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On 21 March, 2022, the Chinese government has issued a stricter set of ethical guidelines2 for research in human and animal genetics. What will be the major changes and…
- Malvika Gaur
- April 19, 2022
- 635 views
Following this brief explanation of what plagiarism is – essentially, ‘borrowing’ pieces of text published elsewhere and incorporating them into your article without any…
- Yateendra Joshi
- August 6, 2021
- 7.9k views
Even novel, high-impact research can face problems at the journal submission stage if they don’t meet ethical guidelines or lack the required declarations. Take a look…
- Elizabeth George
- August 31, 2020
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Dr. Elisabeth Bik is a microbiome and science integrity consultant and founder of the Microbiome Digest blog. Dr. Bik’s pro bono efforts to help identify instances of…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- August 8, 2019
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Newer forms of unethical practices are on the rise in the acdemic publishing world, taking unsuspecting authors by surprise. When a dissatisfied author gives a negative…
- Kakoli Majumder
- March 15, 2019
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A journal editor discovers an overlap between one of his journal’s published articles and two other articles published in different journals. The editor suspects that…
- Kakoli Majumder
- December 13, 2018
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The foundation of every clinical trial is a clinical protocol. It is an important document that describes in detail all the crucial elements of the research. In fact,…
- Dr. Kalpataru Mukherjee
- April 26, 2018
- 11.7k views
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This post clarifies the role and nature of animal ethics boards or regulatory bodies that set down regulations to help ensure humane and ethical treatment of animals in…
- Dr. Radhika N.S.
- March 27, 2018
- 4.2k views
A series of unplanned events led me to a copy of Charlie Munger’s famous speech titled “The Psychology of Human Misjudgment” and got my brain whirring. In the speech he…
- Shachi Gautam
- March 22, 2018
- 10k views
Before using animals for an experiment, you need to get approvals from relevant regulatory bodies and ethics boards. These bodies help ensure that animals used in…
- Dr. Radhika N.S.
- February 22, 2018
- 15.5k views