RCR Articles

Articles below written by Former Director of Responsible Research Marianne Evola (unless otherwise noted)

Responsible Research & Conduct

• "The Dog Ate My Data" and Other Excuses Commonly Given for Alleged Misconduct
• Excuses Provided by Researchers Facing Allegations of Misconduct
• Protecting Against Protocol Shift: Endless and Exhausting Vigilance
• The Growing Need for Transparency: A Source of Frustration and Pride
• Working Alone: A Challenge to Responsible Research Conduct
• Best Practices versus the "Wild West Nature of Basic Science"
• Daily Ethical Decision-Making
• Defining Responsible Conduct of Research
• Responsibility, Perception And Oversight And An Awesome 4-Wheeling Vacation
• Frankenstein and other Science Fiction: Responsible Research Teaching Tools
• Tools for Responsible Research
• Negative Results: The Data are the Data
• The Logic of Responsible Conduct of Research Training
• Cultural Differences and Knowledge About Responsible Research Conduct
• Objectivity, Bias and (Financial) Conflict of Interest
• Responsible Conduct in Research (RCR) Training – Why Participate?
• Social Responsibility, the Lesser Discussed Parameter of Responsible Research Conduct
• Knowing Right from Wrong is Not the Same as Doing Right and Wrong

Safety & Compliance

• The Nitpicky People: Why Compliance Committees and Personnel Attend to Details
• University Bureaucracy: Research Facilitation or Compliance?
• Never Work Alone - Safety Hazards
• Sexual Assault - The Undiscussed Safety Issue
• Our goals are the Same – The Culture of Cooperation Between the Research and the Compliance Divisions
• Promoting a Safety Culture

Data Management

• The Utility of Data Management Plans and Other Written Protocols
• Data Archiving and Sharing
• Data Ownership
• Challenges For Data Management
• The Use of Checklists for Lab and Data Management

Research Collaboration

• How Frankenstein Bridges the Sciences and the Humanities
  Guest column by Kelsie Jackson
• Collaboration: The Scholarly "Marriage"
• The Importance of Difficult Dialogues

Mentorship

• Finding the Right Research Lab: A Website for Reviewing Research Mentors
• The Persistence of the Mentor/Protégé Power Dynamic
• Should I Stay? Deciding Whether to Stay With a Lab or Mentor
• Choosing a Mentor or Research Group
• Mentoring Undergraduate Assistants is Valuable Career Training for Graduate Students

Paraphrasing, Plagiarism & Authorship

• Paraphrasing Software: A New Source of Awkward Sentences and an Obstacle to Intellectual Growth
• Self-Plagiarism: Can You Steal From Yourself?
• Defining Authorship: Thoughts on a Necessary Conversation
• Self-plagiarism – Beware!
• The ‘Re-’s of Responsible Research
• An Interest in Plagiarism

Research Communication

• The Critical Role of Peer Review in Ethical Communication
• Academic Communication: Just the Facts or Are We Salesmen?

Professional Development

• The Significance and Fragility of Professional Reputations
• Reputation, Perception of Conflict of Interest and Potential for Bias in Research
• The Difficulties of Asking for Help: A Weakness of High Achievers
• Imposter Syndrome: No, You Were Not Mistakenly Accepted to Graduate School
• Perceptions of Bias: A Source for Scandal
• Defining Success 
• Confessions and Enlightenment of a Reluctant Student of Statistics
• Tips From A Recovering Procrastinator

Human Subjects

• Ethical Training for Student Researchers Working with Human Research Subjects
• The Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) Office and the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
• When Exempt Does Not Mean Exempt - IRB
• Ethical Treatment of Human Subjects in Research Should be Important to Everyone

Publishing Research

• Is the Research World Facing a Crisis of Reproducibility?
• What is the Goal of Retraction?
• Retraction Watch as a Tool to Promote Responsible Conduct in Research
• Enhancing Communication and Understanding with the New ARRIVE Guidelines for Publication

Innovation

• Intellectual Property: A Whole Lot More Than Copyrights and Patents