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Scholars advocate creation of global database after analysing scale of travel, free meals and gifts disbursed by medical sector in France

More rigorous checking targets hyper-authorship, excessive self-citation and unusual patterns of group citation activity

University investigates Berislav Zlokovic after his lab members describe image and notebook manipulation, and warn of danger to stroke patients from resulting medical trial

Many researchers need more help to negotiate a wide array of ethical issues, from identity to genetic engineering, says Aymen Idris

Instead of focusing on the reliability of the data, I know first-hand that defamation suits become personal and career-threatening, says David Sanders

Journalists and scientist bloggers poke and point to dodgy bits of literature using limited resources. Is there a better way to support them, and defend them against multimillion-dollar lawsuits?

Karl Andersson’s article about his use of provocative images of young boys caused outrage among MPs and scholars

We must reform a science culture that sometimes seems to value impact and quantity over importance and quality, say Ferric Fang and Arturo Casadevall

Independent regulator would overcome entrenched conflicts of interest and remove ‘barriers’ for whistleblowers, according to former corruption commissioner

Copying others’ work is theft and corrupts the literature. Concern for culprits’ welfare should not preclude punishment, says an academic

By distributing both credit and blame where it is due, initiatives such as CRediT can help deter research fraud, says Paul Ayris 

Francesca Gino’s attorney claims Harvard’s ‘utter disregard for evidence, due process and confidentiality’ has wrecked her career

September will see thousands of thesis defenders invited to swear oath to scientific ethics and integrity, but many remain sceptical of ritual’s value

Leading science funder warns institutions that faculty who mistreat staff can’t remain as grant supervisors

University of Aizu president Toshiaki Miyazaki quits after investigation found he published the same conference paper on multiple occasions

Independent centre should be empowered to follow up high-profile findings and promote good practice, says Social Market Foundation report

Academics granted unique access to ‘black box of algorithms’ to explore social media’s influence on 2020 presidential election, but many question if â€˜independence by permission’ model can endure

While Marc Tessier-Lavigne has fallen on his sword, the circumstances of his departure point to much deeper problems with scholarly norms and incentives

Marc Tessier-Lavigne agrees to step down after months-long university investigation finds failures to correct errors in articles

Ethics committees should further a culture of research ethics rather than act as judge and jury, say Yoann Bazin and Ã‰lise Goiseau

UCL and King’s researchers clash over ‘sarky’ critique of paper that questioned root causes of depression

Johns Hopkins professor confronted with repeated instances of image manipulation, though Harvard peer sees no implications for discoveries behind 2019 honour

After three years of retractions and investigations, Kate Laskowski reflects on her role in exposing her co-author’s research misconduct

‘Census’ of research integrity advisors finds that their role is unknown to many, sometimes including themselves

At formal inauguration, former Duke provost promises new interdisciplinary push, plus sees room to protect climate while keeping Koch funding

Beijing’s censorship of 2018 gene-edited babies case has prevented ‘crucial’ research ethics dialogue, says scholar

After claims of image manipulation in papers by Marc Tessier-Lavigne, neuroscientist promises vindication amid signs of faculty unease

Leading US public institution found by news investigation to still hold bones of 9,000 people, most in nation, more than three decades after federal ban

Students often have no choice but to include professors who have had no input into papers as co-authors, says Roohola Ramezani

Leading scientists ‘appalled’ to find sham papers have been attributed to them say case against UK-registered publishers is overdue

Many sources of scrutiny already exist, but the idea of a perfect research project is an unattainable fantasy, says Andrew Barnas

Ombudsmen need more resources and voluntary investigators need recognition if fabrication is finally to be taken seriously, says sleuth

Accusations of plagiarism regarding a sacred medieval book have led to an extraordinary dispute involving online threats and allegations that staff and offices were invented

Identifying deception often requires analysis of patterns across large collections of articles. Publishers must work together, says David McDade

Fraud and fabrication are not rarities, suggests Australian survey of early career scholars

Plos puts warnings on almost 50 papers after alleged reuse of ethical approvals, undeclared conflicts of interest and publication rates equivalent to an article every three days  

Governance of data science research makes it difficult to highlight potentially harmful impacts that might arise, says ethics review report

Outside experts see potential problems in decades-old papers where Tessier-Lavigne served as a co-author, although any potential responsibility seems far from clear

Clarivate warns of efforts to ‘game the system and create self-generated status’

A researcher may have aided Iran’s nuclear weapons programme with unauthorised access, but his sentence was softened due to ‘deficient’ university routines

Many reacted to Karl Andersson’s autoethnography on cartoon child porn by asking how it could have been allowed to go ahead. But amid doubts about who it harmed and ongoing concerns about research bureaucracy, many are wary of a further ramping-up of ethics procedures. Jack Grove reports

Tenfold increase in article output should be a research integrity ‘red flag’ for publishers, says Cambridge researcher Nick Wise

New York-based manga comic expert claims withdrawal of Karl Andersson’s controversial paper may ‘stifle innovation and scholarship’ in future

‘Fluffy rationale’, ‘uncooked records’ and ‘kidney disappointment’ are among the nonsensical terms that have exposed bogus scientific papers

Research fraudbuster says publication of six papers with hallmarks of Russian paper mills indicates why periodicals must commit to more post-submission transparency

Prosecutors reportedly probing alleged forgery and ‘several serious breaches’ of clinical research rules after report by regulator

Vice-president Nalin Thakkar says inconsistencies regarding PhD student’s article have been flagged with police as MP condemns ‘genuinely disgusting’ research

University report alleges students were charged extra fees in dentistry school, but faculty see racial politics and retaliation over whistleblowing

The regulations can be ambiguous, but the masturbation paper furore is a result of supervisors’ and reviewers’ lack of vigilance, says Michelle Shipworth

In holdover from print-dominant era, top 330 academic science titles too often seen as banning or hindering published rebuttals of their articles

Karl Andersson has long attracted controversy over his interest in sexually suggestive images of teenage boys, so did university investigate this?

Sage says it is continuing to investigate article in which doctoral candidate chronicles how he ‘enjoyed’ provocative cartoon images of boys

‘Wanking is not a research method; it is just wanking,’ says professor, as doctoral candidate chronicles how he ‘enjoyed’ provocative cartoon images of boys

As Science retracts a paper by a second James Cook alumnus, critics ask where they learned their craft

DFG advisory group says opposition to animal use comes from ‘fundamental misjudgements’ and that falling usage figures ‘say nothing’ about welfare

Successful replication efforts heavily tied to whether original research team allowed a role, finds study of contentious psychology field

Australian book weighs the ethics of evolving research techniques, including the downsides of drones and selfies with animals

Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania hold up state’s budget as part of demand that university gets no money if valued research involving aborted tissue persists

Copenhagen doctoral candidate Maria Toft explains how her campaign has led to sector-wide calls for research reform in Denmark

Disgraced surgeon convicted of causing bodily harm in verdict that raises further questions for Swedish research