Journals: | do not do enough to publicise, criticise, and punish cases | 68* | 72 |
| do not do enough to identify cases during peer review | 49 | 66 |
| do not publish a clear definition | 34 | 42 |
| do not think the issue is serious | 6 | 13 |
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Authors: | feel pressure to amass publications | 75 | 94 |
| do not understand how cases distort the aggregation of data (for example, in systematic reviews or meta-analyses) | 58 | 70 |
| want to disseminate their research as widely as possible | 54 | 69 |
| do not think the issue is serious | 51 | 53 |
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Academic leaders: | do not publicly condemn the practice | 48 | 69 |
| do not think the issue is serious | 25 | 38* |