Open AccessResearch misconduct: A neglected plague
Author(s) -
Manjiri A Deshmukh,
Arun Suresh Dodamani,
Mahesh Ravindra Khairnar,
Rahul G Naik
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/0019-557x.200255
Subject(s) - credibility , plague (disease) , scientific misconduct , honesty , publish or perish , misconduct , dirt , political science , publication , criminology , law , medicine , psychology , publishing , geography , alternative medicine , pathology , cartography
Truthfulness and honesty are absolute essentials of research. But to sustain in the not-so-pleasant "publish-or-perish" environment and "cut-throat" competition to increase the credibility associated with one's name, many individual researchers as well as research groups are turning towards research misconduct and this plague is gradually reaching epidemic and pandemic proportions. This overview highlights the various types and means of research misconduct and gives suggestions aiming to curb this academic menace so that research sanctity and integrity can be preserved and scientific research does not get polluted by the dirt of misreported or fabricated data.