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In research, sometimes things go wrong. The reasons are diverse and not always easy to identify. Here you will find a selection of research ethics and research integrity cases, to learn from mistakes and foster debate around them.

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"A Little Thing Like Plagiarism"
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"Hot" Gifts
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"Why should I acknowledge writing assistance if I have paid for it?" A case study
Kakoli Majumder(17-11-2015)
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'Climate Skeptic' Journal Shuttered Following 'Malpractice' in 'Nepotistic' Reviewer Selections
(17-1-2014)
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'I am really sorry': Peer Reviewer Stole Text for Own Paper
Retraction Watch(14-3-2016)
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3 Ways to Blow the Whistle
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A 24-year-old sociology paper found to have plagiarised a 1975 article
P. N. G. Beard(2013)
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A Case Series in Publication Ethics: Copyright Violation
Researcher
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A Case Series in Publication Ethics: Data Fabrication
Junior Researcher, Senior Researcher
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A Case Series in Publication Ethics: Disputes in Authorship (1)
Junior Researcher
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A Case Series in Publication Ethics: Disputes in Authorship (2)
Senior Researcher
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A Case Series in Publication Ethics: Editorial Misconduct
Researcher, Editor
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A Case Series in Publication Ethics: Multiple Submissions (1)
Researcher
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A Case Series in Publication Ethics: Multiple Submissions (2)
Researcher
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A Case Series in Publication Ethics: Redundant Publication
Researcher
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A Case Study about Anonymization and Secondary Use of Qualitative Data
(2005)
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A Famous Honesty Researcher Is Retracting A Study Over Fake Data
Dan Ariely(2021)
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A Japanese developmental biology center, scientific misconduct and suicide
(2014)
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A Letter of Resignation
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A Medical Ghostwriter’s Personal View
(2000)
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A Reflection on Fraud and Misconduct in Biomedical Research
Senior Researcher(1998)
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A Review of the Impact of the TeGenero Trial on the Design, Conduct, and Ethics of FIM Trials
(2006)
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A University of Liverpool investigation determined that a former researcher there fabricated his data
(2017)
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A bullshit excuse? My lab notebook “was blown into a manure pit”
Craig Frear(5/1/2016)
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Academic Affiliation and Research in a Personal Capacity
VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands Board on Research Integrity, LOWI(2018)
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Academic and research misconduct in the PhD: Issues for students and supervisors
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Accuracy of Credentials and Competence in Public Communications
American Sociological Association
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Age-Old Conflicts
U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, Office of Research Integrity
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Agriculture researcher up to 15 retractions for fake peer review
Christos Damalas(9/4/2020)
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An author realized a paper had plagiarized his thesis. It took the journal four years to retract it.
Meifeng Dai(2015)
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An issue with insufficient data in the survey-resulting in a non-representative sample
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Anonymity Declined
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Anonymity Revisited
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Artificial tracheas and severe research misconduct
Royal Swedisch Academy of Sciences, Karolinska Institute(2010-2017)
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Attempting to Assure Accuracy
American Sociological Association
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Author Misconduct: Not Just the Editors' Responsibility
(2003-2004)
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Author accused of stealing research and publishing under their name
(2016)
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Author misconduct: Not just the editors' responsibility
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Authors couldn’t find a patient to give consent for case report. Then the patient found the report.
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Authorship and Intellectual Property
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BT Cotton Hoax in a University in India
(2011)
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Backstage Maneuvers
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Baltimore Case - In Brief
(1986 - 1991)
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Banked Samples and HD Testing
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Bias in Historical Description, Interpretation, and Explanation
C Behan Mccullagh(2000)
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Bias in hiring
fictional(fictional)
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Bioethicists Call for Investigation Into Nutritional Experiments on Aboriginal People
(1942)
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Biologist Spared Jail For Grant Fraud
(1997)
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Bothered and Bewildered But not Bewitched
(2008)
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COPE Cases
COPE
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Can a scientific paper be published anonymously?
