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Accountability in Research: Ethics, Integrity, and Policy @accountabilityair.bsky.social · 11d

📝 Latest Publication Alert! 📝

"A classroom exercise for improving mentor/mentee relationships"

Robert Klitzman

→ doi.org/10.1080/0898...

#ResearchEthics
#ResearchIntegrity
#ResponsibleResearch

A classroom exercise for improving mentor/mentee relationships

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) courses seek to heighten awareness of the importance of mentor/mentee interactions and other topics, but questions remain – e.g., how best to train mentors/men...

doi.org

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 12d

🚨 Registration is OPEN!

Join us in Vancouver for the 9th World Conference on Research Integrity (#WCRI2026), May 3–6, 2026.

🌍 All disciplines, all career stages

📍 Venue: The Westin Bayshore

🔗 Register now + book your stay: wcri2026.org/registration/

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 22d

The education plan of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, cited 15 non-existent sources.

#AcademicIntegrity #ResearchIntegrity #Canada #Newfoundland #Education #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/09/15/e...

Education Plan Cites Nonexistent Sources

In Canada, Education Accord NL just released it’s 10-year-plan for the province’s education system. However, some of the sources were fabricated.

www.plagiarismtoday.com

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · 23d

⏳ 1 month to go! Submit your #WCRI2026 abstracts by Oct 15, 2025.

📅 May 3–6, 2026 | Vancouver

🗓️ Preliminary schedule, commissions, hosting & sponsorship details live now.

#ResearchIntegrity

World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · Aug 27

📢 #WCRI2026 update!

📅 May 3–6, 2026 | Vancouver

✨ Call for Abstracts – deadline Oct 15, 2025

🗓️Preliminary schedule is online, along with details on commissions, hosting opportunities, and sponsorship.

👉All links are in the replies below

#ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026

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Gengyan Tang @gengyantang.bsky.social · Sep 1

Proud to share my perspective in Canadian Affairs’ latest piece on the systemic gaps in tackling fake science in Canada.

#AcademicIntegrity #ResearchIntegrity

www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/08/29/w...

Why Canada is ill-equipped to tackle the growing threat of fake science

A global surge in fake and low-quality research papers highlights cracks in the peer review process and universities' oversight of their researchers

www.canadianaffairs.news

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Gengyan Tang @gengyantang.bsky.social · Aug 27

Call for abstracts!
Deadline Oct 15!

World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · Aug 27

📢 #WCRI2026 update!

📅 May 3–6, 2026 | Vancouver

✨ Call for Abstracts – deadline Oct 15, 2025

🗓️Preliminary schedule is online, along with details on commissions, hosting opportunities, and sponsorship.

👉All links are in the replies below

#ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026

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Jennifer Byrne @jabyrnesci.bsky.social · Aug 19

A paper that combines #peerreview & cheese... what could be better? Answer: writing said paper with @abalkina.bsky.social @image-integrity.bsky.social & Marie Souliere. Read on to learn how the Swiss Cheese Model could help peer review & #researchintegrity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Rethinking Peer Review Using the Swiss Cheese Model to Better Flag Problematic Manuscripts

Click on the article title to read more.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Gengyan Tang @gengyantang.bsky.social · Aug 14

"College students, including from elite universities, are abandoning school now to work full-time on preventing AGI from turning on humanity."

#AI #AIGC #HigherEducation

www.forbes.com/sites/victor...

Fear Of AGI Is Driving Harvard And MIT Students To Drop Out

AGI — a theoretical AI that can do many of the same tasks as humans can — could come within a decade. College students, including from elite universities, are abandoning school now to work full-time o...

www.forbes.com

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · Aug 12

Wonderful resource for #ResearchIntegrity discussions:
31 short personal reviews of novels, now also published open access in Chinese.

Lex Bouter @lexbouter.bsky.social · Aug 12

Nice! My preprint with short personal reviews of 31 novels on #ResearchIntegrity now published open access in Chinese.
English preprint: bit.ly/409E5ff
Chinese publication: bit.ly/4osKFYp
@peerreviewcongress.bsky.social @wcrifoundation.bsky.social @nrin-integrity.bsky.social @retractionwatch.com

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · Jul 30

Have a look here: bit.ly/477JbMK, where the Lancet-
World Conferences on Research Integrity Foundation Committee on Research Integrity is announced! This Commission will take a multifactor and multistakeholder approach to work towards solutions that promote the quality and credibility of research.

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Gengyan Tang @gengyantang.bsky.social · Jul 25

🧠🤖 Just discovered Agents4Science 2025, organized by researchers at Stanford University — a conference where AI is the first author and the reviewer.

From hypothesis to publication, it's AI all the way.

#AI #AIResearch

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · Jul 8

"Scientific norms shape the behavior of researchers working for the greater good"

#ResearchIntegrity

theconversation.com/scientific-n...

Scientific norms shape the behavior of researchers working for the greater good

While rarely explicitly taught to scientists in training, a set of common values guides science in the quest to advance knowledge while being ethical and trustworthy.

theconversation.com

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · Jul 3

“Invisible by Design? Rethinking Global Indexing to Include MENA Journals”

#ScholarlyPublishing

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/03/g...

