plagiarism

In the wake of allegations of research misconduct, the president of the Japanese research institute asks that all labs review their publications for evidence of manipulated images or plagiarism.

May 2014's selection of notable quotes

An investigating committee at Japan’s RIKEN research center finds evidence of falsification and fabrication in two recent Nature papers that touted a new way to induce pluripotency.

Jane Goodall’s latest book was revised to eliminate plagiarism, which she blames on chaotic note-taking.  

Anonymous tipsters who allege scientific misconduct can make journal editors squeamish. But should a whistleblower's identity matter?

A Case Western dermatologist has admitted to plagiarizing a grant she reviewed, plus taking text from eight research papers and a patent application.

An analysis of 244 retraction notices shows how journals handle mistakes and fraudulent behavior.

Anti-plagiarism service iThenticate breached ethical boundaries in its design and interpretation of a survey of the top ethical concerns among scientific journal editors.

Disgraced stem-cell researcher Hisashi Moriguchi has published three new papers in BMJ Case Reports, including a rehashing of a retracted 2012 paper.

Publishers need to be proactive about detecting and deterring copied text.

Journals plagiarizing journals; new immune cells combat diabetes; TB-killing vitamin C; analog cell computers; real time fish memory; ant-pitcher plant mutualism

An investigation by The Scientist reveals blatant misuse of open-access articles.

The NIH has required researchers to receive instruction about responsible conduct for more than 20 years, but misconduct is still on the rise.

Disgruntled Nobel loser sues; brain trauma researchers search for biomarker of a chronic condition; receptor for novel coronavirus found; the rise of transcriptomics; and ethical oversight of participant-led research

Using plagiarism detection software, the NSF’s internal watchdog has found almost 100 suspicious cases among the 8,000 projects the agency funded in 2011.

The minister of education and research has stepped down after being stripped of her doctorate following accusations of plagiarism.

The German minister for science and education has been stripped of her PhD after she was found guilty of plagiarizing chunks of the dissertation she wrote in 1980.

The authors of a review article on genome-wide association studies have retracted the paper due to “substantial textual overlap” with other sources.

An analysis of retractions dating back to 1977 shows that most papers are retracted due to misconduct.

Retractions of scientific studies due to plagiarism, falsification, and other instances of researchers behaving badly have skyrocketed in the past decade.