(1997)
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Canaries in the Mines: Children, Risk, Non-Therapeutic Research, and Justice
(1990)
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Carlo Croce: data falsification and other scientific misconduct
(2013)
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Case Studies For Small Group Discussion
Memorial Sloan Kettering, The Rockefeller University, Weill Cornell Medicine(2018)
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Case Study Collection
Illinois Institute of Technology
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Case Study Videos
West Virginia University, CITI
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Case Study: Beginning a Collaboration
Office of Research Integrity
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Case report: incidental finding of a giant cardiac mass
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Case-based ethics instruction: the influence of contextual and individual factors in case content on ethical decision-making
(2013)
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Changing a grant proposal to meet the reviewers requests
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Chemistry professor faces criminal charges after researcher's death
Patrick Harran, Sheharbano Sangji(2011)
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Child protection and confidentiality: Surveying children’s experiences of violence, abuse and neglect
(2020)
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Climategate' scientist speaks out
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Clinical Trials and Drug Promotion: Selective Reporting of Study 329
Jon Jureidini, Leemon McHenry, Peter R Mansfield(2008)
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Co-Authorship Conflicts
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Collaboration dispute
fictional(fictional)
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Columbia grad student faked data in study of socioeconomics and life experiences, says retraction notice
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Confidentiality
fictional(fictional)
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Conflicts of Interest in Research on Antipsychotic Treatment
(2009)
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Conflicts with Community Leaders
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Confronting Research Misconduct in Citizen Science
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Continuing Research and Protecting Confidentiality
American Sociological Association
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Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine
Council of Europe(1997)
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Copy and paste: A slow university investigation into serious accusations of misconduct benefits no one
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Court Denies Appeal of HIV Fraudster’s 57-month Prison Sentence
Retraction Watch(13-1-2016)
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Credit for work
fictional(fictional)
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Criminologist to have four papers retracted following months of scrutiny
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Criticism Swirls Around High-Profile History Book about North Korea
Retraction Watch(13-10-2016)
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Croatia's science minister rejects calls to resign amid plagiarism scandal
Pavo Barišić(2008, 2016)
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Cultural differences and communication in the lab
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Data Handling and Record Keeping
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Data Sharing
American Sociological Association
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Data Sharing and Potential Future Uses
American Sociological Association
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Data Sharing in Ongoing Projects
American Sociological Association
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Data Sharing, Informed Consent and Confidentiality
American Sociological Association
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Data acquisition
fictional(fictional)
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Data anonymity
(2016)
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Data fabrication in a rejected manuscript
COPE(2018)
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Data manipulation and institute’s internal review
(2017)
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Deception by Research Participants
(2013)
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Definition of plagiarism: Phrasing
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Developing an ethical and reflexive mindset in emerging childhood researchers.
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Digital Trespass: Ethical and Terms-of-Use Violations by Researchers Accessing Data From an Online Patient Community
(2019)
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Disclosing Conflicts of Interest in Scientific Advice
VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands Board on Research Integrity, LOWI(2018)
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Disclosing Research Findings
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Disclosure of Sources of Grant Funds
American Sociological Association
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Discovery of Error in One's Own Work
American Sociological Association
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Dispute Over Primary Authorship
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Divorce study felled by a coding error gets a second chance
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Dual submissions
fictional(fictional)
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Dubious Peer Reviews Lead to 10 Retractions
Retraction Watch, Sage, Advances in Mechanical Engineering(2018)
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Duplicate publication uprooted from plant journal
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Dutch psychology fraudster avoids trial
Diederik Stapel
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Duty to Report Ethical Violations of Others
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ENRIO Collection
ENRIO
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Eager Researcher Signs Away Intellectual Rights Despite University Refusal
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Eforcement Agencies and the Protection of Human Subjects
American Sociological Association
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Environmental journal pulls two papers for “compromised” peer review
(21/3/2016)
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Errata
fictional(fictional)
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Ethical Dilemmas and Moral Responsibilities
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Ethical Issues in Developing Pharmacogenetic Research Partnerships With American Indigenous Communities
(2004)
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Ethics Approval, Quarantees of Quality and the Meddlesome Editor
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Ethics and children's rights: learning from past mistakes
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Ethics unwrapped collection
McComb School of Business
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Ethics, Human Rights and HIV Vaccine Trials in Low-Income Settings
(2012)
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Everything We Know About Facebook's Secret Mood Manipulation Experiment. It was probably legal. But was it ethical?
Facebook(2012)
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FDA Inspections Revealing Research Misconduct Hidden from Public View
(27/04/2020)
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Fabrication and falsification
fictional(fictional)
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Facebook Manipulated 689,003 Users' Emotions For Science
Facebook(2012)
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Failed Patenting Negotiations in Collaborative Research
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Fake science: Who's to blame when the media gets research wrong?
