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## Researchers from the UJI and the University of Granada warn of the consequences of "publish or perish" in research in all disciplines, including philosophy and ethics. The study on the perception of malpractice in these two areas of knowledge warns of the decisive role of the evaluation system in the ethical behaviour of research staff.

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Researchers from the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón and the University of Granada have just published a paper in the journal *Science & Engineering Ethics* in which they show empirical evidence on the perception of the extent of malpractice in research in the areas of ethics and philosophy at Spanish universities. This is the first study in the world to provide information on malpractice in these areas.

The results show that, according to 91.5% of respondents, malpractice in scientific publication is proliferating. Sixty-one percent identify three or more of the fraudulent practices as common and 80% identify two or more as common. Research staff perceive a high prevalence of duplicate publication (66%) and self-plagiarism (59.0%), the use of personal influence (57.5%) or citation manipulation (44%).

Data from the study "Research Misconduct in the Fields of Ethics and Philosophy: Researchers' Perceptions in Spain", published by Ramón Feenstra, Emilio Delgado López-Cózar and Daniel Pallarés-Domínguez, show revealing evidence, as well as worrying indications, about the future of research, the way in which it is developed and, above all, the way in which it is evaluated. The results also warn of the possible consequences of adopting evaluation systems that measure the performance of researchers in bibliometric terms.

Link to the study: <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11948-021-00278-w>

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