World Conferences on Research Integrity

🧠 #WCRI2026 Plenary 1 Preview

Misuse of AI by #PaperMills

📅 May 4, 2026 | 8:30–10:00 AM

Speakers:
· Dr. Daniel Moreira
· Prof. Stefan Stender
· Dr. Renee Hoch

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📍 May 3–6, 2026 | Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦

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Researchers' AI expectations undergo "significant reality check" - Research Information Artificial intelligence adoption jumps to 84% but survey reveals that surge in use led to 'dramatic recalibration of expectations'

Researchers’ AI expectations undergo “significant reality check”

#AI #GenAI #Researcher #Science #ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

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NIH decision looms about caps on scholarly-journal publishing fees Researchers are pleased about possible limit to publishers’ profits but say the proposed change is imperfect

NIH decision looms about caps on scholarly-journal publishing fees

Researchers are pleased about possible limit to publishers’ profits but say the proposed change is imperfect

#OpenAccess #OpenScience #WCRI2026 #WCRI

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AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings

AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds

#SocialScience #AI #GenAI #ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.science.org/content/arti...

All academics should be scientific sleuths, says scholar Exposing academic fraud should be part and parcel of an academic’s job, not an after-hours hobby, and universities should give staff support to stre...

All academics should be scientific sleuths, says scholar

#Sleuths #ScientificSleuths #ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

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

Protecting the integrity of university rankings Addressing rare cases of attempted manipulation is built into the DNA of THE’s rankings. But we will go further, says Phil Baty

Protecting the integrity of university rankings

#University #ResearchIntegrity #UniversityRanking #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.timeshighereducation.com/world-univer...

AI-generated nanomaterial images fool even experts, study shows Black-and-white images of pom-pom–like clusters, semi-translucent fields of tiny dark gray stars on a pale background, and countless other abstract patterns are a familiar sight in scientific papers d...

AI-generated nanomaterial images fool even experts, study shows

#ResearchIntegrity #Science #AI #GenAI #WCRI2026 #WCRI

phys.org/news/2025-10...

Are We Facing a New Dark Age for Public Health Data? The quality of scientific research is facing the twin threats of AI-generated data fabrication and the loss of long-standing, trusted, public domain datasets.

Two threats to research: AI data fabrication and disappearing public datasets.

#ResearchIntegrity #AI #GenAI #WCRI2026 #WCRI #Science

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ment...

6 tips to help you avoid overgeneralizing research findings Read this to avoid overgeneralize research results, or reporting that they apply to a larger group of people than they actually do.

6 tips to help journalists avoid overgeneralizing research findings

#ResearchIntegrity #Science #Research #Journalist #WCRI2026 #WCRI

journalistsresource.org/home/over-ge...

Academic Staff Need Academic Freedom, Too (opinion) Colleges cannot continue to operate as if all staff work is identical, Aaron Stoller writes.

Academic Staff Need Academic Freedom

#AcademicFreedom #Science #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

New code of conduct for researchers advises caution with AI In a draft version of its new integrity code, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) recommends that scientists support open science whenever possible, refrain from publishing in pr...

New code of conduct for researchers advises caution with AI

#AI #GenAI #ResearchIntegrity #Netherland #WCRI2026 #WCRI

dub.uu.nl/en/news/new-...

Study sheds light on journalists’ knowledge of predatory journals - The Journalist's Resource In-depth interviews with health and science journalists reveal that most believed predatory journals are a problem for their peers, or a problem in theory, but not a problem they would ever fall for t...

Study sheds light on journalists’ knowledge of predatory journals

#ScienceNews #Journalist #PredatoryPublishing #AcademicPublishing #WCRI2026 #WCRI

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Science Under Attack: Experts Warn of Rising Threats to Research Integrity | AJMC Experts at the ERS Congress 2025 highlighted threats to scientific integrity from misinformation, political interference, and predatory publishing in health research.

Science Under Attack: Experts Warn of Rising Threats to Research Integrity

#EuropeNews #ResearchIntegrity #Medicine #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.ajmc.com/view/science...

Duke scientists lose eight papers for alleged image manipulation Salvatore Pizzo Eight papers by two emeritus researchers from Duke University have been retracted in recent months for alleged image duplications. Although the researchers had worked at the univers…

Duke scientists lose eight papers for alleged image manipulation

#ResearchMisconduct #ResearchIntegrity #ImageManipulation #WCRI2026 #WCRI

retractionwatch.com/2025/09/29/d...

