#research-integrity

#research-integrity

The new policies are the agencies' first response to two White House executive orders that directed agencies to put political appointees in charge of decisions about science funding and integrity. The policies could shape the work of the nearly 300,000 scientists and engineerswho work for federal agencies and the almost US$200 billion of science funded by the US government.

The analysis found that 45 editors handled only 1.3% of all articles published by PLoS ONE from 2006 to 2023, yet accepted over 30% of the 702 retractions issued by the journal by early 2024.

The Metascience Alliance is a coalition of more than 25 funders, academic groups, companies and other institutions that pursue metascience: the use of scientific methods to understand and improve science itself.

Researchers identified 454 overused terms from AI language models, revealing that 13.5 to 40 percent of biomedical article abstracts were likely generated or assisted by AI.

The Research Integrity Risk Index categorizes institutions based on research integrity, helping identify those prioritizing publication metrics over rigorous science.

"Arriola's name does not appear on the original publication in the 20 most recent entries on his profile and a university professor confirmed he was not involved."

Hall claims that aides for Kennedy blocked him from being directly interviewed by New York Times reporters about the study; he was only allowed to provide written responses.