All misconduct articles
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OpinionA powerful blow against misconduct
Supporting whistleblowers is vital for detecting and preventing bad behaviour
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Review
The Doctor Who Fooled the World: Andrew Wakefield’s War on Vaccines
The story of the man who created the myth that a vaccine causes autism
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News
Prominent Chinese immunologist and research integrity leader cleared of scientific misconduct
Investigation finds problems with images but concludes that Xuetao Cao is not guilty of research fraud
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News
Royal Society of Chemistry retracts 70 fake ‘paper mill’ articles
Extensive investigations found systematic production of fraudulent research
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News
China has 600 outposts across the world to recruit scientists
Report claims to have uncovered network to acquire advanced technology in not only the US, but also Germany, Australia, the UK and beyond
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News
Sanctions imposed by research agency on Duke University lifted
University has met all commitments in plan agreed with National Institutes of Health
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Opinion
Misconduct investigators, show your work
Weighting transparency and confidentiality in scientific misconduct investigations
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News
UK to set up research integrity committee by 2020
A panel appointed by UKRI will oversee university misconduct investigations
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News
Misconduct not mistakes are the chief reason chemistry papers are retracted
Analysis prompts call for publishers to be more open about the reasons a paper is withdrawn
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News
Study of misconduct suggests first author should be guarantor for a paper’s accuracy
Research examined 80 misconduct investigations by US Office of Research Integrity
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News
US university agrees $112.5 million settlement in misconduct lawsuit
Alleged falsification of data has already led to 17 retractions
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News
Forensic chemist’s sacking raises questions about US drug convictions
Firing of North Carolina police chemist prompts review of criminal drug cases from the past three-and-a-half years
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News
Survey reveals most researchers in China publish to get promoted
‘Publish or perish’ culture also blamed for recent research misconduct scandals
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News
Final cost of forensic chemist’s misconduct still being counted
Massachusetts’ highest court has dismissed thousands more criminal drug cases because of the actions of Sonja Farak
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News
Embattled director of US research integrity office heads to NIH
Head of Office of Research Integrity won’t return after temporary reassignment and is set to become NIH’s integrity officer
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Business
Cleaning up clinical trials
Campaigns to enforce complete and correct reporting of trial data are beginning to take hold
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News
Efforts to root out sexual harassment in science gain momentum
Two US funders and a scientific society announce plans to terminate funding and expel researchers found guilty of sexual misconduct
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News
35,000 papers in the biomedical literature might need retracting
Analysis of sample of journals suggests 0.4% of papers may have problematic images
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News
Bizarre chemical structure sinks paper five years later
In a detective story of a retraction, an antimicrobial compound’s eyebrow-raising structure led to allegations of image manipulation
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