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This document discusses the author's reflections on learning about research ethics. Some key points learned include: - The author was previously unfamiliar with specific ethical terms like falsification and fabrication. - Publishing papers can be retracted if unethical behavior is found, rather than papers being permanent once published. - What constitutes duplicate or overlapping publications from conference proceedings being published in journals. - Why declaring conflicts of interest is important, such as having a family member applying for a bursary the author is on a selection committee for. - Newly learned about software to check for plagiarism and the distinction between word-for-word versus paraphrased plagiarism.

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This document discusses the author's reflections on learning about research ethics. Some key points learned include: - The author was previously unfamiliar with specific ethical terms like falsification and fabrication. - Publishing papers can be retracted if unethical behavior is found, rather than papers being permanent once published. - What constitutes duplicate or overlapping publications from conference proceedings being published in journals. - Why declaring conflicts of interest is important, such as having a family member applying for a bursary the author is on a selection committee for. - Newly learned about software to check for plagiarism and the distinction between word-for-word versus paraphrased plagiarism.

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This document discusses the author's reflections on learning about research ethics. Some key points learned include: - The author was previously unfamiliar with specific ethical terms like falsification and fabrication. - Publishing papers can be retracted if unethical behavior is found, rather than papers being permanent once published. - What constitutes duplicate or overlapping publications from conference proceedings being published in journals. - Why declaring conflicts of interest is important, such as having a family member applying for a bursary the author is on a selection committee for. - Newly learned about software to check for plagiarism and the distinction between word-for-word versus paraphrased plagiarism.

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Reflection on Research Ethics

Research ethics is something I have been picking from my supervisor, I being an early
researcher, however I have learnt so much from this course in a short period; besides it is timely
because I am just working on my second paper for publication.

I have heard about some ethical issues earlier, I just didn’t know that some (falsification and
fabrication) were specific terms in research ethics. I have been ethical with my research more out
of a clear conscience than because of ethical reasons and I believe this applies to some
researchers out there. I didn’t even know that published papers could be retracted, I just thought
that a paper once published is always there, and the worst that could happen is if it wasn’t cited.

This lesson has corrected my view on duplicate publications in light of conference proceedings,
being made into journals; my first published paper was developed from a conference
presentation, though with several modifications by all authors, which I now have full knowledge
of how it can be done and I can defend it. Who would have known that a bursar on a selection
committee for a bursary that a relative coincidentally applies for can be an issue? I have learnt
newly the real purpose for declaring conflict of interest, as well as softwares that check
plagiarism. Something unclear in this lesson is how to cite because I checked a link that
distinguished word-for-word and paraphrased plagiarism; I intend to take the lessons later on,
however this course didn’t say much about this. The knowledge from these lessons already have
tremendous impacts on me and my research, first I will not be blacklisted for plagiarism because
I would have been doing something of the sort in the paraphrasing aspect unknowingly. I have
information through this course, that I can get discount or waiver on article processing fees, this
way, funding will not be “the” limiting factor in my research career. As the popular slogan goes,
“information is power”, I can now distinguish predatory journals and I will not be channeling
energy and efforts in the wrong direction, because a great effort on a paper in a predatory journal
amounts to wasted efforts, and nothing to show for it.

In conclusion, ethics is about right or wrong, and being unethical in research can result in a paper
being rejected or retracted.

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