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Researchers from the University of Luxembourg and the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, have conducted a study on scientific misconduct and its effects on prior collaborators.
The researchers involved in the study “Guilt by Association: How Scientific Misconduct Harms Prior Collaborators” have warned that scientists should choose their associates carefully, since future misconduct by colleagues could seriously impact the reputation of their former collaborators.
While there has always been anecdotal evidence of this being the case, the study by Professor Katrin Hussinger (University of Luxembourg) and Dr Maikel Pellens (ZEW, Mannheim and KU Leuven, Belgium) now provides empirical evidence. “Guilt by Association: How Scientific Misconduct Harms Prior Collaborators” was based on the U.S. Office of Research Integrity’s 1993 to 2008 misconduct filings.
A group of 856 prior research collaborators of the fraudulent scientists was identified by using publication records dating back five years before the case of misconduct. Only cases where a retraction or correction of the research processed for scientific misconduct was published were taken into account.
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https://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?&tag=University+Luxembourg
Researchers from the University of Luxembourg and the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, have conducted a study on scientific misconduct and its effects on prior collaborators.
The researchers involved in the study “Guilt by Association: How Scientific Misconduct Harms Prior Collaborators” have warned that scientists should choose their associates carefully, since future misconduct by colleagues could seriously impact the reputation of their former collaborators.
While there has always been anecdotal evidence of this being the case, the study by Professor Katrin Hussinger (University of Luxembourg) and Dr Maikel Pellens (ZEW, Mannheim and KU Leuven, Belgium) now provides empirical evidence. “Guilt by Association: How Scientific Misconduct Harms Prior Collaborators” was based on the U.S. Office of Research Integrity’s 1993 to 2008 misconduct filings.
A group of 856 prior research collaborators of the fraudulent scientists was identified by using publication records dating back five years before the case of misconduct. Only cases where a retraction or correction of the research processed for scientific misconduct was published were taken into account.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?&tag=University+Luxembourg