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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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Reaffirming trust and integrity in research: a community conversation - Research Information Library and publishing organisations highlight "loss of public trust in the essential role of American research and scholarship"

Library and publishing organisations highlight “loss of public trust in the essential role of American research and scholarship”

#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #USA #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.researchinformation.info/analysis-opi...

03.08.2025 23:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Action on Australian research integrity reform needed now Australia’s leading scientists have renewed their call for the Australian Government to establish a national body to manage and investigate research misconduct in Australia.   President of the

"Action on Australian research integrity reform needed now"

#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #Australia #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...

01.08.2025 22:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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AI Tricks Peer Review Detection Tools 82% Of The Time, Threatening Scientific Integrity A new study shows some artificial intelligence platforms can fool top detection tools 82.8% of the time, threatening the integrity of scientific peer review.

AI Tricks Peer Review Detection Tools 82% Of The Time, Threatening Scientific Integrity

#ResearchIntegrity #PeerReview #AI #AIGC #WCRI2026 #WCRI

studyfinds.org/ai-tricks-pe...

31.07.2025 23:38 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Noticed: Sleuths are starting to get credit for retractions Nosyrevy/iStock Pseudonymous sleuth Claire Francis has flagged thousands of papers over the years, so they rarely see something new. But an email from Frontiers about an upcoming retraction on a pa…

"Sleuths are starting to get credit for retractions"

#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchSleuths #Retractions #WCRI2026 #WCRI

retractionwatch.com/2025/07/30/n...

31.07.2025 14:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sleuths and scientific institutions are not rivals Science detectives are helping the research community to hold itself to account. All involved must find better ways to work together.

Sleuths and scientific institutions are not rivals

#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #WCRI2026 #WCRI

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

30.07.2025 21:43 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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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.

30.07.2025 07:35 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Science fraudster shows independent research watchdog a necessity It is well past time the government set up a body to hear allegations of scientific misconduct.

Science fraudster shows independent research watchdog a necessity

#ResearchIntegrity #Australia #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.theage.com.au/national/sci...

29.07.2025 23:50 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Frontiers "uncovers peer review manipulation network" - Research Information Investigation "shows that more than 4,000 articles published by seven other publishers justify further scrutiny"

Frontiers “uncovers peer review manipulation network”

#ResearchIntegrity #PeerReview #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.researchinformation.info/news/frontie...

29.07.2025 23:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Scientists behind controversial 2010 arsenic-based life study clap back as paper gets pulled: 'We do not support this retraction' If the results had held up, the discovery of microbes that use arsenic instead of phosphorus in their biochemistry would have forever changed astrobiology.

Scientists behind controversial 2010 arsenic-based life study clap back as paper gets pulled: 'We do not support this retraction'

#ResearchIntegrity #Retraction #ResearchMisconduct #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.space.com/science/auth...

28.07.2025 21:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
‘Scientists must resist weaponisation of research fraud’ - Research Professional News Survey spotlights agreements and disagreements on misconduct between “sleuths” and integrity officers

‘Scientists must resist weaponisation of research fraud’

#ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI #ResearchMisconduct

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...

28.07.2025 21:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How to tackle research misconduct: survey finds stark disagreement Data sleuths and research-integrity officers have different views on how to handle allegations of wrongdoing in science.

"How to tackle research misconduct: survey finds stark disagreement"

#ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #WCRI2026 #WCRI

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

28.07.2025 14:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cancer research misconduct sparks calls for reform The architect of Australia’s current research integrity system says it isn’t working.

"Cancer research misconduct sparks calls for reform"

#Cancer #CancerResearch #ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.smh.com.au/national/can...

27.07.2025 22:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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AI will soon be able to audit all published research – what will that mean for public trust in science? An AI audit of scientific research would likely expose some fraud and widespread inconsequential work. But we need to be careful it doesn’t discredit science in general.

"AI will soon be able to audit all published research – what will that mean for public trust in science?"

#AI #AIGC #ChatGPT #WCRI2026 #WCRI

theconversation.com/ai-will-soon...

25.07.2025 19:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A UNCA researcher raised concerns about research misconduct. Then he lost his job. • Asheville Watchdog A former University of North Carolina Asheville research assistant alleged in a lawsuit this year that the university dismissed him from his job after he raised concerns about research misconduct to h...

"A UNCA researcher raised concerns about research misconduct. Then he lost his job."

#ResearchIntegrity #AcademicFreedom #WCRI2026 #WCRI

avlwatchdog.org/a-unca-resea...

24.07.2025 23:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Claim of Microbe That Survives on Arsenic Is Retracted After 15 Years

"Claim of Microbe That Survives on Arsenic Is Retracted After 15 Years"

#ResearchIntegrity #ScientificNews #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/s...