Information abundance only makes scholarly relevance more elusive Academic life was a lot simpler in the humanities and social sciences when simply finding a document guaranteed originality, says Disha

Information abundance only makes scholarly relevance more elusive

#Information #Research #ScholarlyPublishing #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/info...

Curbing ‘unfunded’ research ‘could chase away academics’ - Research Professional News Researchers wary of signals from senior figures that universities “can’t afford” research without external funding

Curbing ‘unfunded’ research ‘could chase away academics’

#University #HigherEducation #WCRI2026 #WCRI

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

Different Perspectives on Scientific Misconduct For me, the most interesting takeaway from the panel discussion on scientific integrity at the 12th Heidelberg Laureate Forum was that scientific misconduct means rather different things from differen...

Different Perspectives on Scientific Misconduct

#ResearchMisconduct #ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

scilogs.spektrum.de/hlf/differen...

Balancing Privacy, Compliance And Research Integrity Leaders across higher education and industry must ensure that their teams and partners think critically about anonymization, informed consent and data handling.

Balancing Privacy, Compliance And Research Integrity

#ResearchIntegrity #Privacy #IRB #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.forbes.com/councils/for...

We must set the rules for AI use in scientific writing and peer review Clear policies, transparent disclosure and shared accountability are essential to protect the integrity of research, says George Chalhoub

We must set the rules for AI use in scientific writing and peer review

#AI #GenAI #Science #PeerReview #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/we-m...

How fabricated data, fake journals and sham conferences are polluting science - Erasmus Magazine In the race for money and prestige, researchers regularly cross the line. Science journalist Stan van Pelt delved into the world of fraud, bogus articles and fake conferences and wrote a book about it...

How fabricated data, fake journals and sham conferences are polluting science

#ResearchIntegrity #FakeJournals #Science #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.erasmusmagazine.nl/en/2025/09/2...

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More to be done for Canada to become a leader in open science, research, and innovation The federal government must do more to seed sustainable, community-driven approaches to open science.

More to be done for Canada to become a leader in open science, research, and innovation

#Canada #OpenScience #OpenAccess #Science #WCRI2026 #WCRI

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National anti-plagiarism system to combat academic fraud Algeria plans to establish its own national information system to detect plagiarism and content generated by aritificial intelligence in scientific pu...

National anti-plagiarism system to combat academic fraud

#AcademicIntegrity #ResearchIntegrity #Plagiarism #WCRI2026 #WCRI

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

AI Copycat Papers Surge, Threatening Research Integrity in Journals AI-generated "copycat" papers, created using tools like ChatGPT, mimic legitimate research by rephrasing content, evading plagiarism detectors, and infiltrating journals. A spike in near-duplicates si...

AI Copycat Papers Surge, Threatening Research Integrity in Journals

#AI #AIGC #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicPublishing #Journals #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.webpronews.com/ai-copycat-p...

Publish Less, Publish Better: Scientists Call for Predatory Publishing Practices To Stop In a recent editorial, Professor Timmis and colleagues issued a call to action: restore the science ethos, re-establish quality as the cornerstone of research publishing and work collectively to disma...

Publish Less, Publish Better: Scientists Call for Predatory Publishing Practices To Stop

#AcademicPublishing #ScholarlyPublishing #ResearchIntegrity #PredatoryJournal #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.technologynetworks.com/biopharma/ar...

Granting agencies grapple with scientific fraud - University Affairs Sophisticated schemes are forcing the Tri-Agency to update its framework on research conduct.

Canada’s federal granting agencies are updating their research guidelines in the face of increasingly elaborate practices of scientific fraud.

#ResearchIntegrity #Canada #ScientificFraud #WCRI2026 #WCRI

universityaffairs.ca/news/grantin...

Gender, Language and Money Are Still Keeping Researchers from 'Succeeding' in Science Science is fun. Everyone, no matter their background, should have an equal chance to enjoy it.

Gender, Language and Money Are Still Keeping Researchers from 'Succeeding' in Science

#Gender #Language #Money #Research #Science #WCRI2026 #WCRI

thewire.in/the-sciences...

University email addresses no longer effective bulwark against fake peer review To guard against identity theft, academic publishers have been using institutional email addresses to verify authors and reviewers are who they say they are. Now, however, findings appearing in a p…

University email addresses no longer effective bulwark against fake peer review

#ResearchIntegrity #PeerReview #AcademicPublishing #Science #Research #WCRI2026 #WCRI

retractionwatch.com/2025/09/22/u...