Fabrication and falsification
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Fabrication and falsification
What is this about?
Two graduate students co-author an article. After submission, they receive a response from a referee with critical but valid comments on one section. One of the graduate students takes the lead in the revision. The other student recognizes that in the new version, the other student has changed some data, writing to the referee that they were mistakes.
The graduate student is suspicious because there is no good explanation for the change of data. In addition, she knows the revising student is desperate to publish in a good journal before she starts her job search next year.
However there is no concrete evidence of misconduct.
