Handling of scientific dishonesty in the Nordic countries

What is this about?

Scientific dishonesty in medical research has received increased attention over recent years. A survey among 274 medical scientists in Norway showed that 22% knew about cases of serious misconduct, and 3% were aware of falsification or fabrication of data. 9% of the respondents had themselves contributed to one or more incidents of misconduct^[1].

Why is this important?

Despite a widely recognised need, most countries still have no coherent system to deal with scientific misconduct Committees have been established by the national medical research councils in Denmark (1992), Norway (1994), and Sweden (1997), and by the Ministry of Education in Finland (1994), to deal with scientific misconduct—ie, to initiate preventive measures, to investigate alleged cases, or both^[2].

For whom is this important?

researchersresearch leaders

Other information

Where

Virtues & Values

Honesty

Good Practices & Misconduct

Research Area

Clinical Medicine

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