Research Guides: Bioinformatics Research Guide: Scientific Integrity and Publishing Standards

Pre-Registered Study Publication Format Video

Sources for transparency and best practices criteria in scholarly publishing

Cabell's Scholarly Analytics This link opens in a new window
A source for publication information, evaluation metrics, and submission details for journals in Education and Business.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
A whitelist of Open Access peer-reviewed journals that the service deems to be of high quality.
Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
Principles of transparency and best practices that set apart legitimate journals and publishers from non-legitimate ones and to clarify that these principles form part of the criteria on which Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association membership applications are evaluated.
Think.Check.Submit.
Check lists for choosing higher quality journals.
World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)
A global association of editors of peer-reviewed medical journals to improve editorial standards and encourage research on the principles and practice of medical editing.
QOAM
Quality Open Access Market. QOAM is a crowd-sourced market place for quality scoring open access scientific and scholarly journals.
Springer Nature Open Protocol Platform
Springer Nature makes open research easier for authors via simplified protocols offering. Following the acquisition of protocols.io in 2023, platform to now host all open protocols.

Co-authorship Standards

Co-Authorship Standards and Suggestions
by Dr. Melanie Sorrell Last Updated Jan 19, 2024 9 views this year

Link to guide with video tutorial about co-authorship standards and practices, steps for publishing, and UNC Charlotte authorship policy.

Identifying Predatory Publishers video

Cell Line Resources Links for Publication Preparation

Describing cell line authentication processes throughout a project is often an expectation is can be a requirement for funding agencies and journals. This is a link to resources for help in determining what information is needed for the publication process.

Scientific journal review process

SciRev
Authors share experiences with the scientific journal manuscript review process.

Select retracted or withdrawn articles and research integrity resources

Watch for retractions of articles investigated for research misconduct.

Forbes article Nobel Prize Winner Frances Arnold Retracts Paper

Lack of reproducibility causes Nobel Prize-winning chemist to retract Science paper image

Retraction of Hwang Science articles for stem cell data fabrication

Hwang retraction image

Retraction of Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children for absence of ethics board approval and insufficient data

Wakefield retraction image

Chopstick nanorods withdrawal image

Computing article editorial retraction explanation image

Retraction Watch
A blog that tracks retractions of scientific publications
Scientific Publications: Retracted Publications and Related Topics
How to search select databases for retracted articles
Research Integrity and Peer Review
Research Integrity and Peer Review is an international, open access, peer reviewed journal that encompasses all aspects of integrity in research publication, including peer review, study reporting, and research and publication ethics
Rasmussen, Lisa M.. (2019) Confronting Research Misconduct in Citizen Science. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice 4 (1), 1-11
Implications of research misconduct in citizen science and examples of how to confront those issues.