Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance

Papers
(The median citation count of Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Misinterpretation of statistical nonsignificance as a sign of potential bias: Hydroxychloroquine as a case study199
Addressing serious and continuing research noncompliance and integrity violations through action plans: Interviews with institutional officials104
The case for affiliation contribution statements56
Ethical committee frameworks and processes used to evaluate humanities research require reform: Findings from a UK-wide network consultation48
Exploring scientific misconduct in Morocco based on an analysis of plagiarism perception in a cohort of 1,220 researchers and students41
Mitigating global climate change and its environmental impact is a key social responsibility of scientists and should be part of research ethics policies and guidelines34
Inclusive, engaged, and accountable institutional review boards33
On the epistemological and methodological implications of AI co-authorship32
Taking it back: A pilot study of a rubric measuring retraction notice quality29
Correction26
Challenges for enforcing editorial policies on AI-generated papers26
Fake no more: The redemption of ChatGPT in literature reviews25
How (not) to be held accountable in research: A reply to my critics24
Characteristics of blacklisted journals: Evidence from Chinese-language academic journals23
Analysis of scientific paper retractions due to data problems: Revealing challenges and countermeasures in data management22
Statement of Retraction: Assessing database accuracy for article retractions: A preliminary study comparing Retraction Watch Database, PubMed, and Web of Science21
Comparing the performance of Retraction Watch Database, PubMed, and Web of Science in identifying retracted publications in medicine21
Manifestations of research ethics and integrity leadership in national surveys – cases of Estonia, Finland, Norway, France and the Netherlands20
Inverted U-Shaped relationship between team size and citation impact: Mediating role of responsibility diffusion19
Faculty-student differences in authorship perceptions before and after authorship ethics interventions18
Procrastination and inconsistency: Expressions of concern for publications with compromised integrity18
A comprehensive ethics and data governance framework for data-intensive health research: Lessons from an Italian cancer research institute17
Opening Pandora’s box: Developing reviewer rhetorical sensitivity through retracted articles16
Status bias in Chinese scholarly publishing: an exploratory study based on mixed methods16
Comparing companion open access journals to their traditional journal counterparts15
Institutional policies on plagiarism management:A comparison of universities in mainland China and Hong Kong15
Perceptions of network-level ethics in an engineering research center: Analysis of ethical issues & practices reported by scientific & engineering participants14
Creating research ethics and integrity country report cards: Case study from Europe14
Does YouTube promote research ethics and conduct? A content analysis of Youtube Videos and analysis of sentiments through viewers comments14
In defense of the ICMJE authorship guideline, a rejoinder to Curzer14
A comprehensive overview of studies that assessed article retractions within the biomedical sciences14
How to embed ethics into laboratory research13
Artificial Intelligence (AI) guidance for authors, peer reviewers, and editors: A content analysis of journal policies13
Typology of conflict of commitment (COC) in the era of inappropriate foreign influence in research13
How to write a good embedded ethics letter12
The author expression ​of concern (AEOC): A proposed formal mechanism to allow authors’ legitimate concerns to be heard, and their rights and voices to be respected12
Clarifying polarization in research11
AI-based research mentors: Plausible scenarios and ethical issues10
A structural equation model for cyber academic dishonesty in higher education: Evidence from Taiwan10
Rethinking the author name ambiguity problem and beyond: The case of the Chinese context10
Leadership, management, and team practices in research labs: Development and validation of two new measures10
GAIDeT (Generative AI Delegation Taxonomy): A taxonomy for humans to delegate tasks to generative artificial intelligence in scientific research and publishing10
Industry effects on evidence: a case study of long-acting injectable antipsychotics9
Superb supervision: A pilot study on training supervisors to convey responsible research practices onto their PhD candidates9
Toward an “ecosystems” approach to responsible conduct of research (RCR): A multi-stakeholder framework for collaborative accountability and policy recommendations on research integrity9
Fabrication in a study about honesty: A lost episode of columbo illustrating how forensic statistics is performed9
On polarization, incommensurability, and value-laden research. A response to Bjørn Hofmann, 20249
How do researchers perceive research misbehaviors? A case study of Indian researchers9
Retraction (mal)practices of elite marketing and social psychology journals in the Dirk Smeesters’ research misconduct case9
A Delphi survey on attitudes to serious research misconduct: Exploring convergence vs. polarization of views of research “sleuths” and research integrity experts9
COI works both ways: Investigation of misconduct by an independent research integrity organization is the way to go9
The consistency of peer-reviewers and the process of commensuration: a comment on Bolek et al. (2022)8
