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Comments and views from Springer Nature and our partners on trust and integrity in research and its practice.

The next step for the STM Integrity Hub

Research Integrity

The next step for the STM Integrity Hub

Tamara Welschot on the launch of the STM Integrity Hub's papermill detection tool.

Research Publishing

What works best in science communication

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What works best in science communication

How can we communicate science better — both between researchers in different disciplines and to the media and public? An advisory panel of leaders in Japanese research debated these questions online at the inaugural Springer Nature Japan Research Advisory Forum.

Research Publishing

Australian researchers call for mandatory research integrity training

Research Integrity

Australian researchers call for mandatory research integrity training

Exploring the results of a Nature survey gauging researchers' understanding of research integrity and the degree of training provided by their institutions.

Research Publishing

Tackling paper mills and bogus research: Some things are better done together

Research Integrity

Tackling paper mills and bogus research: Some things are better done together

Chris Graf on how the research publishing community is coming together to share knowledge and resources to protect the integrity of the publication record.

Research Publishing

Working together to protect scientific integrity

Research Integrity

Working together to protect scientific integrity

Jennifer Griffiths discusses findings from the White House Scientific Integrity Task Force report.

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Covid-19

Two Years In

Nature's Magdalena Skipper reflects on the role Nature has played in supporting researchers and advancing knowledge around COVID-19 across the last two years.

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Answering an increasing demand for more science communication around the world.

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Answering an increasing demand

Joyce Lorigan discusses how Springer Nature is supporting digestible science communication.

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Raising concern over intimidation of scientists in the pandemic

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Raising concern over intimidation of scientists in the pandemic

Nature's features editor, Richard Van Noorden discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientists

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Why we stand by our journalism and journalists now more than ever

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Why we stand by our journalism and journalists now more than ever

Nature's Editor-in-Chief and Chief Magazine editor on online harassment against journalism and journalists.

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Lifting the curtain on editorial decisions (or why some things get published and some don’t)

Research Integrity

Lifting the curtain on editorial decisions

Nature's Editor in Chief explains why some things get published and some don’t.

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When it comes to article type, researchers prefer the VOR

Reproducibility

When it comes to article type, researchers prefer VOR

Mithu Lucraft unpacks why researchers prefer the version of record.

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Strengthening trust in peer review through transparency

Research Integrity

Strengthening trust in peer review through transparency

Peer Review Week 2020 - how is trust related to transparency?

Future-proofing research data – it’s a question of TRUST

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Future-proofing research data – it’s a question of TRUST

Varsha Khodiyar discusses the TRUST principles for digital repositories & repositories key role in open research.

Springer Nature Group

Research assessment: The continuing debate for balance

Partnerships

The continuing debate for balance

Alison Mitchell discusses metrics and research following Springer Nature's signing of DORA.

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Publication misconduct: changing the conversation

Peer Review

Publication misconduct: changing the conversation

Suzanne Farley discusses how to increase prevention and detection of research and publication misconduct.

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