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Questions tagged [research-misconduct]

On suspected or actual distortion of the research and/or research publication process through dishonest or otherwise unethical behavior. Includes (but is not limited to) issues such as fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, violation of ethical standards related to human subjects research, and theft of intellectual property.

Research misconduct is the violation of the standard codes of scholarly conduct and ethical behavior in professional research.

The consequences of scientific misconduct can be damaging for both perpetrators and any individual who exposes it. There are also public health implications attached to the promotion of medical or other interventions based on dubious research findings.

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Can intentionally omitting related work (citations) be considered as misconduct?

I've seen a recent journal paper that presents a solution to a problem, and it in the introduction it has a statement that the problem has not been solved yet. That wouldn’t be very strange if I didn’t publish a paper with a solution a few years…
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Is it a scientific misconduct to change a variable or a function name when citing a math paper?

Is it a scientific misconduct to change a variable or a function name when citing a math paper? The standard name of a function is S, but the author called it E. I want to cite his work, while I use the standard S.
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What are the consequences to the researcher in cases of academic fraud?

The purpose of this question is to attempt to generate a concise but comprehensive answer to the question, what happens to the researcher after fraud is discovered? I'm familiar with some consequences: Listing on the NIH Office of Research…
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How do you determine whether a case study is fraudulent?

I had recently read an interesting anthropological case study composed of interviews of Iranians before and after the Iranian Revolution. But after reading the case study, I started wondering whether the interviews actually happened. The case study…
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Academic Appeal

On What grounds can I make an appeal for the substitution of my Academic Award certificate? My dissertation has been refused to be marked because of 5% similarity to another students work.
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Could undergraduate degree be revoked for minor noncompliance in human subjects research?

With the understanding that universities define "minor compliance" in various ways, I'm curious about whether an undergraduate degree could/ever would be revoked for the use of interview data gathered prior to receiving formal IRB exemption. In the…
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Is this a case of data manipulation? What should I do if this is the case?

I come across this recent paper "Discriminating Traces with Time", which proposed a program analysis technique based on machine learning, with application to security (side-channel attack). Some information: This paper was published in TACAS 2017,…
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How to deal with plagarism from a colleague at another institution?

I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas for how I can approach an ongoing situation. 4 years ago, when I was in the second year of my PhD I attended a conference and, in the normal course of things, I talked about my future dissertation plans with the…
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