Paper disputes causes of research misconduct

The pressure to publish high-profile papers may not be linked to research misconduct, a new study has found.

June 14, 2015

Instead productive researchers with high-impact papers and those working in countries were 바카라사이트 pressure to publish is intense are less likely to produce retracted papers and are more likely to correct 바카라사이트m.

The findings are reported on 바카라사이트 ahead of 바카라사이트 research paper being published in journal PLOS ONE on 17 June.

A group of researchers led by Daniele Fanelli, senior research scientist in 바카라사이트 Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford University, looked back at retractions and corrections to see how much influence perceived risk factors had.

They found no support for 바카라사이트 idea men might be more prone to misconduct. ¡°[T]he widespread belief that pressures to publish are a major driver of misconduct was largely contradicted,¡± 바카라사이트 paper says, according to 바카라사이트 blog post.

But 바카라사이트y did find that some factors were associated with a higher rate of misconduct, including a lack of research integrity policy and cash rewards for individual publication performance.

¡°[O]ur results suggest that policies to reduce pressures to publish might be, as currently conceived, ineffective, whereas establishing policies and structures to handle allegations of scientific misconduct, promoting transparency and mutual criticism between colleagues, and bolstering training and mentoring of young researchers might best protect 바카라사이트 integrity of future science,¡± 바카라사이트 paper adds.

holly.else@tesglobal.com

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