Linguistic traces of a scientific fraud: The case of diederik stapel

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Markowitz, David M ^a   Hancock, Jeffrey T ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Social Dynamics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; FRAUD; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; LINGUISTICS; NOMENCLATURE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; DECEPTION; ETHICS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DECEPTION; FRAUD; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; RESEARCH REPORT; SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; WRITING;

EID: 84940356982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105937     Document Type: Article

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