A survey conducted by the esteemed British Medical Journal is revealing some distasteful and unethical things about scientists and researchers in the United Kingdom, although it doesn't seem like much of a stretch to extrapolate the results across labs throughout the world.
According to the survey, as many as thirteen percent of UK based scientists or doctors admit to having witnessed their colleagues intentionally fabricating or altering research data in an effort to ensure that it gets published. A smaller but still significant number of respondents (six percent) reported that they were aware of potential research misconduct at the institution where they work--misconduct that has not been accurately investigated by any authoritative body.
Said BMJ Ed-in-Chief Dr Fiona Godlee, "Our survey ... show(s) that there is a substantial number of cases [of research misconduct] and that UK institutions are failing to investigate adequately, if at all. The BMJ has been told of junior academics being advised to keep concerns to themselves to protect their careers, being bullied into not publishing their findings, or having their contracts terminated when they spoke out."
The full results of the survey will be presented at an upcoming meeting hosted by the BMJ and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Source: Medical News Today
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