Scientific Misconduct - Ethics
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Professional ethics: an overview from health research ethics point of view.

5 Aug 2009 The advancement of the medical field has been to a large extent made possible by the hard work contributed by researchers all over the world. The pool of knowledge generated through research is the basis for diagnostic methods, therapeutic ... Read more...

Science journal editors' views on publication ethics: results of an international survey.

30 May 2009 BACKGROUND: Breaches of publication ethics such as plagiarism, data fabrication and redundant publication are recognised as forms of research misconduct that can undermine the scientific literature. We surveyed journal editors to determine their ... Read more...

[Fraudulent pain research: a hurt so deep nothing can alleviate it]

30 May 2009 Untruthfulness in research is reprehensible. Dr Scott S. Reuben, an anesthesiologist at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts in the United States, a leader and pioneer in the field of multimodal analgesia, has been accused of fraud, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Scientific Misconduct - Ethics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Are signposts in the woods pointing in the right direction? 30 Oct 2009
• Prevalence of ghostwriting spurs calls for transparency. 19 Sep 2009
• Conflicts of interest, authorship, and disclosures in industry-related scientific publications: the tort bar and editorial oversight of medical journals. 30 Aug 2009
• Professional ethics: an overview from health research ethics point of view. 5 Aug 2009
• Science journal editors' views on publication ethics: results of an international survey. 30 May 2009
• [Fraudulent pain research: a hurt so deep nothing can alleviate it] 30 May 2009
• How many scientists fabricate and falsify research? A systematic review and meta-analysis of survey data. 27 May 2009
• Protocols, probity, and publication. 30 Apr 2009
• Publication ethics. 29 Apr 2009
• Data fabrication and article retraction: how not to get lost in the woods. 29 Apr 2009
• [Plagiarism in scientific publications] 21 Apr 2009
• Scientific integrity and publishing ethics. 30 Mar 2009
• Managing allegations of research misconduct. 30 Mar 2009
• Surgical research in the UK. 30 Mar 2009
• Protocols, probity, and publication. 19 Mar 2009
• Plagiarism: where unawareness makes a lame excuse. 27 Feb 2009
• What should be done to tackle ghostwriting in the medical literature? Feb 2009
• Protecting peer review: correspondence chronology and ethical analysis regarding Logothetis vs. Shmuel and Leopold. 30 Jan 2009
• Practical research governance 101. 30 Dec 2008
• Scientific fraud in physiotherapy: prevention is better than cure. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Scientific Misconduct'

Definition: Intentional falsification of scientific data by presentation of fraudulent or incomplete or uncorroborated findings as scientific fact.

Descriptor UI: D015871

Alternative terms: Scientific Misconduct; Misconduct, Scientific; Fraud, Scientific; Frauds, Scientific; Scientific Fraud; Scientific Frauds; Research Misconduct; Misconduct, Research; Ethics in Publishing; Publishing, Ethics in; Fraudulent Data; Data, Fraudulent;

Related Mesh Headings: Retraction of Publication as Topic; Duplicate Publication as Topic; Plagiarism; United States Office of Research Integrity;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; history; psychology; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; legislation & jurisprudence;

Tree Number: K01.316.768.500;

History Note: 90

Technical Notes: PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT is also available