24.07.2025 18:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Great American Engine Stall: Science Budget Cuts Threaten US Innovation The biggest casualty? Climate science.

"The Great American Engine Stall: Science Budget Cuts Threaten US Innovation"

#ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

blog.ucs.org/melissa-finu...

23.07.2025 21:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Research with Integrity – Destigmatising the correction of scientific mistakes - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News Dr Catherine Winchester talks destigmatising the correction of mistakes in scientific papers, and open research cultures where it’s normal to do so...

"Research with Integrity – Destigmatising the correction of scientific mistakes"

#ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/07/23/r...

23.07.2025 20:20 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom

"Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication"

#ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicFreedom #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

22.07.2025 20:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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AI in universities: How large language models are transforming research Generative AI, especially large language models (LLMs), present exciting and unprecedented opportunities and complex challenges for academic research and scholarship.

"AI in universities: How large language models are transforming research"

#ResearchIntegrity #LLM #WCRI2026 #WCRI

phys.org/news/2025-07...

22.07.2025 19:45 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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We must break the link between publisher revenue and article volume Volume-driven publishing pushes up costs and threatens research integrity. We need new agreements with healthier incentives, says Anna Vernon

"We must break the link between publisher revenue and article volume"

#ScholarlyPublishing #ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

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

22.07.2025 14:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Scientific publishing needs urgent reform to retain trust in research process | Letters Letters: Readers respond to an article on how too many low-quality papers and journals are being churned out

"Scientific publishing needs urgent reform to retain trust in research process"

#ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

20.07.2025 23:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NIRF to award mild penalty to institutions for retractions this year, harsh penalty next year NIRF introduces negative scoring for retracted papers, emphasizing ethical research practices for higher educational institutions.

"NIRF to award mild penalty to institutions for retractions this year, harsh penalty next year"

#ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/sci...

20.07.2025 14:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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UGC Discontinues CARE List, Issues Quality Parameters for Selecting Peer-Reviewed Journals

"UGC Discontinues CARE List, Issues Quality Parameters for Selecting Peer-Reviewed Journals"

#ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

www.telegraphindia.com/edugraph/new...

19.07.2025 14:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"Bestiary of Questionable Research Practices in Psychology"

#ResearchIntegrity #WCRI2026 #WCRI

18.07.2025 19:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Scientific Misconduct: Decision in Another DFG Case

"Scientific Misconduct: Decision in Another DFG Case"

#ResearchIntegrity #WCRI #WCRI2026

www.dfg.de/en/service/p...

18.07.2025 13:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Alzheimer’s scientist forced to retract paper during his own replication effort Gary Dunbar, a neuroscientist at Central Michigan University, was attempting to redo the 2020 paper after a collaborator admitted to using flawed data in the original work.

"Alzheimer’s scientist forced to retract paper during his own replication effort"

www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/a...

#ResearchIntegrity #WCRI #WCRI2026

18.07.2025 13:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Aligning Scientific Values and Research Integrity: A Study of Researchers’ Perceptions and Practices in Four Countries - Science and Engineering Ethics Scientific values are considered to play a significant role in responsible conduct of research education, such as raising awareness, changing cognition, and altering behavior. However, there is still ...

🧪 How do scientific values shape research integrity?

This cross-national study reveals links between value adherence, acceptance of questionable practices, and self-reported misconduct—varying by country, position, age, and gender.

#ResearchIntegrity

doi.org/10.1007/s119...

16.07.2025 23:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Detecting fraud ‘is a job for professionals, not peer reviewers’ - Research Professional News Integrity investigator Elisabeth Bik urges publishers, journals and institutions to take responsibility

"Detecting fraud ‘is a job for professionals, not peer reviewers’"

@elisabethbik.bsky.social

#ResearchIntegrity

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

15.07.2025 13:37 — 👍 10    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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Guest Post - How the Growth of Chinese Research Is Bringing Western Publishing to Breaking Point - The Scholarly Kitchen Christos Petrou examines the rapid growth in publication volume coming from China, and how that is impacting the publishing industry.

"How the Growth of Chinese Research Is Bringing Western Publishing to Breaking Point"

#ResearchIntegrity

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/08/g...

14.07.2025 13:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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What the RI² flags might really be telling us - Academia - The Jakarta Post Yellow or red flags in the Research Integrity Risk Index (RI²) received by Indonesian universities should not be seen as punishment but as a systemic signal that deserves thoughtful interpretation and...

"What the RI² flags might really be telling us"

#ResearchIntegrityIndex

www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2025...

13.07.2025 20:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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