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#publicationethics — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. “In my opinion, metric-based recognition without integrity screening can inadvertently legitimize problematic practices. That risk is particularly acute in environments where publication is tied to career progression but where research funding, infrastructure, and oversight remain weak. These conditions can – and often do – fuel paper mills, coercive citation policies, and other unethical behaviors.”

    Maryam Sayab spoke to Frederik Joelving for Retraction Watch on Clarivate's involvement in Iraqi research awards being granted to individuals with known integrity concerns.

    retractionwatch.com/2025/10/31

    #Bibliometrics #Scientometrics #Citations #Retractions #ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #Iraq #MENA #RetractionWatch

  2. Think. Check. Submit. helps teach researchers and others to identify predatory and questionable journals. Sofie Wennström presents at our conference in Oslo on how the tips guide authors as an alternative to block lists, allow lists, and the uncritical use of journal metrics. They also help journals ensure they are being and presenting as trustworthy.

    #PredatoryPublishing #PredatoryJournals #ThinkCheckSubmit #JournalPublishing #CriticalAppraisal #PublicationEthics #EASEevents #EASEoslo

  3. Joanna Ball of @DOAJ presents how the index is a gold standard for Open Access journals and is used as a trust marker by librarians, researchers, and other literature services.

    #OpenAccess #JournalPublishing #PublicationEthics #AbstractingAndIndexing #AcademicJournals #AcademicPublishing #EASEevents #EASEoslo

  4. Russia's invasion of Ukraine affected their scholarly journals because the occupiers appropriated university journals based in those territories, says Iryna Izarova.

    Working with the ISSN International Centre & the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, new rules for ISSNs in occupied & disputed territories were developed.
    #ISSNs #EASEoslo #EASEevents #UkraineRussiaWar #EASEukraine #PublicationEthics #GeoPolitics #GlobalConflict #InternationalLaw #OccupiedTerritories #JournalPublishing

  5. My panel this morning at the European Association of Science Editors (@EASE) conference in Oslo was on the use of new tech in research integrity checks, alongside Caroline Sutton in person and Kim Eggleton and Jane Alfred online.

    Our conversation was great (if I say so myself), helped by the chairing by Brian Cody. I thought it would be interesting to see how others here would answer Brian's questions:

    1. What are the top research integrity concerns for scholarly publishers, and how much are they discipline-specific?

    2. Technical checks can be overwhelming for journals. How to manage manuscript checklists from a process perspective?

    3. How do publishers considering new automation / tools decide what's necessary vs nice to have?

    4. Case studies of implementing tools.

    5. Many tools only apply to English publications. What tools should non-English journals know about?

    6. How can publishers and editors get involved in tool development?

    7. What is the potential for AI to improve research integrity checks vs human oversight?

    #ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #AItools #Automation #EASEevents #EASEoslo #PaperMills #ScholarlyPublishing #ScholComm