Ksenija Bazdaric

Ksenija Bazdaric is an Associate Professor at the Department of Basic Sciences, University of Rijeka's Faculty of Health Studies. Her academic background spans social sciences and biomedicine, with a master's degree in psychology (2002) and a PhD in social medicine (2012). She focuses on medical informatics, statistics, and scientific methodology while serving as Research Integrity Editor for the Croatian Medical Journal and Chief Editor of European Science Editing since 2015.

Research Interests:

• Academic Integrity
• Plagiarism Detection
• Medical Ethics
• Open Science
• Scientific Methodology
• Medical Informatics

Recent Publication Trends include studies on personality traits, chronic pain in geriatrics, publication bias, funding disparities in biomedical research, and plagiarism attitudes in medical academia. These works reflect her commitment to improving research integrity and scholarly communication.

Editorial Contributions: She actively contributes to journals like PeerJ, Croatian Medical Journal, and European Science Editing, focusing on evidence-based publication practices, editorial ethics, and open science policies.