Fraud In Published Scientific Papers Rises Dramatically

Fraud, suspected fraud, plagiarism and duplicate publications are the main reasons why scientific papers are retracted today, researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine reported in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) today. Misconduct occurs at ten times the rate it used to in 1975 among scientific papers - scientific papers refers to articles that are published in academic journals. Two thirds of all retractions today are due to misconduct. Senior author Arturo Casadevall, M.D., Ph.D... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..