The journal Science recently took the initiative to retract an article before getting a retraction signed by all the authors of the article (Alberts, 2011).

The Singapore Statement on Research Integrity has been collectively produced by research actors worldwide, ranging from researchers, funders, representatives of research institutions and research publishers, who participated in the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity. This constitutes a remarkable effort towards the development of "unified policies, guidelines and codes of conduct, with the long-range goal of fostering greater integrity in research worldwide".

Most journals ask authors of articles to disclose their funding sources, for reviews or articles. This may look as a mere administrative constraint, without any relationship with the scientific content of the article.

Here is an important information : this website has been accepted by the French authority responsible for online databases, namely the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL). In other words, the methods and purposes of the scientific red cards database have been approved for being created. As you know, the Scientific Red Cards database records references of articles for which misconduct has been assessed by dedicated institutions, together with a link to the corresponding assessment of misconduct.

A new European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity has been presented by the European Science Foundation at the World Conference on Research Integrity (July 2010).