inflating their performance index, can be less than transparent when providing information in their research works. Such … researchers should never withhold information from the readers of their academic writings. However, some scholars, with the end of …

assert, the right to information should be a fundamental right for all citizens. Likewise, we assert that researchers should … never hide information in their works, as this impinges upon the information rights of other scholars. Such transparency is … information deprives subsequent researchers of complete and proper information. It also puts subsequent researchers, especially …