Understanding Research Misconduct: A Comparative Analysis of 120 Cases of Professional Wrongdoing

Accountability in Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 320-338

  DuBois, James M ^a   Anderson, Emily E ^b   Chibnall, John ^a   Carroll, Kelly ^c   Gibb, Tyler ^c   Ogbuka, Chiji ^c   Rubbelke, Timothy ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fabrication; falsification; historiometry; plagiarism; professional misbehavior; research misconduct

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

POLICY MAKING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884344539     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2013.822248     Document Type: Article

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