Financial costs and personal consequences of research misconduct resulting in retracted publications.

ABSTRACT: The number of retracted scientific articles has been increasing. Most retractions are associated with research misconduct, entailing financial costs to funding sources and damage to the careers of those committing misconduct. We sought to calculate the magnitude of these effects. Data relating to retracted manuscripts and authors found by the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) to have committed misconduct were reviewed from public databases. Attributable costs of retracted manuscripts, and publication output and funding of researchers found to have committed misconduct were determined. We found that papers retracted due to misconduct accounted for approximately $58 million in direct funding by the NIH between 1992 and 2012, less than 1% of the NIH budget over this period. Each of these art

SUBMITTER: Stern AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4132287 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature