OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Science and Engineering Ethics is 5. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The Ethics of Supernumerary Robotic Limbs. An Enactivist Approach	104
SAF: Stakeholders’ Agreement on Fairness in the Practice of Machine Learning Development	86
Gender and Age Stereotypes in Robotics for Eldercare: Ethical Implications of Stakeholder Perspectives from Technology Development, Industry, and Nursing	72
Dual-Use and Trustworthy? A Mixed Methods Analysis of AI Diffusion Between Civilian and Defense R&D	58
Why the Epistemic Objection Against Using Sentience as Criterion of Moral Status is Flawed	52
Developing an Online Data Ethics Module Informed by an Ecology of Data Perspective	45
Parity and the Resolution of Value Conflicts in Design	41
“In Our Own Little World”: Invisibility of the Social and Ethical Dimension of Engineering Among Undergraduate Students	40
Meaningful Lives in an Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Reply to Danaher	37
Measures of Ethics and Social Responsibility Among Undergraduate Engineering Students: Findings from a Longitudinal Study	35
Stakeholders’ Experiences of Research Integrity Support in Universities: A Qualitative Study in Three European Countries	34
Correction to: Does Proof of Concept Trump All? RRI Dilemmas in Research Practices	30
Correction to: Medical Students’ Acquaintance with Core Concepts, Institutions and Guidelines on Good Scientific Practice: A Pre- and Post-questionnaire Survey	29
RESPONSE_ABILITY A Card-Based Engagement Method to Support Researchers’ Ability to Respond to Integrity Issues	27
Biobanks and Individual Health Related Findings: from an Obstacle to an Incentive	25
How Do Scientists Perceive the Relationship Between Ethics and Science? A Pilot Study of Scientists’ Appeals to Values	24
The Problem is Not Monsters: The FRANKENCON Panel on Science and Ethics	24
A Survey Study on Knowledge and Attitude Toward the Ethics Committee and Research Ethical Practices Among Researchers From Kuwait	23
The Development of a Literacy-Based Research Integrity Assessment Framework for Graduate Students in Taiwan	22
The Rule of Virtue: A Confucian Response to the Ethical Challenges of Technocracy	22
Important Topics for Fostering Research Integrity by Research Performing and Research Funding Organizations: A Delphi Consensus Study	22
Perceptions of Scientific Authorship Revisited: Country Differences and the Impact of Perceived Publication Pressure	21
The Autonomy of Science as a Civilian Casualty of Economic Warfare: Inadvertent Censorship of Science Resulting from Unilateral Economic Sanctions	19
Towards a Design Toolkit of Informed Consent Models Across Fields: A Systematic Review	18
Ethical, Legal and Social Issues of Digital Phenotyping as a Future Solution for Present-Day Challenges: A Scoping Review	18

Correction: Domain Experts on Dementia-Care Technologies: Mitigating Risk in Design and Implementation	17
Interdisciplinary Confusion and Resolution in the Context of Moral Machines	17
Can Blockchain Solve the Dilemma in the Ethics of Genomic Biobanks?	16
Repentance as Rebuke: Betrayal and Moral Injury in Safety Engineering	15
The Societal Readiness Thinking Tool: A Practical Resource for Maturing the Societal Readiness of Research Projects	15
Machine Ethics: Do Androids Dream of Being Good People?	14
The Value-Free Ideal of Science: A Useful Fiction? A Review of Non-epistemic Reasons for the Research Integrity Community	14
A Multi-level Review of Engineering Ethics Education: Towards a Socio-technical Orientation of Engineering Education for Ethics	14
Technological Answerability and the Severance Problem: Staying Connected by Demanding Answers	14
Co-creating Research Integrity Education Guidelines for Research Institutions	13
Modeling Ethics: Approaches to Data Creep in Higher Education	13
Correction: Equity in AgeTech for Ageing Well in Technology-Driven Places: The Role of Social Determinants in Designing AI-based Assistive Technologies	12
Ethics of Autonomous Collective Decision-Making: The Caesar Framework	12
