Misconduct Is the Main Cause of Life-Sciences Retractions. Corbyn, Z. 490(7418):21.
Paper doi abstract bibtex Conventional wisdom says that most retractions of papers in scientific journals are triggered by unintentional errors. Not so, according to one of the largest-ever studies of retractions. A survey1 published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found that two-thirds of retracted life-sciences papers were stricken from the scientific record because of misconduct such as fraud or suspected fraud – and that journals sometimes soft-pedal the reason. [...]
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title = {Misconduct Is the Main Cause of Life-Sciences Retractions},
author = {Corbyn, Zoë},
date = {2012-10},
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