Monday, September 16, 2013

Falsification, Fabrication, and Plagiarism: The Unholy Trinity of Scientific Writing

Falsification, Fabrication, and Plagiarism: The Unholy Trinity of Scientific Writing
International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics

One of the greatest, and sadly all too common, challenges facing a contemporary medical journal editor is the adjudication of ethical integrity issues. I had originally presumed that this would be just an occasional role, but it transpires that these problems are quite widespread, ranging from unconscious and unwitting naiveté to the conscious and willful betrayal of scientific trust.

Original Article: http://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(13)02813-7/abstract?rss=yes

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