We did not find this to
constitute research misconduct, but gently chastised the author for being sloppy.
The committee concluded that these acts
constitute research misconduct, but it stopped short of calling for the papers to be retracted and will leave the question of disciplinary action to a separate committee.
The investigating committee concluded that there had been «inappropriate handling of data» for two of the items under investigation, but these were «not judged to
constitute research misconduct,» according to a RIKEN press release.
An investigating committee found numerous problems with the papers and concluded in a 31 March report that two of those, both in the article,
constituted research misconduct.
Regardless of whether Mann's participation in Jones» deletion enterprise
constituted research misconduct or not, this particular finding of the Inquiry Committee clearly does not follow from the information that they presented in their record.
Not exact matches
According to Chris B. Pascal, director of the U.S. Office of
Research Integrity, Wellcome's definition of what
constitutes misconduct — including «deliberate, dangerous or negligent deviations from accepted practices» — «is considerably broader» than the OSTP's definition.
«This was an adequate decision,» says Bengt Gerdin, a professor emeritus of surgery at Uppsala University in Sweden, who concluded in a report last year that Macchiarini's published
research articles painted a flattering picture of his patients» health, and thus
constituted scientific
misconduct.
The reused images appear in figures 2d and 2e of the paper and
constituted «an act of
research misconduct involving fabrication,» the report states.
What in that email do you think would
constitute «
misconduct within the definition in the NSF Research Misconduct Regulati
misconduct within the definition in the NSF
Research Misconduct Regulati
Misconduct Regulation»?
The reason for having Dr. Pell examine the matter was that the accusations, when placed in an academic context, could be construed as allegations of
research misconduct, which would
constitute a violation of Penn State policy,