research misconduct

The move by Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center follows an investigative news report detailing surgical errors and poor research practices.

Robert Ryan was forced to resign from the University of Dundee in 2016 following an investigation of misconduct.

New allegations of fraud committed under the watch of geneticist David Latchman were made last year.

The University of Tokyo confirmed last August that Yoshinori Watanabe tampered with research-related images, and dismissed him in late April.

The correspondence points to routine data-massaging at a high-profile lab.

The scientist was a member of a stem cell research team led by Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka. 

Ashutosh Tiwari, who falsely claimed to be affiliated with Linköping University, is also under investigation for alleged scientific misconduct and fraud.

Fazlul Sarkar had unsuccessfully sued PubPeer to reveal the identity of a commenter who accused him of research misconduct.

This year’s controversial news included unethical behavior among politicians, a murder, and multiple accusations of gender discrimination and sexual harassment, in addition to the usual spate of research misconduct.

Investigations into cases of wrongdoing by professors are increasingly in the public eye. But are colleges and universities doing enough to deal with the problem?

The group calls for the retraction of six publications by surgeon Paolo Macchiarini regarding the synthetic trachea transplantations that led to the death of at least three patients. 

Yoshinori Watanabe of the University of Tokyo was found to have tampered with images in five prominent publications. 

The embattled thoracic surgeon blames his former employer, the Karolinska Institute, for losing data related to the retracted research.

Several initiatives aim to improve research integrity in the country, but recent high-profile cases of misconduct highlight a lingering problem.

The embattled thoracic surgeon is dealt another blow by his former employer, which is calling for the retraction of one of his papers on artificial esophagus research.

A look at this year’s most memorable retractions

Managing privacy protections and expectations in a misconduct proceeding

A finding of misconduct spurs the retraction of a Science paper claiming to have identified a protein in mice that boosted immunity to both viruses and cancer.

Lawyers involved discuss the latest twist in the ongoing litigation that pits pathologist Fazlul Sarkar against anonymous commenters on the post-publication peer review site.

Court of Appeals denies a motion filed by ACLU lawyers to enter the full Wayne State University investigation of pathologist Fazlul Sarkar into the official case record.