A study
of fraudulent research articles reveals patterns in language that indicate a paper is worthy of closer scrutiny.
I can't entirely blame academics for just finding a way to work within the system although if it is
outright fraudulent research then that is different.
Left: Nestle's SMA professional know - how website, promoting SMA HA (see: Nestle launches new hypoallergenic formula promotion campaign as BMJ finally
retracts fraudulent research that built the market).
Both papers mark something of a comeback for the field, which was shaken 2 years ago by revelations about
fraudulent research by Korean scientist Woo Suk Hwang (ScienceNOW, 30 October 2006).
... [W] e propose extending the well - established tort of fraudulent misrepresentation to
fraudulent research published in journals based in the United States.
In May 2012 a federal judge ruled that a case against Harvard Medical School and its teaching hospitals
regarding fraudulent research using public funds for Alzheimer's disease was to proceed.
«A journal's decision to publish a paper provides no assurance that its conclusions are sound...
Fraudulent research makes it past gatekeepers at even the most prestigious journals.