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Official account of the World Conference on #ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 Vancouver, Canada 3-6 May 2026 https://wcri2026.org/ ✒️ @gengyantang.bsky.social‬

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The entire process typically takes a few minutes and is fully anonymous (your e-mail is required only for validation purposes). An AI continuously synthesises the discussion into an updated consensus document that will form the basis of the final Statement to be presented at WCRI2026.

12.12.2025 08:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🌞The consultation on the Athens Statement is open until 📅19 December📅, and we thank those who have already responded. To contribute, you simply need to:
👉🏼 click here: comcensus.org/athens_state...
👉🏼 indicate your overall level of agreement
👉🏼 provide a short (or long🙂) explanation of your opinion.

12.12.2025 08:13 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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Safeguarding Open Science from exploitative practices Open research and data transparency are a bulwark against unethical activities, but can also introduce integrity risks. In this Perspective, Danny Maupin, Matt Spick and Nophar Geifman argue that free...

Safeguarding Open Science from exploitative practices

#OpenScience #AI #WCRI2026 #WCRI

journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...

12.12.2025 05:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Should Australia establish an independent body to investigate scientific misconduct? We asked 5 experts Scientific misconduct can waste public funds and harm human health. But views differ about the best way to tackle it.

Should Australia establish an independent body to investigate scientific misconduct?

#Australia #ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

theconversation.com/should-austr...

12.12.2025 05:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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EU Cracks Down on Subsidy Fraud in Research Sector | Law-Order The European Union Public Prosecutor's office announced that a French tribunal seized 113,000 euros from a consultancy, suspecting subsidy fraud in an EU research and innovation program.

EU Cracks Down on Subsidy Fraud in Research Sector

#Research #Subsidy #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-...

11.12.2025 04:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion | A Climate Study Retraction for the Ages A much-hyped study in the journal Nature turns out to have been full of errors.

A Climate Study Retraction for the Ages

#Retraction #Climate #ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.wsj.com/opinion/a-cl...

11.12.2025 04:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Safeguarding the integrity of scientific literature in the 21st century - Pediatric Research Pediatric Research - Safeguarding the integrity of scientific literature in the 21st century

Safeguarding the integrity of scientific literature in the 21st century

#ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

doi.org/10.1038/s413...

10.12.2025 04:19 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Generative AI driving major shifts in teaching, research and governance worldwide | Technology The study’s decade-long timeline shows a large dataset of 22,646 documents, but the most striking result is not the volume; it is the timing. Annual scientific production grew slowly from 2015 through...

Generative AI driving major shifts in teaching, research and governance worldwide

#GenAI #AI #ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.devdiscourse.com/article/tech...

10.12.2025 04:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The consultation will close on 19 December 📅. We very much hope you will take a few minutes to add your perspective and help shape the final text. Responding early enhances your influence on the outcome!
Thank you in advance for your contribution.

09.12.2025 07:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

All contributions remain fully anonymous, and an AI continuously synthesises the evolving discussion into an updated consensus document. The real-time summary of emerging agreement and key themes is publicly visible here (no login required) 👀: lnkd.in/dTMxNd-i

09.12.2025 07:53 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The global 🌍🌎🌏 consultation on the recommendations from the Athens Statement on Research Integrity is now open. We warmly invite you to join them, read the current draft, propose amendments and discuss with others participants at 👉🏼 lnkd.in/d29Cx-va 👈🏼

09.12.2025 07:53 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
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The hidden ethics crisis in Australian health research funding - InSight+ Australia’s health and medical research sector is a global leader in innovation and discovery. Yet, a hidden ethical problem in how research grants are funded threatens to undermine this reputation an...

The hidden ethics crisis in Australian health research funding

#Australia #ResearchEthics #WCRI2026 #WCRI

insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/48/the-...

09.12.2025 05:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Springer Nature retracts, removes nearly 40 publications The dataset contains images of children’s faces downloaded from websites about autism, which sparked concerns at Springer Nature about consent and reliability.

Springer Nature retracts, removes nearly 40 publications that trained neural networks on ‘bonkers’ dataset

#Publication #WCRI2026 #WCRI #AcademicPublishing

www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/e...

09.12.2025 05:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Due to the high volume of submissions we have received, we are still processing them.

08.12.2025 14:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Registration of research on research integrity is still not common: Findings from the Hong Kong, Cape Town, and Athens editions of the World Conference on Research Integrity This article reports on the prevalence of registration of empirical studies presented at three editions of the World Conference on Research Integrity at the time of abstract submission.During regis...

