Scientific misconduct: Tip of an iceberg or the elephant in the room?

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1364-1367

  Luther, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

digital forensics; fraud; image data manipulation; scientific misconduct

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECEPTION; DENTISTRY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; FRAUD; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECEPTION; DENTISTRY; EDITORIAL POLICIES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FORENSIC SCIENCES; FRAUD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PUBLISHING; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SOFTWARE;

EID: 78650120258     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: 15440591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022034510384627     Document Type: Article

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