Scientific priorities and relational dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study8
Mapping nine decades of research integrity studies (1935–2024): A scientometric analysis8
‘Special issue-ization’ as a growth and revenue strategy: Reproduction by the “big five” and the risks for research integrity8
Teaching research integrity as discussed in research integrity codes: A systematic literature review8
Are the lists of questionable journals reasonable: A case study of early warning journal lists8
Disclosing artificial intelligence use in scientific research and publication: When should disclosure be mandatory, optional, or unnecessary?7
Reflections on the 2024 Final Rule on Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct7
‘I don’t believe in the neutrality of research. OK?’ Mapping researchers’ attitudes toward values in science7
Spin in randomized controlled trials of pharmacology in COVID-19: A systematic review7
Keeping the health of our home planet in mind as we do research7
Publishing in potentially predatory journals: Do universities adopt university leaders’ dishonest behavior?7
AI, reviewer incentives, and questions raised by García et al. 7
The research literature is an unsafe workplace7
Incorporating replication in higher education: Supervisors’ perspectives and institutional pressures7
Evolution and characterization of health sciences paper retractions in Brazil and Portugal7
The case for compensating peer reviewers: A response to Moher and Vieira Armond7
Timing and monitoring of financial disclosures in publications: A cross-institutional assessment of financial conflict of interest reports7
Time-based changes in authorship trend in research-intensive universities in Malaysia6
Self-plagiarism: A retrospective study of its prevalence and patterns across scientific disciplines6
Limits of ethical non-human subjects research in an applied setting6
More ethics in the laboratory, please! Scientists’ perspectives on ethics in the preclinical phase6
Group authorship, an excellent opportunity laced with ethical, legal and technical challenges6
From disclosure to evidence: Toward auditable AI use and contribution provenance6
It takes two flints to start a fire: A focus group study into PhD supervision for responsible research6
Using AI to write scholarly publications6
Evaluating the effectiveness of a Delphi-validated educational video in enhancing awareness and understanding of predatory journals among residents and medical students6
Ethics tools for strengthening ethics review: A scoping Review6
“Dear Editor, may I speak with you?“6
Student views on the culture of STEM research laboratories: Results from an interview study6
The trinity of good research: Distinguishing between research integrity, ethics, and governance5
Improving diversity in research: Successes and limitations of research team education in fostering inclusive recruitment practices and community voice5
Responding to research misconduct allegations brought against top university officials5
In Defense of the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity: Response to Radder5
Polarization in research or mere dissent – a need for better demarcation5
The case for universal artificial intelligence declaration on the precedent of conflict of interest5
The punishment intensity for research misconduct and its related factors: An exploratory study on hospitals in Mainland China5
Consequences of undisclosed conflicts of interest in academic publishing5
Emerging ethical duties in AI-mediated research: A case of data sovereignty in applying cross-national regulation5
The PubPeer conundrum: Administrative challenges in research misconduct proceedings5
Bad apples or systematic problem? Is Italy struggling with maintaining high level of research integrity?5
What is the sensitivity and specificity of the peer review process?5
Can ChatGPT be trusted to provide reliable estimates?5
On “intent” in research misconduct5
Identificatory underpinnings of ethical research behavior for graduate students: Evidence from a baseline sample of a university research ethics training program5
Correction5
Research integrity in Spain: Great expectations, mediocre results5
Guidelines needed for the use of AI in the preparation or review of IRB, IBC, and IACUC applications4
Cancer researchers’ experiences with and perceptions of research data sharing: Results of a cross-sectional survey4
Is AI my co-author? The ethics of using artificial intelligence in scientific publishing4
Maintaining ethics, Integrity, and accountability: Best practices for reporting a meta-analysis4
Is requiring Research Integrity Advisors a useful policy for improving research integrity? A census of advisors in Australia4
Evolution of retracted publications in the medical sciences: Citations analysis, bibliometrics, and altmetrics trends4
Closing the paper mines4
The justified limits of transparency in research misconduct reports4
Registration of research on research integrity is still not common: Findings from the Hong Kong, Cape Town, and Athens editions of the World Conference on Research Integrity4
Harness editors’ networks of communication to fight publication fraud4
Development of consensus on essential virtues for ethics and research integrity training using a modified Delphi approach4
Perceptions of publication pressure among Hungarian researchers: Differences across career stage, gender, and scientific field4
Research data mismanagement – from questionable research practice to research misconduct4
How to categorize citation irregularities: A proposal based on an exploration of the literature4
