naa a22 4500 510778216 CHVBK 20180411083238.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11948-011-9289-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11948-011-9289-8 Moreno-Rueda Gregorio Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (CSIC), La Cañada de San Urbano, Ctra. Sacramento s/n, 04120, Almería, Spain aut How Frequently do Allegations of Scientific Misconduct Occur in Ecology and Evolution, and What Happens Afterwards? [Elektronische Daten] [Gregorio Moreno-Rueda] Scientific misconduct obstructs the advance of knowledge in science. Its impact in some disciplines is still poorly known, as is the frequency in which it is detected. Here, I examine how frequently editors of ecology and evolution journals detect scientist misconduct. On average, editors managed 0.114 allegations of misconduct per year. Editors considered 6 of 14 allegations (42.9%) to be true, but only in 2 cases were the authors declared guilty, the remaining being dropped for lack of proof. The annual rate of allegations that were probably warranted was 0.053, although the rate of demonstrated misconduct was 0.018, while the rate of false or erroneous allegations was 0.024. Considering that several cases of misconduct are probably not reported, these findings suggest that editors detect less than one-third of all fraudulent papers. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Ecology nationallicence Evolution nationallicence Misconduct allegations nationallicence Scientist misconduct nationallicence Science and Engineering Ethics Springer Netherlands 19/1(2013-03-01), 93-96 1353-3452 19:1<93 2013 19 11948 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-011-9289-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-011-9289-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Moreno-Rueda Gregorio Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (CSIC), La Cañada de San Urbano, Ctra. Sacramento s/n, 04120, Almería, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Science and Engineering Ethics Springer Netherlands 19/1(2013-03-01), 93-96 1353-3452 19:1<93 2013 19 11948 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer