Self-correction in science at work: Improve incentives to support research integrity

Science

Volumn 348, Issue 6242, 2015, Pages 1420-1422

  Alberts, Bruce ^a   Cicerone, Ralph J ^b   Fienberg, Stephen E ^c   Kamb, Alexander ^d   McNutt, Marcia ^e   Nerem, Robert M ^f   Schekman, Randy ^g   Shiffrin, Richard ^h   Stodden, Victoria ⁱ   Suresh, Subra ^c   Zuber, Maria T ^j   Pope, Barbara Kline ^k   Jamieson, Kathleen Hall ^l,m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AMGEN INC   (United States)

^e AAAS   (United States)

^f GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^j MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; INCENTIVE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT SURVEY; ETHICS; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGY; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; WORK;

HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; WORK;

EID: 84933565981     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aab3847     Document Type: Short Survey

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