Abstract
There is increasing evidence that scientific misconduct is more common than previously thought. Strong emphasis on scientific productivity may increase the sense of publication pressure. We administered a nationwide survey to Flemish biomedical scientists on whether they had engaged in scientific misconduct and whether they had experienced publication pressure. A total of 315 scientists participated in the survey; 15% of the respondents admitted they had fabricated, falsified, plagiarized, or manipulated data in the past 3 years. Fraud was more common among younger scientists working in a university hospital. Furthermore, 72% rated publication pressure as "too high." Publication pressure was strongly and significantly associated with a composite scientific misconduct severity score.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 64-71 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2014 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Attitude
- Belgium
- Biomedical Research/ethics
- Ethics, Research
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Publishing/ethics
- Research Personnel/ethics
- Scientific Misconduct
- Surveys and Questionnaires
- Workload