2021-3

The Research Ethics Magazine

Ethics work criticised by Auditor General. Advice on co-authorship. And: Authorship-order decided by croquet.

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From this issue we give you an article on scientists who decided authorship-order by croquet.

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Ethics work heavily criticised by Auditor General

Written by: Elin Fugelsnes Published: 12/26/2022

Higher education establishments are not sufficiently equipped to safeguard research ethics, according to the Office of the Auditor General of Norway. The National Research Ethics Committees find this concerning.

Stem cell researcher:‘We don’t grow people’

Written by: Kristin S. Grønli Published: 12/29/2022

A number of international research communities want the in vitro culture of human embryos to be extended beyond 14 days. Until now, this has been an absolute cut-off point.

Co-authorship: Experts have some clear words of advice

Written by: Silje Pileberg Published: 12/29/2022

‘I’ve often been glad that we clarified things at an early stage’, says Edvard Moser, a brain researcher at NTNU.

Decided authorship-order by croquet

Written by: Ingrid Synnøve Torp Published: 9/29/2022

An article in The Journal of Animal Ecology from 1974 has an unusual footnote: «The order of authorship was determined from a twenty-five-game croquet series held at Imperial College Field Station during summer 1973.»