Q J Med 2003; 96: 243-244
© 2003 Association of Physicians
Editorial |
Fabrication, falsification and plagiarism
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Many people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is characterAlbert Einstein
The Office of Research Integrity of the USA (ORI) issued its annual report for 2001 at the end of last year. It is available on the Internet at [http://ori.dhhs.gov/html/publications/annual-reports.asp], and anyone interested in standards of scientific conduct, a category that should include practising physicians and biomedical researchers, will find it worth reading and thinking about. The title of this editorial comes from their definition of scientific misconduct: an action that represents fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, or other practices that seriously deviate from those commonly