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Blogs and case studies

  • Increasing confidence and trust in research: cracking down on misconduct  

    Author: Kim Eggleton, IOP Publishing’s Research Integrity and Inclusion Manager  According to Retraction Watch, a website which keeps tabs on research papers withdrawn from scientific journals, from the millions of papers published every year, about 30,000 retractions have been added to the Retraction Watch database. This number is expected to rise dramatically as research misconduct becomes […]

  • How double anonymous breaks the bias in peer review

    By Kim Eggleton, Research Integrity & Inclusion Manager at IOP Publishing  The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day (8th March) is ‘Break the Bias’, highlighting the fact that – whether deliberate or unconscious – bias can prevent women from moving ahead.   As the #BreakTheBias campaign states: “knowing that bias exists isn’t enough, action is […]