Misconduct Is the Main Cause of Life-Sciences Retractions. Corbyn, Z. 490(7418):21.
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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. [...]
@article{corbynMisconductMainCause2012,
  title = {Misconduct Is the Main Cause of Life-Sciences Retractions},
  author = {Corbyn, Zoë},
  date = {2012-10},
  journaltitle = {Nature},
  volume = {490},
  pages = {21},
  issn = {0028-0836},
  doi = {10.1038/490021a},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/490021a},
  abstract = {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. [...]},
  keywords = {*imported-from-citeulike-INRMM,~INRMM-MiD:c-11382707,life-science,retraction,science-ethics,scientific-misconduct},
  number = {7418}
}

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