Publication misconduct and plagiarism retractions: A systematic, retrospective study

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1575-1583

  Stretton, Serina ^a   Bramich, Narelle J ^a   Keys, Janelle R ^a   Monk, Julie A ^a   Ely, Julie A ^a   Haley, Cassandra ^a   Woolley, Mark J ^a   Woolley, Karen L ^a,b,c  

^a ProScribe Medical Communications   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fabrication; Falsification; Plagiarism; Retraction of publication as topic; Scientific misconduct

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CASE STUDY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHICS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDLINE; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PLAGIARISM; RETRACTION OF PUBLICATION AS TOPIC; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

EID: 84867860204     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007995.2012.728131     Document Type: Article

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