Research Ethics for Scientists

A Companion for Students

C. Neal Stewart, Jr.

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781119837886
• eBook ISBN: 9781119837909
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Biology
• Index: Biological Sciences

Research Ethics for Scientists

A fully updated textbook helping advanced students and young scientists navigate the ethical challenges that are common to scientific researchers in academia

As the number of scientific journals, government regulations, and institutional guidelines continue to grow, research scientists are increasingly facing ethical dilemmas. Even seasoned and honest scientists can unintentionally commit research misconduct or fail to detect and address intentional misbehavior.

Research Ethics for Scientists is an authoritative "how-to" guide that clearly outlines best practices in scientific research. Critically examining the key problems that arise in research management and practice, this real-world handbook helps students and young scientists conduct scientific research that adheres to the highest ethical standards. Accessible chapters, logically organized into functional themes and units, cover all the major areas that are crucial for sustained success in science: ideas, people, data, publications, and funding.

The second edition offers new and updated content throughout, including discussions of recent innovations to detect and adjudicate research misconduct, vulnerabilities in research practices that were exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and new methods people are using to cheat the system and skew the peer review process. Entirely new case studies focus on harassment and bullying in training and mentorship, anti-science and pseudoscience, equality and equity issues, the fabrication of data, and more. This edition integrates gender, race, student training, and other important social issues throughout.

• Presents up-to-date coverage of growing issues such as the ethics of rushing to publish
• Discusses the use of text-similarity detecting software to reveal plagiarism and image analysis techniques for detecting data and image manipulation
• Features new material on current trends such as universal open access (OA) publishing, increased research metrics, new models for peer review, working for multiple employers, and "shadow labs" for individual scientists
• Includes access to a companion website with PowerPoint slides of case studies and figures

Written by an experienced researcher and PhD mentor, Research Ethics for Scientists: A Companion for Students, Second Edition is an indispensable resource for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, early-career professors, and scientists involved in teaching scientists-in-training.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• About the Companion Website
• Chapter 1: Research Ethics: The Best Ethical Practices Produce the Best Science
• Chapter 2: How Honest Is Science?
• Chapter 3: Research Misconduct: Plagiarize and Perish
• Chapter 4: Finding the Perfect Mentor
• Chapter 5: Becoming the Perfect Mentor
• Chapter 6: Research Misconduct: Fabricating Data and Falsification
• Chapter 7: Research Misconduct: Falsification and Whistleblowing
• Chapter 8: Publication Ethics of Authorship: Who Is an Author on a Scientific Paper and Why
• Chapter 9: Grant Proposals: Ethics and Success Intertwined
• Chapter 10: Peer Review and the Ethics of Privileged Information
• Chapter 11: Data and Data Management: The Ethics of Data
• Chapter 12: Conflicts of Interest
• Chapter 13: What Kind of Research Science World Do We Want?
• References
• Index
• End User License Agreement