Author Archives: Riikka Puurunen

About Riikka Puurunen

Associate professor, Catalysis Science and Technology, at Aalto since February 2017

Advance info on OpenLearning site on Atomic Layer Deposition + request to recommend ALD reviews 

Advance info: On Nov 29, 2019, a new OpenLearning site is planned to open on atomic layer deposition (ALD) at the http://openlearning.aalto.fi platform. The site is meant to benefit the global ALD community and operate mostly in English; occasionally, the … Continue reading

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Registration & webpage open! November Networking – ALD at Aalto University 29.11.2019

Registration to November Networking – ALD at Aalto University is now open! Registration is made via a Webropol link: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/13250A53DDFF0ED7. Also: November Networking – ALD at Aalto University has now a webpage! The event webpage is built as a “page” into Catalysis … Continue reading

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Authorship as part of responsible conduct of research – TENK guideline

Among the guidelines of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity (TENK) is a “Guideline for agreeing on authorship. Recommendation for research publications“, dated 14.12.2017. The TENK guidelines are collected in https://tenk.fi/en/tenk-guidelines, direct link to the authorship guideline is: https://www.tenk.fi/sites/tenk.fi/files/TENK_suositus_tekijyys.pdf. I recommend … Continue reading

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Save the date! November Networking – ALD at Aalto University, 29.11.2019

November Networking – ALD at Aalto University Event in a nutshell: When? Friday, November 29, 2019, at 12-17  Where? Aalto University, School of Chemical Engineering, Kemistintie 1, Espoo, lecture hall Ke1 and the downstairs lobby  Who? ALD-active/interested persons in and … Continue reading

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Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) – TENK guidelines

In the previous recent posts, I introduced TENK, the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity (post 1), overviewed their resolutions for alleged misconducts in past three annual reports (post 2, post 3, post 4), introduced the Retraction Watch (post 5), and, most … Continue reading

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“Hands up for mistake, we were idiots” – Some words on plagiarism

In the previous posts (post 1, post 2, post 3, post 4, post 5) related to research ethics, plagiarism was mentioned many times as a form of research misconduct. Plagiarism is among the “big three” in the international categorisation of research misconduct: Fabrication, Falsification, … Continue reading

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Retraction watch – site on research integrity issues

Following a series of posts on the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity  TENK (post 1, post 2, post 3, post 4),  this post shares information on a useful source of information related to research misconduct worldwide: Retraction Watch, https://retractionwatch.com/. As reported … Continue reading

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Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK – Annual Report 2016

As a continuation of the previous posts (post 1, post 2, post 3) this post overviews the Annual Report of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK, year 2016, related to misconducts in responsible conduct of research (RCR). The titles … Continue reading

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Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK – Annual Report 2017

As a continuation of the previous posts (post 1, post 2) this post overviews the Annual Report of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK, year 2017, related to misconducts in responsible conduct of research (RCR). The titles of … Continue reading

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Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK – Annual Report 2018

As a continuation of the previous post, this post overviews the Annual Report of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK, year 2018, related to misconducts in responsible conduct of research (RCR). The titles of the report’s Section 3, … Continue reading

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