Guest Post - Invisible by Design? Rethinking Global Indexing to Include MENA Journals - The Scholarly Kitchen

This post explores why many Middle East- and North Africa-based journals remain underrepresented in global indexing databases, how this affects both local and international knowledge flows, and what a...

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org

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World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · Jul 2

"New tool aims to deter gaming in global university rankings"

#ResearchIntegrity

www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

New tool aims to deter gaming in global university rankings

A new research integrity risk index aims to identify institutions with globally atypical research performance patterns, highlighting systemic vulnerab...

www.universityworldnews.com

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Gengyan Tang @gengyantang.bsky.social · Jul 1

Join us for a public keynote on academic integrity & law by Prof. Michael Draper, hosted by @saraheaton.bsky.social

📅 July 2, 15:00–16:30

📍Education Tower 314, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary

Open to all — join us to discuss legal and policy challenges in education!

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Gengyan Tang @gengyantang.bsky.social · Jun 27

Abstract submission and travel grant application are open now.

World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · Jun 27

Abstract submission and travel grant application for the 9th World Conference on Research Integrity are open. Please consider to submit an abstract and to reshare this message. lnkd.in/eJ9hmaRs

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Accountability in Research: Ethics, Integrity, and Policy @accountabilityair.bsky.social · Jun 24

📝 Latest Publication Alert! 📝

“Author academic influence and manuscript acceptance: Evidence from peer review in cell press journals"

Guangyao Zhang, Lili Wang, Yixian Yin & Xianwen Wang

→ doi.org/10.1080/0898...

#PeerReview
#AcademicPublishing
#AcademicInfluence

Author academic influence and manuscript acceptance: Evidence from peer review in cell press journals

Prior studies on peer review have largely focused on manuscript characteristics as the primary determinants of acceptance decisions. Although author academic influence is widely recognized in pract...

doi.org

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Gengyan Tang @gengyantang.bsky.social · Jun 24

Excited to share that the official World Conferences on Research Integrity is now on Bluesky!

We’ll be sharing updates, reflections, and resources leading up to the 9th WCRI in 2026.

World Conferences on Research Integrity @wcrifoundation.bsky.social · Jun 24

And the exciting announcement! The 9th WCRI is set to take place in Vancouver, Canada, in 2026! Look forward to seeing you all there!

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Accountability in Research: Ethics, Integrity, and Policy @accountabilityair.bsky.social · Jun 20

We are thrilled to report that with the release of the new Impact Factors from Web of Science, Accountability in Research received a 4.0!

Thank you to our amazing Associate Editors, Editorial Board, and very hard-working reviewers - it's an amazing group!

#ImpactFactor #WebofScience

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Gengyan Tang @gengyantang.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thank you so much for offering this opportunity to talk about my paper.

anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · Jun 13

Yesterday, a new paper noted to a flaw w/ systematic reviews

an hour later another group launched an AI tool they hope will speed up the process of writing such reviews:

w/@christiancao.bsky.social @gengyantang.bsky.social ‪ @webmz.bsky.social @jdwilko.bsky.social

www.statnews.com/2025/06/12/r...

Systematic reviews cited retracted articles, new study finds

A new study found some systematic reviews included retracted studies from paper mills, journals that produce low quality research

www.statnews.com

Gengyan Tang @gengyantang.bsky.social · Jun 14

Thank you so much, Elena.

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Gengyan Tang @gengyantang.bsky.social · Jun 13

Happy to see our recent article on citation contamination by paper mill articles in systematic reviews featured in
@statnews.com !

#ResearchIntegrity #PaperMills #ScholarlyPublishing #SystematicReviews

www.statnews.com/2025/06/12/r...

Systematic reviews cited retracted articles, new study finds

A new study found some systematic reviews included retracted studies from paper mills, journals that produce low quality research

www.statnews.com

Gengyan Tang @gengyantang.bsky.social · Jun 13

🚨 New publication alert!

Our study, now out in @jamanetworkopen.com, reveals how paper mill articles are silently contaminating systematic reviews in the life sciences.

Read the full article: doi.org/10.1001/jama...

Citation Contamination by Paper Mill Articles in Life Sciences Systematic Reviews

This cross-sectional study analyzes the prevalence, characteristics, affected subject areas, and citation patterns of retracted paper mill articles cited in systematic reviews.

doi.org

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Nature @nature.com · Jun 10

Companies selling authorship slots thrive in a culture that equates success with a strong publication record

https://go.nature.com/448g6ih

Authorship for sale: Nature investigates how paper mills work

Companies selling authorship slots thrive in a culture that equates success with a strong publication record. Customers, sleuths and the shadowy owner of a paper mill explain why.

go.nature.com

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Gengyan Tang @gengyantang.bsky.social · Jun 10

I was pleased to contribute my perspective to this new Nature investigation on paper mills and the commercialization of authorship.

This is not just about misconduct at the margins—it’s about the systemic incentives that fuel it.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#ResearchIntegrity

Authorship for sale: Nature investigates how paper mills work

Companies selling authorship slots thrive in a culture that equates success with a strong publication record. Customers, sleuths and the shadowy owner of a paper mill explain why.

www.nature.com

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