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False results, premature infants and the CNEP trial
(2000 - 2006)
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False, Fabricated or Misleading Data
American Sociological Association
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Faulty Drug Trials Tarnish Japan's Clinical Research
(2014)
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Favoritism in the Editing Room
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Final Findings of Scientific Misconduct
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First Insubria International School in Methodology, Ethics and Integrity in Biomedical Science
Insubria University(2014)
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Five cases considered and concluded by the UK's General Medical Council
(2003-2009)
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Five vignettes in speech and language research
(2003)
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Forbidden Knowledge
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Former Columbia University Graduate Student Engaged in 21 Instances of Research Misconduct
Bengu Sezen, Columbia University(2006)
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Former Hwang colleague faked monkey data
Jong Hyuk Park(2004)
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Fourth retraction for neuroscientist sentenced for fraud
Bruce Murdoch(2016)
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Fraud and dishonesty in "scientific" publication
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Fraud in Fluid Resuscitation Research
(2009)
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Fraud, errors and gamesmanship in experimental toxicology: Extasy
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Fraud, errors and gamesmanship in experimental toxicology: GM potatoes
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Frauds and misconduct in scientific research: a harsh lesson from the pandemic
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Fraudulent algorithm: A pain too deep for adequate analgesia
Scott S. Reuben(1995)
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French plant biologist cleared of misconduct in new inquiry
Olivier Voinnet(2018)
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Fresh Misconduct Charges Hit Dutch Social Psychology
Jens Förster(2014)
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From Case Management to Prevention of Scientific Dishonesty in Denmark
(1992, 1994)
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Geology Paper Has a Rocky Road is Now Retracted
Retraction Watch(30-9-2019)
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German Council of Science and Humanities' Recommendations for Evaluating and Controlling Research Performance
German Council of Science and Humanities(2011)
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Giving Proper Credit
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Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor Settings
TRUST(2018)
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Gluten-free turkeys? Paper on dangers of wheat-based diet in birds retracted
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Good Practice and Reporting Cases in Austria
Österreichischen Agentur für wissenschaftliche Integrität, Austrian Commission for Research Integrity(2017)
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Good Practice and Reporting Cases in Finland
Finnish National Board on Research Integrity, TENK(2017)
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Good Practice and Reporting Cases in Switzerland
Swiss National Science Foundation, Commission on Scientific Integrity and Plagiarism Control Group, SNSF Commission on Research Integrity(2017)
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Government Sanctions Harvard Psychologist
Marc Hauser(2011)
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Greek Cypriot students’ ideas of historical empathy: a case study exploration of 9 -12 years old students’ ideas about practices in the past
Lukas Perikleous(2010)
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Growing Plagiarism Scandal in Iran
Ali Kaynejad, Esmaeil Fatehifar, Hamid Behbahani, Kamran Daneshjou, Majid Shahravi, Hassan Ziari, Mohammed Khabiri, Shams Noubakhat, Mohammad Ali Kaynejad, Ali Reza Ali-Ahmadi, Babak Amiri(2008)
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Guest Authorship, Mortality Reporting, and Integrity in Rofecoxib Studies
(2008)
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Guest Post — Unethical Practices in Research and Publishing: Evidence from Russia
(Russia)
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Handling of Scientific Dishonesty in the Nordic Countries: Early stages in the 1990's
Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty, Finnish National Board on Research Integrity(1992-1999)
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Handling of Sexual Harassment Case Poses Larger Questions at Yale
(2-11-2014, 2014)
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Handling self-admissions of fraud
(2015)
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Harms and benefits - International research ethics and cultural values
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Harms and benefits - International research ethics and cultural values
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Harvard Scientists Disciplined for Not Declaring Ties to Drug Companies
(4-7-2011)
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Hazardous materials
fictional(fictional)
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Head of research integrity initiative in China alleged of reseach misconduct
(2019)
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Herbicide Resistant Rice
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Hidden for a century, 'fake' is actually a Van Gogh
(2013)
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Hiding A Suspect
Anthropologists
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Hiding A Suspect
Anthropologists
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History, Ethics and the Presidential Commission on Research in Guatemala
(1946)
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Honest refereeing
fictional(fictional)
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How Earnest Research Into Gay Genetics Went Wrong
(2017)
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How I Was Nearly Duped into 'Authoring' a Fake Paper
(2015)
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Human Research Violations By  Eye Doctor Showcase A National  Problem
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Image Search Triggers Italian Police Probe
(1985, 2008)
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Image manipulation as a general practice
(2014)
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Immediacy of fieldwork in participatory research with children in precarious contexts
(2020)
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Implications of a Single Highly Cited Article on a Journal and Its Citation Indexes
FOLIA PHONIATRICA ET LOGOPAEDICA(2001)
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In the matter of J Hendrik Schön
(01/11/2002)
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Inconsistent Findings Between Trainee and Researcher
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Industry involvement in scientific studies on SSRI's
Pfizer, University of Toronto(1990)
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Inexperienced researcher gives too much caffeine to subjects
(2017)
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Informal Surveys for Policy and Planning that "Trigger" Research Projects
American Sociological Association
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Informed Consent with Pre-Testing Convenience Samples
American Sociological Association
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Innovation under pressure: Implications for data privacy during the Covid-19 pandemic
Gemma Newlands, Christoph Lutz, Aurelia Tamò-Larrieux, Eduard Fosch Villaronga, Rehana Harasgama, Gil Scheitlin(2020)
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Institution alleges that paper includes fabricated data
(2016)
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Institutional Pathology and the Death of a Mentally Ill Young Man
(2003 - 2015)
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Integrity Factor Glossary
UMCG, MCL
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Intellectual Rights Involving Multiple Institutions
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Intellectual property
fictional(fictional)
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Intellectual property and power imbalance
fictional(fictional)
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Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Failures Lessons Learned from Cautionary Tales
Dena Fam, Michael O'Rourke(2021)
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Interviewing young people on sensitive topics: An iterative approach
(2021)
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Investigation ends in 6th retraction for Voinnet
(05/10/2015)
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Is the famous emeritus professor self-plagiarising?
