Misconduct by researchers and authors

Misconduct by researchers and authors.

Most scientific research is conducted properly and reported honestly but a few authors invent or manipulate data to reach fraudulent conclusions. Other types of misconduct include deliberately providing incomplete or improperly processed data, failure to follow ethical procedures, failure to obtain informed consent, breach of patient confidentiality, improper award or denial of authorship, fail...

Authors' misconduct in the firing line.

Males Are Overrepresented among Life Science Researchers Committing Scientific Misconduct

UNLABELLED A review of the United States Office of Research Integrity annual reports identified 228 individuals who have committed misconduct, of which 94% involved fraud. Analysis of the data by career stage and gender revealed that misconduct occurred across the entire career spectrum from trainee to senior scientist and that two-thirds of the individuals found to have committed misconduct we...

how to protect young researchers from research misconduct

سخن سردبیر editorial مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی رفسنجان دوره 13، بهمن 1393، 1020-1019       چگونه می توان پژوهشگران جوان را از سوء رفتارهای پژوهشی حفظ نمود   how to protect young researchers from research misconduct    محسن رضائیان[1] m. rezaeian     در سخن سردبیری شماره قبل مجله دانشگاه ]1[، با انواع سوء رفتارهای پژوهشی و طبقه بندی آن ها به تقلب های پژوهشی و رفتارهای پژوهشی ابهام برانگیز آشنا شدی...

Misconduct in Research and Publication

Dear Editor, I read the recent publication on “Misconduct in Research and Publication” with great interest[1]. I agree that misconduct in research and publication is not uncommon. Nevertheless, it is rarely mentioned. In fact, there are many incorrect conceptions among researchers on publication ethics. The milder examples are attempts to report only the “positive outcomes&rdq...