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UAHuntsville business faculty investigate research ethics; results are published in Science magazine
http://www.uah.edu/news/items/10-research/1158-uahuntsville-business-faculty-investigate-research-ethics-results-are-published-in-science-magazine[font face=Times, Serif][font size=5]UAHuntsville business faculty investigate research ethics; results are published in Science magazine [/font]
[font size=3]HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Feb. 2, 2012) – Two faculty members from The University of Alabama in Huntsville’s College of Business Administration were published today in the prestigious journal Science for their investigation of an important issue in research ethics.
Dr. Allen W. Wilhite, and Dr. Eric A. Fong co-authored a paper on the unethical practices of some journal publications, articulating results from their research to show that some editors coerce authors into adding unnecessary citations to articles in the same journal that is considering publishing the submitted work.
Journal editors want to increase the number of times articles within their journals are cited by researchers – because it raises the journal ranking and is used to make claims of prestige and importance.
“When we first learned about coercion we were stunned, but after asking around we found that several people were aware of this behavior,” said Dr. Wilhite. “At that point we decided to look into the extent and consequences of the practice.”
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1212540[font size=3]HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Feb. 2, 2012) – Two faculty members from The University of Alabama in Huntsville’s College of Business Administration were published today in the prestigious journal Science for their investigation of an important issue in research ethics.
Dr. Allen W. Wilhite, and Dr. Eric A. Fong co-authored a paper on the unethical practices of some journal publications, articulating results from their research to show that some editors coerce authors into adding unnecessary citations to articles in the same journal that is considering publishing the submitted work.
Journal editors want to increase the number of times articles within their journals are cited by researchers – because it raises the journal ranking and is used to make claims of prestige and importance.
“When we first learned about coercion we were stunned, but after asking around we found that several people were aware of this behavior,” said Dr. Wilhite. “At that point we decided to look into the extent and consequences of the practice.”
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