A policy toolkit for authorship and dissemination policies may benefit NIH research consortia3
The definition of research misconduct should be stated in the abstract when reporting research on research misconduct3
Assessment criteria for research misconduct: Taiwanese researchers’ perceptions3
Ranking-based sanctions for retraction-afflicted elite researchers3
Appropriate inclusion of adult research participants with intellectual disability: an in-depth review of guidelines and policy statements3
Why and how to incorporate issues of race/ethnicity and gender in research integrity education3
How (not) to be held accountable in research: The case of the Dutch integrity code3
Using co-creation methods for research integrity guideline development – how, what, why and when?3
In Memoriam Dr. Sheldon Krimsky3
Importance of considering historical contexts when selecting terminology for questionable journal list names3
The core epistemic responsibilities of universities: Results from a Delphi study3
AI vs academia: Experimental study on AI text detectors’ accuracy in behavioral health academic writing3
Peer reviewer fatigue, or peer reviewer refusal?3
Extent of publishing in predatory journals by academics in higher education institutions in Zimbabwe: A case study of a university3
A practitioner-centered policy roadmap for ethical computational social science in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland3
Are there accurate and legitimate ways to machine-quantify predatoriness, or an urgent need for an automated online tool?3
Why research integrity matters and how it can be improved3
Assessment of the knowledge and attitudes of the Iranian medical faculty toward plagiarism3
Author academic influence and manuscript acceptance: Evidence from peer review in cell press journals3
Status of animal experimentation in nutrition and dietetic research: Policies of 100 leading journals and new approach methodologies3
The association of gender, experience, and academic rank in peer-reviewed manuscript evaluation2
Mismatch in perceptions of the quality of supervision and research data management as an area of concern: Results from a university-wide survey of the research integrity culture at a Belgian universit2
On and off-the-record correction practices: A survey-based study of how chemistry researchers react to errors2
Do authors need an Ombudsperson to resolve peer-review issues?2
A data mining-based study on academic publication retractions in the 21st Century2
How to combine rules and commitment in fostering research integrity?2
How can research institutions support responsible supervision and leadership?2
Perception of organizational climate by university staff and students in medicine and humanities: A qualitative study2
Perspectives on non-financial conflicts of interest in health-related journals: A scoping review2
Open minds, tied hands: Awareness, behavior, and reasoning on open science and irresponsible research behavior2
Research anomalies in criminology: How serious? How extensive over time? And who was responsible?2
Polarization in research: What is it, why is it problematic, and how can it be addressed?2
The impact of affiliation naming proximity on the retrieval efficiency of Chinese universities-affiliated retractions in the Retraction Watch Database2
De-naturalizing the “predatory”: A study of “bogus” publications at public sector universities in Pakistan2
Training, networking, and support infrastructure for ombudspersons for good research practice: A survey of the status quo in the Berlin research area2
Messing with Merton: The intersection between open science practices and Mertonian values2
International multi-stakeholder consensus statement on patient, carer and public involvement to enhance clinical trial integrity2
Developing, implementing, and transferring a faculty-led RCR training program2
Scientific misconduct: A cross-sectional study of the perceptions, attitudes and experiences of Spanish researchers2
Not so fast with fast funding2
Self-retraction as redemption: Forgiveness for repentant authors2
Citation bias, diversity, and ethics2
AI, originality, and attribution: Researchers’ perspectives on distinguishing contributions2
On the (ab)use of special issues in scholarly journals2
Developing faculty research mentors: Influence of experience with diverse mentees, gender, and mentorship training2
Is it plagiarism if the material was previously published by a third party?2
Psychiatry vs. medicine editor-in-chiefs’ research publications in their own journals before, during, and after their tenures – An exploratory study2
Evidence-based literature review, not the meta-analysis: A rejoinder2
A tale of two formats: Graduate students’ perceptions and preferences of interactivity in Responsible conduct of research education2
Randomised clinical trials integrity and patient, carer and public involvement: A scoping umbrella review2
Seeking help as a strategy for ethical and professional decision-making in research: Perspectives of researchers from East Asia and the United States2
Correction2
Transferring rejected manuscripts to other journals: A good practice?2
Correction2
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding plagiarism of postgraduate students in Myanmar2
A study on ethical review processes of local ethics committees for animal experimentation in Türkiye*2
Publishing important work that lacks validity or reproducibility – pushing frontiers or corrupting science?2
Assessing the influence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) on awareness and behavior in medical research integrity: An online survey study2
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