The adjustments are intended to both streamline the existing review system and to align it with regulations at the federal ...

Research misconduct is falsification, fabrication, plagiarism, or other serious deviation from commonly accepted practices in the relevant scientific community for proposing, performing or reviewing ...

Research misconduct and questionable practice appear to be increasingly prevalent. This has a direct impact on public trust in science, the quality of research and the effective use of research funds.

Research misconduct findings dropped sharply in 2025, prompting scrutiny of ORI leadership turnover and staffing cuts.

A new study from Chalmers University of Technology suggests that research misconduct may leave traces in the text itself, not ...

When the current federal administration took office, it issued a memorandum requiring, among other things, that federal agencies delay the issuance of new or proposed rules to the Office of the ...

On 12 September 2024, the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) within the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule (Final Rule) that significantly modified the standards, ...

Jensen is founder and CEO of Etalia, a health research communications and training firm. On Tuesday, the Department of Health and Human Services published new policies on research misconduct, which ...

Research universities are voicing concerns over some proposed changes to the process for reviewing scientific misconduct allegations, citing worries that new government requirements would hobble their ...

It is the policy of the University at Buffalo to maintain high ethical standards in research and other scholarly work, prevent misconduct where possible, and promptly and fairly evaluate and resolve ...

Misconduct or scientific misconduct is defined as fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, reviewing or reporting on research. UMass Lowell’s definition also includes unsafe ...

Last month, the NIH announced that it had found evidence of research misconduct by Eliezer Masliah, M.D., the head of the neuroscience division at the National Institute on Aging. The NIH announcement ...