scientific fraud

A former Iowa State University researcher faces up to 10 years in prison for faking data involving a study of an HIV vaccine.

September 2014's selection of notable quotes

A former postdoc in a prominent gene therapy lab is branded a fraud by the US government more than three years after having a slew of papers retracted from various journals.

One of the RIKEN scientists investigating allegations of misconduct tied to stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency work has resigned from the committee because of anonymous questions raised about his own research.

A university panel has detected irregularities in 43 papers by Shigeaki Kato.

A Chinese researcher working in Wisconsin who was accused of stealing an experimental cancer drug pleads guilty to a lesser charge.

Dmitry Kuznetsov, former chief editor of two science journals, denies any wrongdoing, but agrees to leave his posts after The Scientist reported on numerous accusations of misconduct.

A Russian researcher suspected of multiple counts of fakery is chief editor of two scientific publications.

An analysis of 244 retraction notices shows how journals handle mistakes and fraudulent behavior.

Disgraced stem-cell researcher Hisashi Moriguchi has published three new papers in BMJ Case Reports, including a rehashing of a retracted 2012 paper.

Fifty-three studies authored by shamed Tilburg University social psychologist Diederik Stapel have now been pulled from the literature.

A Chinese researcher in Wisconsin is accused of taking an experimental anti-cancer compound and research data to a university in China.
 

A young psychologist who studied the effects of motivation and reward on cognitive control is found to have falsified data in three published papers.
 

A paper describing a new method for imaging synapse formation has been retracted after it emerged that the first author falsified data to prove its effectiveness.

A Case Western Reserve University researcher is found guilty of altering the number of samples and results to inflate the statistical significance of his findings.

A University of Wisconsin neuroscientist is found guilty of falsifying Western blots as part of his stroke research, and has requested the retraction of two papers.

Male scientists commit research misconduct more often than their female peers, and senior researchers are more likely to engage in fraud than trainees.

A neurodegenerative disease researcher found guilty of fabricating results in funding applications has written an open letter of apology and clarification.

A new ethics course aims to rehabilitate scientists found guilty of misconduct so they can return to the field as productive researchers.
 

A researcher who studied neurodegenerative diseases made up results from experiments yet to take place in order to apply for more funds.