Read the full story: doi.org/10.1080/0898...

08.12.2025 01:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
comCensus response page

Share your comments: comcensus.org/athens_state...

08.12.2025 01:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
What has been the yield of eight World Conferences on Research Integrity? The World Conferences on Research Integrity were organized to promote exchange of information and to further discussion of ways to promote research integrity

The Key Takeaways: www.wcrif.org/what-has-bee...

08.12.2025 01:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New #WCRI updates are out!

✔ Explore how past conferences shaped global research integrity

✔ Share your input on the revised Athens Statement

✔ See new findings on preregistration trends from recent WCRIs

Join the global effort to strengthen responsible research.

08.12.2025 01:15 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0
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The countdown to #WCRI 2026 begins! 🔍

Join global leaders in Vancouver (May 3–6) to discuss the future of #ResearchIntegrity.

✔ Visa info now released—apply early

✔ Travel grants available for Canadian delegates

✔ Sponsorship opportunities now open

08.12.2025 01:11 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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👋A new version of the Athens Statement is ready, and we invite the entire WCRI community to help refine its key recommendations. Click here👉 comcensus.org/athens_state... 👈to get access to comCensus and share your comments!

06.12.2025 08:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1
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For-profit college education encourages cheating, hurts academic integrity A 2020 study by the International Center for Academic Integrity found that large minorities of college students are cheating. I’m not surprised: our system of for-profit education gives students, prof...

For-profit college education encourages cheating, hurts academic integrity

#AcademicIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI #University

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

05.12.2025 04:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Landmark glyphosate safety study retracted for Monsanto ghostwriting, other ethics problems A scientific study that regulators around the world relied on for decades to justify continued approval of glyphosate was quietly retracted last Friday.

Landmark glyphosate safety study retracted for Monsanto ghostwriting, other ethics problems

#GhostWriting #WCRI2026 #WCRI

usrtk.org/pesticides/l...

04.12.2025 05:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Funders ‘hold all the cards’ to reform publishing, say academics - Research Professional News Paper urges structural changes to stop “drain” of research resources by for-profit publishers

Funders ‘hold all the cards’ to reform publishing, say academics

#Publishing #Funding #Research #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-o...

04.12.2025 05:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Why our R&D culture must evade the publication trap — Ahmad Ibrahim | Malay Mail DECEMBER 2 — Malaysia invests billions into research and development (R&D), fuelled by the noble ambition of becoming a high-income economy. The tangible returns on this massive...

Why our R&D culture must evade the publication trap

#ResearchIntegrity #AcademicPublishing #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.malaymail.com/amp/news/wha...

03.12.2025 03:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Problem of Wrongly Identified and Nonverifiable Nucleotide Sequences and Cell Lines in Research Papers, or How to Study Things That May Not Exist

#PaperMill

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journals.lww.com/anesthesia-a...

03.12.2025 03:49 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Scepticism over increased use of AI in research assessment - Research Information Report calls robust for national oversight in the UK, comprising sector-wide guidance on usage for Research Excellence Framework

Scepticism over increased use of AI in research assessment

#ResearchEvaluation #AI #GenAI #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.researchinformation.info/news/sceptic...

02.12.2025 03:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Funders "should mandate change in science publishing" - Research Information Paper argues that funders, governments and universities should intervene more forcefully to prevent "draining of research"

Funders “should mandate change in science publishing”

#AcademicPublishing #Science #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.researchinformation.info/news/funders...

02.12.2025 03:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Concerns Rise as Major AI Conference Receives a High Volume of AI-Authored Peer Reviews - TechStory Major AI conference faces scrutiny as a high volume of AI-generated peer reviews are submitted.

Concerns Rise as Major AI Conference Receives a High Volume of AI-Authored Peer Reviews

#PeerReview #AI #GenAI #WCRI2026 #WCRI

techstory.in/concerns-ris...

01.12.2025 01:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing One of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5 bill...

The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing

#ResearchIntegrity #Science #Journal #WCRI2026 #WCRI

english.elpais.com/science-tech...

01.12.2025 00:58 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Korea to set AI ethics guidelines for universities as academic cheating surges - The Korea Times Amid widespread cheating using artificial intelligence (AI) at elite universities, the government is preparing Korea’s first official ethics framew...

Korea to set AI ethics guidelines for universities as academic cheating surges

#ResearchIntegrity #AI #GenAI #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.koreatimes.co.kr/amp/southkor...

28.11.2025 02:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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