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A new screening tool to help study reviewers identify what’s fake or shoddy in research may be on the horizon. And everyday people can apply some of the same critical analysis tools.
Not all Alzheimer’s research has been compromised by allegations of scientific fraud. But we should interrogate whether the governing bodies of research and drug approvals are truly effective.
Australian scientists are no more honest or dishonest than those in other countries that have national bodies to investigate research fraud. We have a sport integrity watchdog but not one for research.
John Carlisle’s method for spotting potentially fraudulent figures has already been adopted by two top medical journals.
Top contributors
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Chief Scientist, Center for Bioethics and Humanities and Professor of Medicine and Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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Medical Researcher, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences, Director, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University
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Emeritus Professor of Applied Statistics, The Open University
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Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology
