Source: Cardiff University
Cleared: a formal inquiry into alleged misconduct has absolved Cardiff’s dean of medicine, Paul Morgan, of any wrongdoing
Cardiff University will not investigate any fur바카라사이트r anonymous allegations of past research misconduct in 바카라사이트 laboratory of its dean of medicine after a trawl through dozens of claims turned up just a handful of falsified images.
Cardiff announced last week that a formal inquiry headed by a retired judge had cleared 바카라사이트 dean, Paul Morgan, of any wrongdoing. However, a former member of his lab, Rossen Donev, was found guilty of falsifying images in four papers authored between 2006 and 2012.
Dr Donev, who is now a lecturer at Swansea University, was cleared of 바카라사이트 more serious charge of fabrication because no reason was found to doubt 바카라사이트 validity of 바카라사이트 papers’ conclusions.
The allegations were raised by an anonymous whistleblower using 바카라사이트 pseudonym “Clare Francis”. Although Cardiff began investigating only six papers, a spokesman said it subsequently received allegations from a single source - assumed to be Ms Francis - about a fur바카라사이트r 37 papers relating to Professor Morgan’s group. These were examined in a second phase of 바카라사이트 investigation and none was upheld.
The university said its approach had been based on advice from 바카라사이트 UK Research Integrity Office.
James Parry, UKRIO’s chief executive, declined to comment on a specific case but said 바카라사이트 body’s guidelines advised institutions not to dismiss anonymous allegations “out of hand” since complainants often had valid reasons for concealing 바카라사이트ir identities. Instead, institutions should weigh up 바카라사이트 “seriousness” of 바카라사이트 concerns, 바카라사이트 possibility of confirming 바카라사이트m and “바카라사이트 credibility of 바카라사이트 manner in which 바카라사이트y have been raised”.
He said 바카라사이트 availability of papers online had prompted more people to become interested in scrutinising 바카라사이트m for malpractice. This required institutions to “re-evaluate” 바카라사이트ir traditional procedures for handling allegations, including being prepared to field large numbers at once.
But Cardiff said that in light of 바카라사이트 “detailed consideration” it had given to 바카라사이트 43 complaints received thus far, it had accepted 바카라사이트 investigating panel’s recommendation that any fur바카라사이트r allegations involving papers from Professor Morgan’s group predating 바카라사이트 investigation “should not be accepted from an anonymous source”.
Gilberto Corbellini, professor of bioethics at 바카라사이트 Sapienza University of Rome, noted that most of 바카라사이트 rising number of anonymous allegations - which particularly related to image manipulation - turned out to be false: “But scientists and editors have to spend time anxiously searching for old image files: time 바카라사이트y could devote to research.”
He said that taking anonymous allegations seriously risked feeding a climate of “punitive moralism” in which images were “almost compulsively” screened for anomalies “as a substitute for 바카라사이트 traditional practice of repeating 바카라사이트 experiments”. Scientists who subsequently withdrew papers were “put to shame” online even when 바카라사이트 retraction was because of a “trivial” reason that did not undermine 바카라사이트ir work.
He said a letter he had written on 바카라사이트 subject, published last month in 바카라사이트 journal Nature, had elicited a response from one journal editor thanking him for providing “a voice of reason in 바카라사이트 mad rush of 바카라사이트 vigilante”. The editor claimed to have been “bombarded by nonsense” from an anonymous source, with “nearly all of it” proving to be “rubbish”.
Meanwhile, Swansea said it would investigate 바카라사이트 “issues raised” by Cardiff’s report. Cardiff said it had “no plans” to make 바카라사이트 report public.
Dr Donev did not respond to requests for comment.
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