theHRguy@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoA Record Number of Scientific Papers Were Retracted in 2023 For Being Fraudulent or a Having Conflicts of Interestmedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down11
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-linkA Record Number of Scientific Papers Were Retracted in 2023 For Being Fraudulent or a Having Conflicts of Interestmedium.comtheHRguy@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squarenyan@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 hours agoHmm. So is it actually the number of fraudullent papers that’s up, or is it the number of frauds that get caught?
minus-squareGiveMemes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoProbably both considering that many people need these studies to return results to continue getting funded. At the same time, more academics than ever are excited about uncovering fraudulent work (imo).
Hmm. So is it actually the number of fraudullent papers that’s up, or is it the number of frauds that get caught?
Probably both considering that many people need these studies to return results to continue getting funded. At the same time, more academics than ever are excited about uncovering fraudulent work (imo).