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Whistleblowers in science – when reporting scientific misconduct
Whistleblowers in science have nothing to do with whistles, the term was coined because a whistleblowing would get someone’s attention and “whistleblowers” also get someone’s attention. Unfortunately it would seem that science is not above reproach when it comes to…
Malicious peer review – Using sham peer reviews to punish other scientists
Sham peer review, is at epidemic proportions in the United States. Peer reviews are meant to be helping tools, used to help a doctor better perform his duties. Instead peer reviews have been used as punishment tools, hence the term…
What is academic plagiarism?
In the academic world, academic plagiarism is the act of using someone’s work and presenting it as your ones own. Plagiarism can either be deliberate or accidental. Sometimes merely leaving out a footnote in a research paper could amount to…
Competition in science – Ramifications of academic rivalry
Science can be a really nasty business. Competition in science is a necessity; it promotes a drive within the scientific community to excel. Unfortunately as with any open competition it also promotes some not so favorable traits as well. All…
Research grant funding and the problems associated with it
Research grant funding is a must to keep a scientific project advancing. It costs money for materials and equipment in addition to personnel to undertake a research project. Where does funding come from? The common belief is that research grant…
Scientific falsification -falsifying evidence in a research
Scientific falsification has been around in the scientific community since the inception of the idea of scientific experimentation. This article is about the falsified evidence. For the act of disproving a proposition, hypothesis, or theory, scientific falsifiability (the inherent testability…
Subliminal messages – a form of scientific fraud and falsification
James Vicary claimed to have introduced subliminal messages with big advertisement effects in 1957 when he conducted an experiment with very quickly flashing messages in the movies of a cinema in New Jersey. The messages projected phrases like “Drink Coca…
Science fraud – Dishonesty and forgery in research
As scientists, we like to think that science is a bastion of virtue, untouched by science fraud. The perception is that, other than junk science, science should be beyond reproach, unsullied by lies and propaganda. Results should always be regarded…
Scientific misconduct as an ethical violation in research
Scientific misconduct is defined as “the violation of the standard codes of scholarly conduct and ethical behavior in professional scientific research“. To determine scientific misconduct the code of scholarly conduct would have to be defined. The code of scholarly conduct…