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
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/156778
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/156778
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Recerca
Indústria farmacèutica
Discussió
Research
Pharmaceutical industry
Discussion
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Resumo: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.