Assessing research misconduct in Iran: a perspective from Iranian medical faculty members.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research misconduct is a global concern in biomedical science. There are no comprehensive data regarding the perception and situation of scientific misconduct among the Iranian medical faculty members. We conducted a nationwide survey to assess the research misconduct among the medical faculty members in Iran.

Methods

We used the Persian version of the research misconduct questionnaire (PRMQ) on the Google Forms platform. We sent the survey link to a systematic random sample of medical faculty members in Iran (N = 4986). Descriptive analyses were performed on the individual items of the PRMQ, with frequencies and percentages for categorical and Likert-type response items, and means and standard deviation (S.D.) for continuous variables. Chi-square analysis was con

SUBMITTER: Shamsoddin E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8215315 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature