Surveys/Research

Papers Published in International Journal

Nouchi R. et al.「Toward global standardization of conducting fair investigations of allegations of research misconduct.」

Nouchi R describes international standards for investigating research misconduct.(Account. Res., 2020, Vol. 27, No. 6, p327-346)

Gemma Conroy 「The 7 deadly sins of research. The most common stumbling blocks.」

Published as News in Nature, this article describes the "7 deadly sins" of research that can degrade the quality of researchers, making us think about QRP. (Nature, Dec. 10, 2019)

Jeffrey Brainard 「Rethinking retractions」

Feature article on the withdrawal of the paper published as News in Science.(Science, 2018, Vol. 362, Issue 6413, p390-393)

Jeffrey Brainard, Jia You 「What a massive database of retracted papers reveals about science publishing's 'death penalty'」

Feature article on retracted papers published as News in Science (Science, Oct. 25, 2018)

Kai Kupferschmidt 「Tide of Lies」

An editorial by Kai Kupferschmidt on research misconduct in Japan, published as Sciense. (Science, 2018, Vol. 361, Issue 6403, p636-641)

「Agency for change」

An editorial by the Nature editorial board on research misconduct in Japan. (Nature, 2014, Vol. 509, No. 8)

Ferric C. Fang et al. 「Misconduct accounts for the majority of retracted scientific publications」

An article by Ferric C. Fang on cross-country comparisons of paper withdrawals in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) (PNAS, 2012, Vol. 109, No. 42, p17028-17033)

Ferric C. Fang 「Retracted science and the retraction index」

An editorial by Ferric C Fang on the correlation of between "retraction index" and impact factor. (Infect. Immun., 2011, Vol. 79, No.10, p3855-3859)