The Demographics of Deception: What Motivates Authors Who Engage in Misconduct?
We hypothesized that scientific misconduct (data fabrication or falsification) is goal-directed behavior. This hypothesis predicts that papers retracted for misconduct: are targeted to journals with a high impact factor (IF); are written by authors with additional papers withdrawn for misconduct; di...
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MDPI AG
2014-03-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/2/2/44 |