Online version: http://webofscience-authorconnect.com/c1/1640639/a6916ce5cdf4580b/a6916ce5cdf4580b/~/-108 Mobile friendly: http://webofscience-authorconnect.com/c1/1640639/a6916ce5cdf4580b/a6916ce5cdf4580b/~/-109 ____________________________________________________________ Journal Homepage <http://webofscience-authorconnect.com/c/1640639/a6916ce5cdf4580b/18 > | Latest Issue <http://webofscience-authorconnect.com/c/1640639/a6916ce5cdf4580b/19 > | Submit an Article <http://webofscience-authorconnect.com/c/1640639/a6916ce5cdf4580b/20 > | Instructions for Authors <http://webofscience-authorconnect.com/c/1640639/a6916ce5cdf4580b/21 > | About Journal <http://webofscience-authorconnect.com/c/1640639/a6916ce5cdf4580b/22 > <http://webofscience-authorconnect.com/c/1640639/a6916ce5cdf4580b/23 > <http://webofscience-authorconnect.com/c/1640639/a6916ce5cdf4580b/24 > In late December 2019, an outbreak of an emerging disease (coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19) due to a novel virus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) started in Wuhan, China, and rapidly spread throughout the world. Indeed, articles related to SARS-CoV-2 are published every minute in journals, thus demonstrating how popular the topic currently is. The study results were published with papers, preprints and preliminary reports style. This commentary highlights the importance of scientific and academic integrity during the SARS-CoV-2 crisis and aims to alert health professionals, especially doctors and forensic experts, that they should carefully read scientific articles and not blindly trust the findings, even if the journal has a high impact factor or is untouchable from a scientific point of view, as these articles are not all applicable. It is mandatory that researchers and decision makers, including politicians, act responsibly to ensure the scientific validity of studies conducted during outbreaks as well as the participants’ rights and safety in these studies. Ricardo Jorge Dinis-Oliveira *Ricardo Jorge Dinis-Oliveira* Forensic expert E-mail: ricardinis@sapo.pt <mailto:ricardinis@sapo.pt >; ricardinis@med.up.pt <mailto:ricardinis@med.up.pt > * Performs expert activity since 2007 in the area of Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, namely in addictive behaviours, fatal intoxications of pharmacological origin and others, and within the scope of road driving inspection under the influence of psychoactive substances * Director of the Department of Sciences, Coordinator of the 1st Cycle of Studies in Forensic Laboratory Sciences, Coordinator of the 1st Cycle of Studies in Biomedical Sciences and Coordinator of the 2nd Cycle of Studies in Forensic Laboratory Sciences and Techniques of IUCS-CESPU * Founder and current President of the Portuguese Association of Forensic Sciences (APCF) and was Vice-president of the Portuguese Society for the Study of Abuse and Neglect (SPECAN) *COVID-19 research: pandemic /versus/ “paperdemic”, integrity, values, and risks of the “speed science” <http://webofscience-authorconnect.com/c/1640639/a6916ce5cdf4580b/25 >* */Ricardo Jorge Dinis-Oliveira/* /Department of Public Health and Forensic Sciences, and Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Department of Sciences, IINFACTS-Institute of Research and Advanced Training in Health Sciences and Technologies, University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS), CESPU, CRL, Gandra, Portugal; UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Toxicology, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal/ *ABSTRACT* Scientific integrity is a learned skill. When researchers and students learn integrity in laboratories or in the classroom, they are empowered to use similar principles in other aspects of their lives. This commentary reviews the concepts related to scientific integrity at a time when science faces important challenges related to the increase number of articles produced regarding research on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has ignited another parallel viral pandemic, with science ranging from robust studies to dishonest studies being conducted, posted, and shared at an unprecedented rate. A balance is needed between the benefits of the rapid access to new scientific data and the threat of causing panic or erroneous clinical decisions based on mistakes or misconduct. The truth is that the “scientific research has changed the world” but now, and more than ever, “it needs to change itself”. A pandemic with a “paperdemic” will be even more complicated to manage if it progresses in an uncontrolled manner and is not properly scrutinized. *KEYWORDS* SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, research and academic integrity, peer review, pandemic, paperdemic To cite this article: Ricardo Jorge Dinis-Oliveira (2020): COVID-19 research: pandemic versus "paperdemic", integrity, values and risks of the "speed science", Forensic Sciences Research, DOI: 10.1080/20961790.2020.176775 *More recommended reading articles of this author* * *Guidelines for Collection of Biological Samples for Clinical and Forensic Toxicological Analysis* <http://webofscience-authorconnect.com/c/1640639/a6916ce5cdf4580b/26 > Ricardo Jorge Dinis-Oliveira, Duarte Nuno Vieira & Teresa Magalhães * *Metabolism and metabolomics of ketamine: a toxicological approach* <http://webofscience-authorconnect.com/c/1640639/a6916ce5cdf4580b/27 > Ricardo Jorge Dinis-Oliveira * *Portugal’s first major forensic case and the genesis of forensic toxicology: 10 years of research to reconstruct the event* <http://webofscience-authorconnect.com/c/1640639/a6916ce5cdf4580b/28 > Ricardo Jorge Dinis-Oliveira * *Analysis of the testimonial evidence of Portugal’s first major forensic case: part II* <http://webofscience-authorconnect.com/c/1640639/a6916ce5cdf4580b/29 > Ricardo Jorge Dinis-Oliveira *As COVID-19 pandemic spreading globally, /Forensic Sciences Research/ calls for high-level research in forensic sciences worldwide.* *Welcome your submission!* <http://webofscience-authorconnect.com/c/1640639/a6916ce5cdf4580b/30 > *Published paper on COVID-19* * *_Guide to forensic pathology practice for death cases related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Trial draft)_* <http://webofscience-authorconnect.com/c/1640639/a6916ce5cdf4580b/31 > /Danmi Mao, Nan Zhou, Da Zheng, Jiacheng Yue, Qianhao Zhao, Bin Luo, Dawei Guan, Yiwu Zhou & Bingjie Hu | Jianding Cheng/ <http://webofscience-authorconnect.com/c/1640639/a6916ce5cdf4580b/32 > <http://webofscience-authorconnect.com/c/1640639/a6916ce5cdf4580b/33 > Call for your papers! ? 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