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Ethics in Scientific Publishing
Barbara Gastel shares important points from Chapter 5 of How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, 9th edition (2022).
Playing fast and loose with authorship conventions
Assigning authorship to scientific articles is serious business that can make or break a journal's reputation.
Since 'Data is the New Oil', researchers must become skilled in cyber security
Researchers must ensure confidentiality of their subjects' personal information identifiers. They must be digitally literate to know how to minimize the risks of a data breach.
Navigating ethical challenges in qualitative research
This blog highlights some of the ways to navigate ethical challenges in qualitative research.
How to recognise invitations of a potentially 'predatory' nature
The AuthorAID Stewards team has collected some of the most outlandish email subject lines used by predatory publishers to convince you to use their questionable services.
What COVID-19 Pandemic Teaches Researchers on Data Integrity
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all walks of life and by far a global health crisis that has many negative effects on livelihood. Yet, there are some interesting positive lessons …
Plagiarism-detecting software: What's the magic number?
AuthorAID Webinar: Hot topics in publishing ethics
Join AuthorAID for a webinar discussion on hot topics in publishing ethics, with a focus on plagiarism.
Early Career Researchers: Tips to avoid authorship disputes
In this blog post, Scientific Researcher Pauline Kibui discusses one of the most common challenges young researchers encounter; being omitted from the author credits.
How to avoid being accused of plagiarism
Journal publishing professional and AuthorAID mentor, Matt Hodgkinson, gives practical advice on how researchers can avoid plagiarism accusations