#academicethics — Public Fediverse posts

If you feel ashamed to disclose how you used genAI in your research, you probably used it the wrong way.

This was the key message from my presentation for PhD students at a Kyiv Polytechnic University:

👉 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/398532298_Stucnij_intelekt_u_naukovij_roboti_prakticni_mozlivosti_ta_eticni_mezi_Artificial_intelligence_in_research_practical_possibilities_and_ethical_boundaries

#GenAI #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicEthics #OpenScience #PhDlife #CriticalThinking #AIinResearch #AIinScience #AIethics #AI

A closer look at the PubPeer discussions involving Esam Agamy (University of Sharjah Chancellor) reveals repeated concerns about duplicated images, reused data, and lack of corrective action.

PubPeer gives scientists and readers a chance to hold the record accountable — and these threads show why institutional response and editorial transparency matter.

Read and judge for yourself 👇
🔗 https://pubpeer.com/search?q=Esam+agamy

#ResearchIntegrity #AcademicEthics #PubPeer #RetractionWatch #OpenScience

A powerful new study (Richardson et al., @PNASNews 2025) reveals the scale of systematic research fraud: fake papers are doubling every 1.5 years - ten times faster than real science. Retractions and deindexing can't keep up. Journals look away. Universities stay silent. Ministries protect their own.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2420092122

The authors call for independent, conflict-free structures with real power to act.

#ResearchFraud #ScientificIntegrity #PaperMills #AcademicEthics

Today is tax day. Our taxes are collected and budgeted frivolously by the current and completely inept administration. What do any of its members know about academic ethics and practice after grifting their way through life? Here is yet another example.
#Harvard #resist #intellectualfreedom #academicethics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/harvard-trump-reject-demands.html?unlocked_article_code=1._04.0nnc.ktesNiM8qzBm&smid=url-share