RCR Scholarly Messenger Articles
Articles below written by Marianne Evola (unless otherwise noted)
June 7, 2018
The Nitpicky People: Why Compliance Committees and Personnel Attend to Details
March 1, 2018
"The Dog Ate My Data" and Other Excuses Commonly Given for Alleged Misconduct
December 7, 2017
Excuses Provided by Researchers Facing Allegations of Misconduct
October 5, 2017
Protecting Against Protocol Shift: Endless and Exhausting Vigilance
August 3, 2017
Finding the Right Research Lab: A Website for Reviewing Research Mentors
June 8, 2017
Paraphrasing Software: A New Source of Awkward Sentences and an Obstacle to Intellectual
                              Growth
April 6, 2017
How Frankenstein Bridges the Sciences and the Humanities
Guest column by Kelsie Jackson
March 2, 2017
The Critical Role of Peer Review in Ethical Communication
February 2, 2017
The Significance and Fragility of Professional Reputations
January 5, 2017
Ethical Training for Student Researchers Working with Human Research Subjects
December 1, 2016
The Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) Office and the Institutional Review Board
                              (IRB)
November 3, 2016
The Growing Need for Transparency: A Source of Frustration and Pride
October 6, 2016
Self-Plagiarism: Can You Steal From Yourself?
September 8, 2016
The Difficulties of Asking for Help: A Weakness of High Achievers
July 7, 2016
University Bureaucracy: Research Facilitation or Compliance?
June 2, 2016
Is the Research World Facing a Crisis of Reproducibility?
May 5, 2016
Imposter Syndrome: No, You Were Not Mistakenly Accepted to Graduate School
April 7, 2016
Academic Communication: Just the Facts or Are We Salesmen?
March 3, 2016
Perceptions of Bias: A Source for Scandal
February 4, 2016
What is the Goal of Retraction?
January 7, 2016
The Persistence of the Mentor/Protégé Power Dynamic
December 3, 2015
Retraction Watch as a Tool to Promote Responsible Conduct in Research
November 5, 2015
The Free Sharing of Ideas: Repositories of Sterilized Data or the Evolution of the
                              Oral History of a Discipline
October 1, 2015
Best Practices versus the "Wild West Nature of Basic Science"
September 3, 2015
Working Alone: A Challenge to Responsible Research Conduct
August 6, 2015
Never Work Alone - Safety Hazards
July 2, 2015
Data Archiving and Sharing
June 4, 2015
Responsibility, Perception And Oversight And An Awesome 4-Wheeling Vacation
May 7, 2015
Frankenstein and other Science Fiction: Responsible Research Teaching Tools
April 2, 2015
Tools for Responsible Research
March 6, 2015
Negative Results: The Data are the Data
January 16, 2015
Defining Responsible Conduct of Research
December 4, 2014
Mentoring Undergraduate Assistants is Valuable Career Training for Graduate Students
November 6, 2014
When Exempt Does Not Mean Exempt - IRB
October 2, 2014
Sexual Assault - The Undiscussed Safety Issue
September 4, 2014
Ethical Treatment of Human Subjects in Research Should be Important to Everyone
July 10, 2014
Collaboration: The Scholarly "Marriage"
June 5, 2014
The Utility of Data Management Plans and Other Written Protocols
May 8, 2014
Confessions and Enlightenment of a Reluctant Student of Statistics
April 10, 2014
Defining Success 
March 10, 2014
Intellectual Property: A Whole Lot More Than Copyrights and Patents
February 7, 2014
Daily Ethical Decision-Making
January 9, 2014
Enhancing Communication and Understanding with the New ARRIVE Guidelines for Publication
December 5, 2013
 The Logic of Responsible Conduct of Research Training
November 7, 2013
 Tips From A Recovering Procrastinator
October 3, 2013
 Reputation, Perception of Conflict of Interest and Potential for Bias in Research
September 3, 2013
 Defining Authorship: Thoughts on a Necessary Conversation
August 8, 2013
 Our goals are the Same – The Culture of Cooperation Between the Research and the
                              Compliance Divisions
July 9, 2013
 Data Ownership
June 6, 2013
 Cultural Differences and Knowledge About Responsible Research Conduct
May 2, 2013
 Challenges For Data Management
April 8, 2013
 The Use of Checklists for Lab and Data Management
March 7, 2013
 Self-plagiarism – Beware!
February 7, 2013
 Objectivity, Bias and (Financial) Conflict of Interest
January 10, 2013
 The ‘Re-s of Responsible Research
December 10, 2012
 Promoting a Safety Culture
November 9, 2012
 Social Responsibility, the Lesser Discussed Parameter of Responsible Research Conduct
September 11, 2012
 Knowing Right from Wrong is Not the Same as Doing Right and Wrong
August 1, 2012
 Should I Stay? Deciding Whether to Stay With a Lab or Mentor
July 3, 2012
 Choosing a Mentor or Research Group
June 6, 2012
 The Importance of Difficult Dialogues
May 3, 2012
 The “Management” Part of Data Management
April 4, 2012
 An Interest in Plagiarism
March 7, 2012
 Responsible Conduct in Research (RCR) Training – Why Participate?
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