Are men more likely than women to commit scientific misconduct? Maybe, maybe not

mBio

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Kaatz, Anna ^a   Vogelman, Paul N ^d   Carnes, Molly ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; CRIME; FRAUD; FUNDING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NOTE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SCIENTIST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; STEREOTYPY; FEMALE; MALE; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

EID: 84880050123     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00156-13     Document Type: Note

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