Blood Lead Levels, Scientific Misconduct, and the Needleman Case

Scientific misconduct: our first (known) case

einstein registered (in the last issue) its first retraction, due to a case of duplicate publication: " Neuromuscular electrical stimulation in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit: a systematic review " , by journal, like all peer-reviewed and indexed journals, asks authors to state unequivocally in their submission letter that the paper has not already been submitted to another ...

Scientific Misconduct.

Scientific misconduct has been defined as fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism. Scientific misconduct has occurred throughout the history of science. The US government began to take systematic interest in such misconduct in the 1980s. Since then, a number of studies have examined how frequently individual scientists have observed scientific misconduct or were involved in it. Although the ...

Coping with scientific misconduct.

author (which had been accepted but not yet published) that also seemed to be plagiarised. However, the author’s hospital did not respond. In another of the four cases (09-11), an editor had concerns about the ethics of a trial of a homoeopathic treatment for HIV/AIDS. The editor was concerned that patients may have been denied effective antiretroviral treatment and wanted clarification about h...

Scientific misconduct, retractions, and errata.

Scientific misconduct and theft: case report from 17th century.

Gjuro Armen Baglivi was one of the most famous medical authorities of the 17th century. Apart from his numerous books and publications, several extensive collections of his correspondence have been preserved and are available in libraries around the world. They provide new information about the 17th century scientific culture and place of Baglivi's work in the scientific European context. Also,...