Street research market: dealing with scientific misconduct in Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Scientific misconduct is a prevalent phenomenon with many undesirable consequences. In Iran, no original research have been done about scientific fraud. So, this study aimed at describing a challenging research misconduct in Iran, its related causes, and the ways Iranian authorities deal with it.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, through a two-year period, all the advertisements installed in the study sites were collected and the content analysis was performed. Semi-structured interviews were held with experts for discovering the causes of misconduct. Also, published issues were collected for review of the laws on confronting the fraud in Iran.

Results

The content analysis resulted in identifying four categories of misconduct issues: advertising approa

SUBMITTER: Sadeghi-Bazargani H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7446204 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature