Ethics and Integrity: Essential Pillars of Research
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Autonomy, justice, and beneficence are the principles which inform the spirit of scientific research. Further, integrity and ethics are essential pillars of research, followed by respect, transparency, and accountability. This letter to the editor highlights the importance of integrity and ethics in research. It also sheds light on the misconduct related to scientific research writing. Integrity and ethics are important aspects in research and scientific writings. Various international standards are to be followed in biological, clinical, and health sciences research, such as the Declaration of Helsinki and FAIR principles. Scientific journals and publishers strictly ask authors and researchers to follow guidelines and ensure that issues and challenges related to misconduct are overcome. Authors are asked to declare all details related to the patients’ or participants’ informed consent form, integrity of data, authorship criteria, and conflict of interest declaration statement. Currently, it is observed that plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification are the most common misconducts during research writing, undermining the credibility of scientific writing. Public trust can be obtained by following the ethical rules and regulations related to research integrity which, in turn, would definitely improve the overall quality of scientific writing.
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