integrity Policy

Commerce Scrubs Ban on Political Interference From Integrity Policy jessica.blake@… Wed, 09/02/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s)...

“Protection from inappropriate influence is a hallmark of scientific integrity” . . . not any more!

This is a funny one. Remember how Google used to have the slogan, “Don’t be evil,” but then they abandoned it? Something similar seems to have happened with the U.S. Census Bureau....

University finds no misconduct in Korea studies scholar's fabricated citations

University finds no misconduct in Korea studies scholar's fabricated citations

Case Study: How a Rejected MD Dissertation Protocol Cleared Ethics Review in 10 Days

From a “revise and resubmit” notice to unanimous IRB approval a step-by-step breakdown of how we fixed a flawed biostatistical model.Continue reading on Medium »

Thesis Proofreading at a UK University: What Your Proofreader Is Actually Allowed to Do

Search for “thesis proofreading UK” a few weeks before a submission deadline and you will find plenty of offers. What you will not always…Continue reading on Medium »

YSU Researchers Present Work on Ethics Surrounding AI Adoption

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Youngstown State University faculty members Patrick J. Bateman, Lariccia Family Endowed Professor and distinguished professor of management, and Christina Saenge...

AI Didn't Write This Post

Artificial intelligence has made plagiarism easier than ever. It is now used by students and faculty alike. We need a discussion about its use, not condemnation.

Analytical Integrity: The Science of Third-Party Peptide Verification

Introduction: Why Independent Verification Matters In peptide research, product descriptions and technical information […]

Research must rest on curiosity and evidence, says CSIRO scientist Anantanarayanan Raman at SRM University-AP

Delivering the 26th University Distinguished Lecture, the Australian agency’s senior scientist says openness does not mean accepting every new idea uncritically

Who Gets Credit When AI Makes a Breakthrough?

OpenAI recently announced that its model has solved one of the most difficult mathematical problems in the world. So who gets the credit for the breakthrough? Source

Does Traditional Plagiarism Still Matter?

In the age of AI, the idea of copy‑and‑paste plagiarism sounds almost quaint. So why has the number of students doing it not changed significantly? Source

Reading the Rules for Rule Makers, Part 1

Reading the Rules for Rule Makers, Part 1 Sara Brady Fri, 09/04/2026 - 03:00 AM Conflating academic freedom with perceived viewpoint diversity: such a fu...

(1) “Do you think the culture of research has genuinely changed since the replication crisis became widely discussed, or...

Luke Ford writes: [Regarding] the replication crisis, researcher degrees of freedom, and the gap between what statistical methods claim to establish and what they can actually supp...

It’s official – ethics education works

The largest study of its kind overwhelmingly shows that ethics education belongs in the classroom, not just around the dinner table

Stolen Stationery: The Mechanics of Credential Fraud in Nigerian Politics

The most recent news from Nigeria and across the world is available at The News Chronicle. The News Chronicle provides the most recent headlines, commentary, and political news. Th...

Cell publisher investigates editor accused of soliciting bribes from China

Cell Press, one of the world’s leading scientific publishers, has launched an investigation after prominent Chinese biologist Rao Yi accused the editor-in-chief of a top medical jo...

Provost of Dartmouth Busted Using AI for His Own Writing in Newspapers and Academic Journals

It's "an incredible, almost unbelievable insult to our community." The post Provost of Dartmouth Busted Using AI for His Own Writing in Newspapers and Academic Journals appeared fi...

Oud-Radboud-docent betrokken bij ‘een van grootste integriteitszaken in Nederland’

Oud-hoofddocent van de Radboud Universiteit Yannick Griep heeft zich schuldig gemaakt aan wetenschapsfraude. Daarover schrijven de Volkskrant en het Nijmeegse universiteitsmagazine...