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- Title
Survey reveals mixed feelings over scientific misconduct.
- Authors
Abbott, Alison; Graf, Phillip
- Abstract
Senior scientists in Germany believe that the increased reporting of research misconduct in the media there is damaging public confidence in science, a survey conducted by the periodical 'Nature,' has found. The survey, the first to test researchers opinions after a stream of well-publicized scientific fraud cases in Germany, was conducted among top researchers who serve as reviewers for the DFG, the country's main granting agency. Most felt that it is a major problem in clinical research and the life sciences, but only 4% felt that this is the case in physics and chemistry. DFG ombudsman Hans-Heinrich Trute, a law professor at the University of Hamburg, says he does not know why some young scientists apparently do not trust his office, taking their concerns to newspapers instead.
- Subjects
GERMANY; RESEARCH ethics; MEDICAL research; LIFE sciences
- Publication
Nature, 2003, Vol 424, Issue 6945, p117
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/424117a