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Retractions in the scientific literature: is the incidence of research fraud increasing?
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- Published on: 19 June 2015
- Published on: 19 June 2015Research fraud thrives in today's competitive science endeavourShow More
It does us all well to recognize that despite only a minority of scientists engaging in dishonest means to achieve academic gains, their disrepute will unfortunately taint the hard work of the honest majority. The greater harm will be loss of faith in publicly funded research and the waste of resources on non-credible work. Provided one evades detection, contemporary academia's unbridled publish or perish imperative breed...
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