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Chapter-25 Misdeeds, Misconduct and Plagiarism

BOOK TITLE: Research Methodology Simplified: Every Clinician a Researcher

Author
1. Parikh Mahendra N
2. Mukherjee Joydev
3. Hazra Avijit
4. Gogtay Nithya
ISBN
9789350250037
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11435_25
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2010
Pages
11
Author Affiliations
1. Seth GS Medical College and Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity Hospital, Mumbai, Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Shushrusha Citizens’ Cooperative Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Fertility Sterility, India; The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of India, Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity Hospital, Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Mumbai, Seth GS Medical College and Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2. North Bengal Medical College, West Bengal, India, RG Kar Medical College, Kolkota, RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata, India, RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata, RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
3. Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education, and Research, Kolkata, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, India, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER), Kolkata, West Bengal, India
4. Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
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Abstract

Misconduct in research is a conduct that falls short of good ethical and scientific standards. It includes fabrication, falsification and plagiarism. Misconduct is universal and what gets exposed is only the tip of the iceberg. “Publish or perish” and need for long CVs invites misconduct. Faulty study design is used to facilitate a study and complete it speedily. Fabrication is inclusion of nonexistent, imaginary and cooked up data. Falsification is alteration, distortion and tampering with data. Misconduct during publication includes non-publication, under reporting and selective reporting of research data, non-reporting of adverse effects and not declaring vested interests. Salami publication and duplicate publication are not rare. Plagiarism is very common in both scientific and literary publications. Editors, peer reviewers and publishers all indulge in misconduct. Misconduct harms medical science. Wrong treatments based on fabricated and falsified data creep into clinical practice to the detriment of patients. Misconduct must be prevented by exposing it by promptly reporting and publicizing it. For many reasons such exposures often do not lead to any logical or punitive action. But that cannot justify tolerating it. Pharma companies have huge stakes leading to their resorting to gross misconduct during research and marketing of their products.

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