BMJ Group blogs: Liz Wager: Do we need to rethink our approaches to research misconduct and research integrity?

"....Having failed to start a reasonable conversation about research integrity, based on major scandals, we see no point in trying to address so-called “minor” offences. But as Iain Chalmers said at the meeting, “lesser offences,” such as failing to publish research and publishing welcome results more often than disappointing results, harms many more patients than the high profile scandals (since it distorts the evidence on which guidelines and clinical practice are based). While plagiarism may be a nasty symptom of a sick system, it has probably never killed anybody while unreliable guidelines and misguided research undoubtedly have....."

Editorial: The need for new mechanisms to ensure research integrity -- Canadian Medical Association Journal

"The honesty, rigour and professionalism of scientists are the essence of research integrity. But we increasingly hear of
breaches, ranging from ethical and professional lapses to outright fraud. All undermine public confidence in science and medicine....."

quote of the day

"the one path for which there is no good alternative is that of living and acting with integrity"

C. Norman Coleman M.D.
Radiation Research

A collapse in integrity of scientific advice in the UK : The Lancet

"Politics has been allowed to contaminate scientific processes and the advice that underpins policy."