Perpetuation of Retracted Publications Using the Example of the Scott S. Reuben Case: Incidences, Reasons and Possible Improvements

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1063-1072

  Bornemann Cimenti, Helmar ^a   Szilagyi, Istvan S ^a   Sandner Kiesling, Andreas ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ethics research; Retraction of publication; Scientific misconduct; Scott S. Reuben

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HUMAN; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT;

EID: 84936805720     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 14715546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-015-9680-y     Document Type: Article

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