office of research integrity

Scientific publishers get involved in a scandal at Temple University that has so far produced one retraction for image manipulation, a university-led investigation, and a lawsuit by one of the researchers involved.

A quintet of research papers, all involving subjecting newborn piglets to brain damage, have been retracted because the data can’t be substantiated.

A whistleblower claims his former supervisor committed fraud when applying for government funds.

Kathy Partin, whose staff had expressed concerns about changes she instituted, was reportedly asked to leave.

Warning signs that scandal might be brewing in your lab
 

A cancer researcher found guilty of misconduct has reached a settlement with the ORI that allows him to apply for federal research funding.

A former University of Washington researcher did commit misconduct 10 years ago, according to the Office of Research Integrity.

A biomedical researcher whose Nature paper was called into question was found dead in his lab.
 

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

Federal investigators find ex-Harvard professor Marc Hauser guilty of misconduct, 2 years after his colleagues did.

A cancer researcher charged with scientific misconduct in 2011 may have the right to present his defense—a rare occurrence under current regulations.

You put your name into Google, and the first entry is about a transgression from 20 years ago, the penalty for which only lasted three years. Now you can't get a job.