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Ethical Issues in Peer Review: Questionable Research Practices, What Are They and How to Spot Them

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Professor Richard Gray has been at La Trobe University since 2017, becoming Theme Lead (Healthy Peoples Families and Communities) in 2021. He originally trained and worked as a Mental Health Nurse at the Maudsley Hospital in London before training in Epidemiology and Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropic Medicine. Subsequently, he has worked as a mental health services researcher focused on improving physical health outcomes for people experiencing mental ill-health, initially at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London and latterly at the University of East Anglia and La Trobe University. He is editor-in-chief of Nursing Reports and is actively involved in the open science movement. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health.

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Ethical Issues in Peer Review: Questionable Research Practices, What Are They and How to Spot Them

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Professor Richard Gray has been at La Trobe University since 2017, becoming Theme Lead (Healthy Peoples Families and Communities) in 2021. He originally trained and worked as a Mental Health Nurse at the Maudsley Hospital in London before training in Epidemiology and Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropic Medicine. Subsequently, he has worked as a mental health services researcher focused on improving physical health outcomes for people experiencing mental ill-health, initially at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London and latterly at the University of East Anglia and La Trobe University. He is editor-in-chief of Nursing Reports and is actively involved in the open science movement. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health.

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Guidelines for Effective and Ethical Reviewing

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Prof. Dr. Paula Benevene is Full Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at LUMSA University (Italy). She is the Director of the Master's Program in Human Resource Management and Chair of the Master's Degree Course in Social, Forensic, and Organizational Psychology. She carried out several teaching and research stays as visiting fellow at Comillas Pontifical University (Madrid), Universidad de Extremadura (Badajoz- Spain) Complutense University of Madrid, as well as at the University of Paris-Nanterre (Paris). She has published extensively on organizational well-being, psychosocial approaches to organizational management, the transformation of work, and emerging psychosocial risks.

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The Reviewer’s Compass: Ethics, AI, and the Art of Constructive Critique in Nursing Peer Review

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Adjunct Professor Niall Higgins is an experienced health services researcher specialising in technology assessment in acute healthcare settings. He trained as a Registered Nurse and has worked as a mental health clinician for more than 30 years. His role entails supporting the conduct of nursing research at the clinical facilities within West Moreton Mental Health. His research interest is in the design and implementation of assistive clinical technology to support nursing care for the physical and mental health of people both in hospital and in the community. He is also interested in enhancing existing computerised systems that nurses use to manage the care that they deliver for consumers of our mental health services.

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Transparency and Rigor in Peer Review: Keys to A High-Quality Report

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Dr. Sojib Zaman is an Assistant Professor of Health Sciences at James Madison University (JMU), Virginia, United States. He teaches undergraduate courses on Chronic Diseases, Infectious Diseases, Statistical Methods, and Research Methods. He works as a consultant with the Virginia Department of Health. His research focuses on infectious diseases, chronic diseases, digital health, maternal and child health, and health systems. His international collaborations span five public health projects in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia. For the third consecutive year, he has been ranked among the esteemed Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists. He has over 125 peer-reviewed publications and 85,000 citations. He is also an Associate Editor for four distinguished public health and medical journals. Dr. Zaman joined JMU in 2023 after earning his PhD in Epidemiology and Prevention from Monash University, Australia. He previously worked as an Assistant Scientist at icddr,b, a UN consultant, and an instructor at Monash University.