From the British Medical Journal: ‘One in seven UK based scientists or doctors has witnessed colleagues intentionally altering or fabricating data during their research or for the purposes of publication, found a survey of more than 2700 researchers conducted by the BMJ.’
British Medical Journal: Scientific misconduct is worryingly prevalent in the UK, shows BMJ survey
The survey data was disclosed at a meeting organised by BMJ and the Committee on Publication Ethics to discuss how to best address research misconduct in the UK. We welcome the support shown for the work of UKRIO at the meeting and the consensus that more needs to be done to promote good research conduct and address questionable practices and misconduct.
The story has also been covered by Times Higher Education, the Financial Times, Reuters and others.