May 29, 2009

How Many Scientists Fabricate And Falsify Research?(ScienceDaily)

It's a long-standing and crucial question that, as yet, remains unanswered: just how common is scientific misconduct? In the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE, Daniele Fanelli of the University of Edinburgh reports the first meta-analysis of surveys questioning scientists about their misbehaviours. The results suggest that altering or making up data is more frequent than previously estimated and might be particularly high in medical research. >>>

May 22, 2009

Plagiarism Sleuths

Jennifer Couzin-Frankel & Jackie Grom
Science 22 May 2009: Vol. 324. no. 5930, pp. 1004 - 1007

A Texas group is trolling through publications worldwide hunting for signs of duplicated material. The thousands of articles they've flagged online raise questions about standards in publishing—and about the group's own tactics.>>>

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