Reginald Smith(2004)
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Itinerant legal scholar who claimed Tufts affiliation up to 10 retractions
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It’s Still Plagiarism
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It’s Time to Get Serious About Research Fraud
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Jailed for Faking Data
(2013)
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Japan fails to settle university dispute
Akihisa Inoue(2012)
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Jesse's Intent
(1998 - 1999)
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Journal calls 2012 paper “deeply offensive to particular minorities”
Philippe Rushton, Donald Templer(29/6/2020)
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Journalist who fabricated his reports
Stephen Glass(2016)
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Kairos – A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy
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Lapses in Oversight Compromise Omics Results
(2006)
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Legal Liabilities in Research: Early lessons From North America
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Legal Requests/Requirements for Confidential Data From Research Field Notes
American Sociological Association
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Legal Requests/Requirements for Confidential Data From Research Field Notes
American Sociological Association
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Limitations are not properly acknowledged in the scientific literature
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Linking Data Sets
American Sociological Association
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Long Distance Collaboration
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Long distance collaboration
fictional(fictional)
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Macchiarini may be dismissed from Karolinska; dean of research resigns
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Mad Scientist: The Unique Case of a Published Delusion
Jay Traver(1951)
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Maintaining Competence
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Major indexing service rejects appeals by two suppressed journals
(28/8/20)
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Make research misconduct involving agri inputs a criminal fraud: CCFI
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Materials scientist up to nine retractions
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Mea Culpa: Scientific Misconduct - perspective of a research ethics board chair
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Mentoring: disabilities
fictional(fictional)
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Mentoring: expectations
fictional(fictional)
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Mentoring: failure
fictional(fictional)
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Mentoring: lack of interest
fictional(fictional)
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Mentoring: minorities
fictional(fictional)
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Mentoring: time constraints
fictional(fictional)
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Misconduct Ruling is Silent on Intent
(2002, 2010)
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Misconduct oversight at the DOE: Investigation closed
Pennycook(2011)
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Misconduct: the stars who fell to earth
Schön Jan Hendrik(2002)
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Misconduct? It's all academic
Rusi Taleyarkhan(2006)
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Misrepresenting the characteristics of research participants in psychiatric studies
(31-12-2019)
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Mistaken Claim of Authorship
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Misuse of grant money for personal purposes
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Multiple submission
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NTU (Nanyang Technological University) Research Integrity Policy
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NTU (Nanyang Technological University) Responding to Allegations/Complaints of Research Misconduct
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Nagoya Protocol
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Navigating disability identity and language in research involving children and young people.
(2021)
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Negotiating confidentiality, privacy and consent in focus groups with children and young people.
(2020)
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Neurogenetics study was unethical says NNI report
Simon Shorvon
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New claim to authorship of published paper
(2011)
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Nutrition researcher selling supplements
Marty Hinz(2020)
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ORI comes down (hard) on Bengu Sezen, Columbia chemist accused of fraud
Bengu Sezen(01/12/2010)
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Objectivity and Incentives
American Sociological Association
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Obstructive sleep apnoea
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Official notice published for chem paper slated for retraction in 2011
Claudio Airoldi(11/11/2016)
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On Goffman: Ethnography and the Ethics of Care
Alice Goffman(28/6/2015)
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One PhD student, a retraction, and an unconvincing rebuttal
(1-6-2015, 2015)
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One in six of the papers you cite in a review has been retracted. What do you do?
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Online Posts Damage a Researcher's Reputation
Finnish National Board on Research Integrity, TENK(2017)
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Organised Crime Against the Academic Peer Review System
(2016)
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Ousted: Rule-Breaking Lundbeck CEO and Novartis Scientist Get the Boot
(2014, 2000 - 2006)
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Outsourcing animal experimentation
Nikos Logothetis(2020)
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