Research Misconduct in the Croatian Scientific Community: A Survey Assessing the Forms and Characteristics of Research Misconduct

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 165-181

  Pupovac, Vanja ^a   Prijić Samaržija, Snježana ^b   Petrovečki, Mladen ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b Filozofskog fakulteta u Rijeci   (Croatia)

^c University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Institutional policies and procedures; Questionable research practices; Research integrity; Research misconduct

Indexed keywords

CROATIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CROATIA; ETHICS, RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84960123652     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 14715546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-016-9767-0     Document Type: Article

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