Research integrity report calls for change to flawed system

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A US National Academies panel has proposed measures to help curb scientific misconduct

The US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has released a report on how to improve research integrity, which has been some four years in the making. It says scientific misconduct should be ‘reframed’ as a problem of scientists operating within a flawed system, rather than a problem of rogue researchers working in isolation.