On June 4, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Research Integrity (“ORI”) published a Sample Policies and Procedures for Addressing Allegations of Research Misconduct ...

Research misconduct is falsification, fabrication, plagiarism, or other serious deviation from commonly accepted practices in the relevant scientific community for proposing, performing or reviewing ...

Research misconduct and questionable practice appear to be increasingly prevalent. This has a direct impact on public trust in science, the quality of research and the effective use of research funds.

When the current federal administration took office, it issued a memorandum requiring, among other things, that federal agencies delay the issuance of new or proposed rules to the Office of the ...

It is the policy of the University at Buffalo to maintain high ethical standards in research and other scholarly work, prevent misconduct where possible, and promptly and fairly evaluate and resolve ...

Elisabeth Bik, a microbiologist by training, has become one of the world’s most influential science detectives. An authority on scientific image analysis who’s been profiled in The New Yorker for her ...

Harvard University has had a rough few months. It seemed as though the series of scandals that beset the once-revered university had culminated in the resignation of Claudine Gay, its former president ...

The purpose of these Guidelines and Procedures is to describe the procedures at the University of Nevada, Reno (the University) for responding to allegations of research misconduct, and to comply with ...

Last month, the NIH announced that it had found evidence of research misconduct by Eliezer Masliah, M.D., the head of the neuroscience division at the National Institute on Aging. The NIH announcement ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. The scientific research enterprise is a cornerstone of modern society. In the United ...

In the rapidly evolving fields of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, maintaining the highest standards of research integrity is essential. As a department committed to advancing knowledge and ...

Research misconduct or misconduct in research means fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism, in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting ...