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Research Fraud_ How Journals Should Address It - Enago Academy

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Research Fraud_ How Journals Should Address It - Enago Academy

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  1. ResearchFraud:HowJournalsShouldAddress It Enago Academy is here to answer all your questions related to academic research and publishing.

  2. ENAGO ACADEMY Enago Academy offers comprehensive and up-to-date resources for researchers, publishers, editors, and students to learn and share their experience about research and publishing. Enago Academy also conducts workshops primarily for ESL authors, early-stage researchers, and graduate students. Our advanced workshop modules cater to the needs of researchers who want to know more about the issues pertinent to successful publication.

  3. ENAGO Enago is the trusted name in author services for the global research community. Since 2005, we have worked with researchers in more than 125 countries improving the communication of their research and helping them to achieve success in publication. We have offices in Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Istanbul, and New York. Enago operates globally with regional teams supporting researchers locally. Enago is the preferred partner for many leading universities and research organizations worldwide. In addition, we also collaborate with prominent publishers and societies to overcome regional challenges.

  4. 9/7/2018 Research Fraud: How Journals Should Address It - EnagoAcademy ResearchFraud:HowJournalsShouldAddress It LastupdatedMay21,2018 Journalsandacademicinstitutionshavesignikcantrolestoplayincaseswhereacademicfraudandresearch misconductaresuspected.Whenjournalssuspectacademicmisconductfromresearchers,theyshouldalert thecorrespondinginstitutions.Journalsshouldnotinvestigatesuchcases;institutionsshould.TheNIHdeknes researchmisconductas“fabrication,falsikcation,orplagiarisminproposing,performing,orreviewingresearch,or inreportingresearchresults.”Whilethedeknitionofresearchmisconductisstraightforward,therateatwhichit occursisnotaseasytopinpoint. A studyhas shownthat 1.9% of scientists admitted to falsifying data, while up to 33.7% admitted to using questionableresearchpractices.Intermsofadmissionratesbycolleagues,14.2%admittedtofalsikcation,while 72%admittedtousingquestionableresearchpractices.Therearemanytypesofscientikcmisconduct,andthe scientikc community itself becomes less credible with each instance. Academic fraud is committed when researchers purposefully copy others’ work, are dishonest about their work, fail to attribute or behave inappropriatelyinrelationtothesuspectedmisconduct.Itmaybehardtoagreeuponhowresearchmisconduct shouldbedealtwith.Therefore,theCommitteeonPublicationandEthics(COPE)hascreatedcertaincommon guidelinesforjournalsandinstitutions.  JournalsandResearchMisconduct https://www.enago.com/academy/research-fraud-journals-address/

  5. 9/7/2018 Research Fraud: How Journals Should Address It - EnagoAcademy Ininstancesofresearchmisconduct,journalsandinstitutionsmustworktogetherinidentifyingtherootcauseof misconduct. The COPE flowchart suggests ways by which journal editors should handle misconduct. Former COPEChairperson,Dr.ElizabethWager,hasproposedthefollowingguidelinesbasedontheCOPEflowchart: Journaleditorsshouldassessthesituationbygatheringreadilyavailableinformation.Inaddition,editors shouldavoidanyactionsthatcanjeopardizetheinvestigation. Journaleditorsshouldgiveresearchersachancetoexplain.Indoingso,journaleditorsshoulduseneutral languageandavoidaccusations. Journaleditorsshouldseekanofkcialinvestigation.Iftheresearchersdonotgivesatisfactoryresponses, journaleditorsshouldcontacttheinstitutioninvolved. Itisthejobofjournaleditorstoprotectreadersfrommisleadingwork.Accordingly,journalscanissuea retractionorpublishacorrection/expressionofconcern. Journalsshouldalsoformulateclearpoliciesandprocessesforhandlingsuspectedmisconduct. Lastly,journalsshouldcreategeneralawarenessamongauthorsandreviewersandeducatethemonthe likelyconsequencesofresearchfraud. BeingAwareofResearchMisconduct Journaleditorsbecomeawareofpossiblemisconductthroughanumberofsources-peerreviewers,theauthors’ colleagues, etc. There have been a few instances when research misconduct was detected and acted upon by journals. For instance, Patrice Dunoyer, along with a plant biology group headed by Olivier Voinnet, had eight papers retracted from Science, Plant Cell, The EMBO Journal, and several others. Investigations by the French NationalCentreforScientikcResearch(CNRS)andtheSwissFederalInstituteofTechnology(ETH)uncovered multipleinstancesofimagemanipulationintheyear2015.Becauseofthis,EMBObannedandsuspendedVoinnet andalsohadhisawardrevoked.Inaddition,DunoyerwastemporarilysuspendedfromtheCNRS. Touncoveracademicfraud,journaleditorsuseanumberofstrategies.Forinstance,academicinstitutionsand journalsregularlyuseiThenticate;atoolfordetectingplagiarism.Thefollowingisapartiallistofotherstrategies usedfordetectingresearchmisconduct: Oneparticularsectionofthemanuscriptseemsmuchmorepolishedthantherest. Figuresfrompreviouslypublishedworkgetreused(generally,reusedimagesarerotatedby90degrees, digitallymodikedusingimageanalysisprograms,orcroppeddifferently). Youngacademicstaffmembersareincludedasresearchersinthemanuscript,eveniftheircontributionis minimal. Sophisticated statistical techniques can be used to detect fabricated numerical data. This is possible becausenumbersgeneratedthroughnaturalprocessesfollowadistributionthatconkrmstoBenford’slaw. Deviationsshould,therefore,raiseredflags. TheCOPEGuidelines misconduct.TheCOPEcreatedasetofguidelinesbecausetherewasalackofprotocolforaddressingresearch AgroupofmedicaljournaleditorsfoundedCOPEin1997,aimingtocreateaforumtodiscusspublication misconduct.TheguidelinesdevelopedbyCOPEfocusonhowinstitutionsandjournalsshouldrespondtoresearch https://www.enago.com/academy/research-fraud-journals-address/

  6. 9/7/2018 misconduct. Research Fraud: How Journals Should Address It - EnagoAcademy TheCOPEguidelinesforresearcharedividedintoninesections:studydesignandethicalapproval,dataanalysis, authorship, conflicts of interest, peer review, conflicts of interest, redundant publication, plagiarism, duties of editors, and media relations. COPE also provided guidelines for dealing with research misconduct. These guidelinesaremeanttoguideresearchersandeditorsinavoidingresearchmisconductanddealingwithpossible casesofacademicfraud. Althoughtheseguidelinesexist,policiesshouldstillbeinstitutedbyjournalsandinstitutionsregardingresearch misconduct. However, a study found that only 54.8% of journals have policies in place to deal with fraud. It is essentialforalljournalsandinstitutionstodevisepoliciesonresearchmisconduct.Thescientikccommunityloses credibilitywheneverethicalmisconductoccurs.Furthermore,publishingarticlesthatcontainfalsikedinformation alsoprovedetrimentaltotheadvancementofknowledge.Insummary,researchmisconductshouldbeidentiked diligentlyanddealtwithstrictly. Shouldlawenforcementarrestresearchersforcommittingfraudandwastingtaxpayers’money?Shouldtheybe knedheavilyandbarredfromgettingsubsequentresearchfunding?Pleaseshareyouropinionbycommentingin thesectionbelow. This article was originally published at Enago Academy by EnagoManuscript Editing services which provides scientific editing to researchers authors and Phd students. For more information contact - - orders@enago.com.  https://www.enago.com/academy/research-fraud-journals-address/

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