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Entries Tagged as 'Responsible Conduct of Research'

On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research

April 17th, 2009 · No Comments

The 2009 edition of On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research is now available.
Cases of clear scientific misconduct have made headlines in recent years, among them the fabrication of data by a team of stem-cell researchers at Seoul National University and the fraudulent manipulation of photos submitted to the Journal of Cell Biology. [...]

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Ghostwriting in the Medical Literature

February 12th, 2009 · No Comments

Interesting commentary on ghostwriting:
“Ghostwriting occurs when someone makes substantial contributions to a manuscript without attribution or disclosure. It is considered bad publication practice in the medical sciences, and some argue it is scientific misconduct. This debate examines how best to tackle ghostwriting in the medical literature from the perspectives of a researcher, an editor, and [...]

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Life Cycle of Translational Research for Medical Interventions

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Despina G. Contopoulos-Ioannidis, George A. Alexiou, Theodore C. Gouvias, and John P. A. Ioannidis, “Life Cycle of Translational Research for Medical Interventions,” Science (5 September 2008) Vol. 321, no. 5894, 1298 – 1299.
Excellent review of the research process that discusses the long road from the initial discovery of a medical intervention to a highly cited article. [...]

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Tags: Authors at WU · Citation Analysis · Clinical Impact · Impact Factors · Intellectual Impact · Responsible Conduct of Research · Support for Authors

Searching for Clarity: A Primer on Medical Studies

September 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Check out this article, Searching for Clarity: A Primer on Medical Studies, from the New York Times (published September 30, 2008) by Gina Kolata. The article provides an overview of medical research and three basic principles for understanding medical findings from clinical trials.
The article also includes a link to “How to Read a Medical Study (Skeptically).”

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Tags: Research Data · Responsible Conduct of Research

What is a Comprehensive Literature Search?

August 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

What is a comprehensive literature search? How to know when you’ve exhausted the literature?
Questions to ask . . .
· Do your research results provide a clear chain of evidence in demonstrating the accumulation of knowledge on a particular topic?
· Did you find the first description or research of a particular topic?
· Do scholarly books or [...]

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Tags: Responsible Conduct of Research · Support for Authors · Uncategorized

New Slide-Rule for Assessing Copyright Status

July 18th, 2008 · No Comments

The American Library Association’s Office for Information Technology Policy recently created a slide-rule to help determine if a particular work is copyright protected. Pointing the red arrow to the date of first publication of the work provides information on the copyright status of the work.

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Tags: Copyright · Fair Use · Responsible Conduct of Research · Support for Authors · Uncategorized

Understanding Copyright and Related Rights

May 28th, 2008 · No Comments

The World Intellectual Property Organization recently issued a guide titled “Understanding Copyright and Related Rights.” The guide is intended to “provide an introduction for non-specialists or newcomers to the subject of copyright and related rights.”

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Tags: Author Rights · Copyright · Responsible Conduct of Research

ASHA–Guidelines for RCR: Ethics and the Publication Process

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Committee on Research Integrity and Publication Practices has prepared a guidelines document, Guidelines for the Responsible Conduct of Research: Ethics and the Publication Process. 
“The responsible conduct of research – from the earliest stages of a project and onward – has a direct bearing not only on the quality of any resulting article but [...]

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Tags: Authors at WU · Responsible Conduct of Research

How to Find the PMCID Reference Number

February 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

One stipulation of the revised NIH Public Access Policy is that as of 25 May 2008, PIs will be required to note the PubMed Central reference number (PMCID) on any NIH applications, proposals, and progress reports when citing an article that falls under the policy. For more information: http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm#c6
PIs can locate the PMCID reference numbers by doing a [...]

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Tags: Authors at WU · NIH Public Access Policy · Responsible Conduct of Research · Support for Authors

NIH Public Access Policy – Revised Guidelines Now Available from NIH

January 14th, 2008 · No Comments

The revised guidelines for the NIH Public Access Policy (NOT-OD-08-033) are now available: Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research.
Compliance with this Policy is a statutory requirement and a term and condition of the grant award and cooperative agreement, in accordance with the NIH Grants Policy Stat
ement For Contracts.
Specifics:
 1. [...]

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Tags: Author Rights · Authors at WU · NIH Public Access Policy · Open Access · Responsible Conduct of Research · Support for Authors