Ethics for researchers
Book
On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research
https://www.nap.edu/catalog/12192/on-being-a-scientist-a-guide-to-responsible-conduct-in
Video: 11 min
Ethical violation in research has been increasing:
1. Bad conduct: fabrication and plagiarism
2. Levels of bad conduct has been increasing than previous.
3. Retraction of articles has been increasing due to unethical activities in research
Some words to represent different types of ethical violation in research
1. Intentional plagiarism
2. Unintentional plagiarism
To avoid plagiarism : use quotations, summarize and paraphrase
How to recognize
https://www.indiana.edu/~academy/firstPrinciples/choice.html
3. Data falsification
4. Data fabrication
5. Conflict of interest
6. Duplicate publication (1. Submitting a paper at the same time to two or more journals and 2. Republishing conference papers)
If your research study is involving human, plants and animals, you may need to obtain research approval from an ethical team before you step in your work. You may ask about the process to your advisors.
Authorship
Who qualify to be an author of your research paper?
1. Authorship guidelines
2. Order of authors (from greatest contribution to least)
Conflict of interest
Journal retraction
Most retractions due to misconduct (Source: Sabine Kleinert, The Lancet)
COPE
https://publicationethics.org/
“The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking”. (Albert Einstein)
