Integrity News
The March 18, 2006 issue of New Scientist (page 7) has a news note that “journal editors and publishers are not doing enough to limit misconduct and fraud, according to a survey published by COPE, the U.K.s Committee on Public Ethics.”
It is difficult for editors to detect fraud, especially if the perpetrator is smart enough to hide it in various ways. The main solution is more education of researchers on integrity. Even then, the pressures on researchers these days are so great that more warnings to them on the consequences of fraud may be required.
