Background In light of replication and translational failures, biomedical research practices
have recently come under scrutiny. Experts have pointed out that the current incentive …

Background: Traditionally, research integrity studies have focused on research
misbehaviors and their explanations. Over time, attention has shifted towards preventing …

In the research integrity literature, funding enters in two different ways: as elevating
questionable research practices due to perverse incentives, and as being a potential player …

Since its launch in 2018, Plan S—a proposal to enforce open access publishing by cOAlition
S, an international consortium of research funders—has been discussed intensely. A wide …

Background University Medical Centers (UMCs) must do their part for clinical trial
transparency by fostering practices such as prospective registration, timely results reporting …

Background: Reports of questionable or detrimental research practices (QRPs) call into
question the reliability of scientific evidence and the trustworthiness of research. A critical …

Supervision is one important way to socialize Ph. D. candidates into open and responsible
research. We hypothesized that one should be more likely to identify open science practices …

Breaches of research integrity have shocked the academic community. Initially explanations
were sought at the level of individual researchers but over time increased recognition …

Objectives As much as 50%–90% of research is estimated to be irreproducible, costing
upwards of $28 billion in USA alone. Reproducible research practices are essential to …

In many academic systems, permanent positions for scientists (“tenure”) are a rare
exception. In Germany, 90% of the researchers employed in academia work on temporary …