How journals uncover scientific fraud Learning outcomes: ➔ Scientific fraud as data fabrication and deliberate falsification ➔ The extent and harms of scientific fraud
➔ Techniques journals may use to uncover fraud: statistical analysis, mage checking, linguistic analysis, investigative journalism, peer review (pre- and post-publication), data sharing. ➔ Barriers to tackling fraud ➔ Principles of research integrity. How journals act on scientific misconduct Learning outcomes: ➔ How and why journals respond to suspected misconduct that relates to submitted and published articles ➔ The role of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ➔ The roles of authors’ institutions and research integrity organisations in investigating possible misconduct ➔ Reasons for, and impacts of, retractions in biomedical and health research ➔ How MEDLINE corrects the literature. About Research to Publication: Research to Publication is a research methodology programme for early career academics in healthcare research, brought to you by BMJ in collaboration with University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The programme is focused entirely on medical research; BMJ's research editors and UCSF's academics guide learners through the entire process from designing a study, to seeing it published in an international journal.
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