Conflict of interest in science communication: more than a financial issue. Report from Esteve Foundation discussion group, April 2009

A systematic review and meta-analysis suggests that around 2% of scientists admit to have falsified research at least once. Up to 33% admit other questionable practices such as plagiarism, duplicate publication, undisclosed changes in pre-research protocols or dubious ethical behavior. There can be...

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Autores: Marcovitch, Harvey, Barbour, Virginia, Borrell i Thió, Carme, Bosch, Fèlix, Fernández Muñoz, Esteve, Macdonald, Helen, Marusic, Ana, Nylenna, Magne
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/156778
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/156778
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Recerca
Indústria farmacèutica
Discussió
Research
Pharmaceutical industry
Discussion
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Sumario:A systematic review and meta-analysis suggests that around 2% of scientists admit to have falsified research at least once. Up to 33% admit other questionable practices such as plagiarism, duplicate publication, undisclosed changes in pre-research protocols or dubious ethical behavior. There can be no doubt that discovered cases of research and publication misconduct represent a tip of an iceberg and many cases go unreported.