
Questionable Research Practices in Nursing Science: .05 Shades of Grey
Author(s) -
Gray Richard
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nurse author and editor
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1750-4910
DOI - 10.1111/j.1750-4910.2019.tb00041.x
Subject(s) - scientific misconduct , nursing research , misconduct , psychology , sanctions , political science , alternative medicine , medicine , nursing , law , pathology
Many editorial colleagues will have had to investigate cases of alleged misconduct and impose sanctions that can include retraction of a manuscript. Cases of research misconduct can garner considerable attention. The website Retraction Watch (www.retractionwatch.com) is an important repository of scientific misdeeds and has witnessed exponential growth in the number of manuscripts retracted over the past decade.