Measuring Scientific Misconduct—Lessons from Criminology

Measuring Scientific Misconduct—Lessons from Criminology

This article draws on research traditions and insights from Criminology to elaborate on the problems associated with current practices of measuring scientific misconduct. Analyses of the number of retracted articles are shown to suffer from the fact that the distinct processes of misconduct, detecti...

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Main Authors:	Felicitas Hesselmann, Verena Wienefoet, Martin Reinhart
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2014-07-01
Series:	Publications
Subjects:	scientific misconduct scientific retractions scientific fraud criminology labeling theory methodology
Online Access:	http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/2/3/61

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