Interlude: Conversations, Research Misconduct, and the Superpower of Verbs
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Now onto this week's round-up...
Round-up
From My Desk
Want Better Scientific Writing? You Need to Read This Book
If you're looking to sharpen your scientific and medical writing, I have just the book for you. In this video, I'll share one of my most recommended books, as well as three key takeaways that have had a lasting impact on how I write and teach others to write.
Reading
Global reporting standard for AI disclosure in research
". ..several organisations...have joined forces to work towards a Global Reporting Standard for AI Disclosure in Research. ...COPE is joining a group that consists of the International Science Council, the World Conferences on Research Integrity Foundation, STM and the Global Young Academy, bringing together a wide variety of voices and perspectives. This will help with developing a reporting standard that will be useful across research disciplines and for different publishing models."
Hallucinated citations produced by generative artificial intelligence may constitute research misconduct when citations function as data in scholarly papers
"...GenAI hallucinated citations might qualify as a provable instance of research misconduct under the U.S. federal regulations when a) the researcher uses a GenAI tool to produce hallucinated (i.e., nonexistent) citations for a research document; b) the citations function as data because they directly support research findings, as in, for example, review articles or bibliometric studies; and c) the researcher demonstrates indifference to the risk of fabrication of the data (i.e. citations) because they did not check the GenAI’s output for veracity and accuracy. Other types of problematic citations such as bibliometrically incorrect citations, or contextually inaccurate citations, are indicative of poor scholarship and irresponsible behavior, but do not qualify as research misconduct."
Listening
The hidden superpower of verbs
In this episode of the Grammar Girl podcast, Sarah L. Kaufman, author of Verb Your Enthusiasm, shares the power of choosing strong, dynamic verbs in your writing.
Quote
“Words are magical in the way they affect the minds of those who use them.” – Aldus Huxley
Thank you so much for reading.
Warmly,
Crystal
