Online Register Created To Flag Scientific Papers That May Be Tainted By Fraud Or Misconduct
Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 07:28
in Psychology & Sociology
A group of French research students is launching an online register to flag up scientific papers that have been tainted by fraud and other types of scientific misconduct. Once a fraudulent paper has been published it is very difficult to remove it. Journals can retract articles from their online databases but libraries all over the world are stocked with printed journals that cannot be recalled.