The Karolinska Institute’s latest decision includes a guilty verdict for one of the whistleblowers who contributed to the investigation.

New allegations of fraud committed under the watch of geneticist David Latchman were made last year.

Ching-Shih Chen’s research involved anticancer therapeutics that were being tested in clinical trials.

Eight papers by Suchitra Sumitran-Holgersson, a tissue engineer at the University of Gothenburg, have been flagged for image manipulation.

The scientist was a member of a stem cell research team led by Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka. 

Anne Peyroche has been acting president of the French science organization since last October.

Ashutosh Tiwari, who falsely claimed to be affiliated with Linköping University, is also under investigation for alleged scientific misconduct and fraud.

This year’s controversial news included unethical behavior among politicians, a murder, and multiple accusations of gender discrimination and sexual harassment, in addition to the usual spate of research misconduct.

Investigations into cases of wrongdoing by professors are increasingly in the public eye. But are colleges and universities doing enough to deal with the problem?