A Roadmap to Successful Scientific Publishing pp 27–34 Cite as
Understanding Research Ethics
- Sarah Cuschieri 2
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As a researcher, whatever your career stage, you need to understand and practice good research ethics. Moral and ethical principles are requisite in research to ensure no deception or harm to participants, scientific community, and society occurs. Failure to follow such principles leads to research misconduct, in which case the researcher faces repercussions ranging from withdrawal of an article from publication to potential job loss. This chapter describes the various types of research misconduct that you should be aware of, i.e., data fabrication and falsification, plagiarism, research bias, data integrity, researcher and funder conflicts of interest. A sound comprehension of research ethics will take you a long way in your career.
- Research ethics
- Scientific bias
- Conflict of interest
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Research ethics are moral principles that need to be adhered to when conducting a research study as well as when writing a scientific article, with the prime aim of avoiding deception or intent to harm study’s participants, the scientific community, and society. Practicing and adhering to research ethics is essential for personal integrity as ...