Professional and Organizational Leadership Role in Ethics Management: Avoiding Reliance on Ethical Codification and Nurturing Ethical Culture	12
Correction to: Energy Communities and the Tensions Between Neoliberalism and Communitarianism	11
How Smart are Smart Materials? A Conceptual and Ethical Analysis of Smart Lifelike Materials for the Design of Regenerative Valve Implants	11
Looking Back at Ten Years of RRI: Review of R. von Schomberg and J. Hankins (eds): International Handbook on Responsible Innovation: A Global Resource	11
Research Misconduct Investigations in China’s Science Funding System	11
University Teachers During the First Lockdown Due to SARS-CoV-2 in Italy: Stress, Issues and Perceptions of Misconduct	11
Conceptual Tools to Inform Course Design and Teaching for Ethical Engineering Engagement for Diverse Student Populations	10
A Value Sensitive Scenario Planning Method for Adaptation to Uncertain Future Sea Level Rise	9
Correctness and Completeness of Programming Instructions for Traffic Circulation	9
Acceptability of Neuroscientific Interventions in Education	9
Nonhuman Value: A Survey of the Intrinsic Valuation of Natural and Artificial Nonhuman Entities	9
Playing Brains: The Ethical Challenges Posed by Silicon Sentience and Hybrid Intelligence in DishBrain	9
Principal Investigators’ Priorities and Perceived Barriers and Facilitators When Making Decisions About Conducting Essential Research in the COVID-19 Pandemic	9
Equity in AgeTech for Ageing Well in Technology-Driven Places: The Role of Social Determinants in Designing AI-based Assistive Technologies	9
How Competition for Funding Impacts Scientific Practice: Building Pre-fab Houses but no Cathedrals	8
States of Uncertainty, Risk–Benefit Assessment and Early Clinical Research: A Conceptual Investigation	8
Research Ethics in the Age of Digital Platforms	8
Learning from Retracted Papers Authored by the Highly Cited Iran-affiliated Researchers: Revisiting Research Policies and a Key Message to Clarivate Analytics	8
How Neurotech Start-Ups Envision Ethical Futures: Demarcation, Deferral, Delegation	8
Retractions and Rewards in Science: An Open Question for Reviewers and Funders	7
Ethical Considerations Associated with “Humanitarian Drones”: A Scoping Literature Review	7
An Ethical Exploration of Increased Average Number of Authors Per Publication	7
A Comparative Analysis of the Definitions of Autonomous Weapons Systems	7
Is Online Moral Outrage Outrageous? Rethinking the Indignation Machine	7
Ethical Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Research and Development: A Dual Advantage for Sustainability	7
Knowledge and Perceptions of Honorary Authorship among Health Care Researchers: Online Cross-sectional Survey Data from the Middle East	7
Joint Interaction and Mutual Understanding in Social Robotics	6
A Comparative Defense of Self-initiated Prospective Moral Answerability for Autonomous Robot harm	6
Genetically Engineered Foods and Moral Absolutism: A Representative Study from Germany	6
Value Change, Energy Systems, and Rational Choice: The Expected Center of Gravity Principle	6
Multi Scale Ethics—Why We Need to Consider the Ethics of AI in Healthcare at Different Scales	6
Implementing Ethics in Healthcare AI-Based Applications: A Scoping Review	6
Reflections on Putting AI Ethics into Practice: How Three AI Ethics Approaches Conceptualize Theory and Practice	6
A Review of Scientific Ethics Issues Associated with the Recently Approved Drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease	5
Correction to: The Moral Consideration of Artificial Entities: A Literature Review	5
Socially Assistive Devices in Healthcare–a Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence from an Ethical Perspective	5
Energy Communities and the Tensions Between Neoliberalism and Communitarianism	5

Correction to: Biobanks and Individual Health Related Findings: from an Obstacle to an Incentive	5
Tech Ethics Through Trust Auditing	5
The Future Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Making Sense of Collaborative Models	5
AI Moral Enhancement: Upgrading the Socio-Technical System of Moral Engagement	5
Guilt Without Fault: Accidental Agency in the Era of Autonomous Vehicles	5