The author of a whistleblower blog has revealed his identity after the site was suspended due to legal threats from accused scientists.
The author of a whistleblower blog has revealed his identity after the site was suspended due to legal threats from accused scientists.
Two biomedical researchers have been found guilty of falsifying data.
This year’s roundup of bad behavior in the life sciences and new initiatives to prevent misconduct
An exhaustive report about research fraud committed by social psychologist Diederik Stapel paints a picture of a field beset by sloppy practices and low standards.
Contrary to previous studies, a new publication finds that most retractions from scholarly literature are not due to misconduct.
The researcher who falsely claimed to treat human patients with their own stem cells is dismissed, but insists that he did perform the procedure on one patient.
An analysis of retractions dating back to 1977 shows that most papers are retracted due to misconduct.