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1983 ISIS Survey
The 1983 ISIS Survey was a survey conducted by the Institute for the Scientific Investigation of Sexuality under the leadership of psychologist Paul Cameron, in an attempt to "expose" what Camer...
The 1983 ISIS Survey was a survey conducted by the Institute for the Scientific Investigation of Sexuality under the leadership of psychologist Paul Cameron, in an attempt to "expose" what Camer...
Abderhalden reaction
The Abderhalden reaction is a now defunct blood test for pregnancy developed by Emil Abderhalden.
The Abderhalden reaction is a now defunct blood test for pregnancy developed by Emil Abderhalden.
Andrew Jess Dannenberg
Andrew Jess Dannenberg (born 17 February 1956) is a U.S. physician and researcher, currently Henry R. Erle, M.D. - Roberts Family Professor of Medicine at Weill Medical College/M.D. Anderson Ca...
Andrew Jess Dannenberg (born 17 February 1956) is a U.S. physician and researcher, currently Henry R. Erle, M.D. - Roberts Family Professor of Medicine at Weill Medical College/M.D. Anderson Ca...
Andrew Wakefield
Andrew Jeremy Wakefield is a British former surgeon and medical researcher, known as an advocate for the discredited claim that there is a link between the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, au...
Andrew Jeremy Wakefield is a British former surgeon and medical researcher, known as an advocate for the discredited claim that there is a link between the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, au...
Anil Potti
Anil Potti is a physician and former Duke University medical researcher, focusing on oncogenomics.
Anil Potti is a physician and former Duke University medical researcher, focusing on oncogenomics.
Asle Sudbø
Asle Sudbø is a Professor of Physics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Asle Sudbø is a Professor of Physics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Bad Science (book)
Bad Science is a book by Ben Goldacre, criticising mainstream media reporting on health and science issues.
Bad Science is a book by Ben Goldacre, criticising mainstream media reporting on health and science issues.
Betrayers of the Truth: Fraud and Deceit in the Halls of Science
Betrayers of the Truth: Fraud and Deceit in the Halls of Science is a book by William Broad and Nicholas Wade, published in 1982 by Simon & Schuster in New York, and subsequently also by Cen...
Betrayers of the Truth: Fraud and Deceit in the Halls of Science is a book by William Broad and Nicholas Wade, published in 1982 by Simon & Schuster in New York, and subsequently also by Cen...
Bruno Bettelheim
Bruno Bettelheim was an Austrian-born American child psychologist and writer.
Bruno Bettelheim was an Austrian-born American child psychologist and writer.
CGK733 fraud
CGK733 was a synthetic chemical substance which was reported in 2006 to have remarkable properties in reversing cell senescence (aging).
CGK733 was a synthetic chemical substance which was reported in 2006 to have remarkable properties in reversing cell senescence (aging).
Conflict thesis
The conflict thesis proposes an intrinsic intellectual conflict between religion and science based on what its authors considered to be historical evidence of perpetual opposition between religi...
The conflict thesis proposes an intrinsic intellectual conflict between religion and science based on what its authors considered to be historical evidence of perpetual opposition between religi...
Cyril Burt
Sir Cyril Lodowic Burt was an English educational psychologist who made contributions to educational psychology and statistics.
Sir Cyril Lodowic Burt was an English educational psychologist who made contributions to educational psychology and statistics.
Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty
The Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty (Udvalgene vedrørende Videnskabelig Uredelighed, or UVVU) are a set of three committees under the Danish Ministry of Research and Informatio...
The Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty (Udvalgene vedrørende Videnskabelig Uredelighed, or UVVU) are a set of three committees under the Danish Ministry of Research and Informatio...
Data sharing
Data sharing is the practice of making data used for scholarly research available to other investigators.
Data sharing is the practice of making data used for scholarly research available to other investigators.
Diederik Stapel
Diederik Alexander Stapel (born in Oegstgeest, 19 October 1966) is a former professor of social psychology at Tilburg University and before that at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Diederik Alexander Stapel (born in Oegstgeest, 19 October 1966) is a former professor of social psychology at Tilburg University and before that at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Dipak K. Das
Dipak K. Das (born 1947) is a professor of surgery and the director of the Cardiovascular Research Center at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington.
Dipak K. Das (born 1947) is a professor of surgery and the director of the Cardiovascular Research Center at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington.
Don Poldermans
Prior to November 16, 2011, Don Poldermans was a very well respected Dutch cardiovascular medicine researcher.
Prior to November 16, 2011, Don Poldermans was a very well respected Dutch cardiovascular medicine researcher.
Dănuţ Marcu
Dănuţ Marcu is a Romanian mathematician and computer scientist, who received his Ph.D. from the University of Bucharest in 1981.
Dănuţ Marcu is a Romanian mathematician and computer scientist, who received his Ph.D. from the University of Bucharest in 1981.
EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators of Scientific Articles
The EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators of Scientific Articles to be Published in English were first published by the European Association of Science Editors in 2010.
The EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators of Scientific Articles to be Published in English were first published by the European Association of Science Editors in 2010.
Elias Alsabti
Elias Alsabti (Elias A. K. Alsabti) was an Iraqi medical researcher who was exposed for scientific fraud.
Elias Alsabti (Elias A. K. Alsabti) was an Iraqi medical researcher who was exposed for scientific fraud.
Eric Poehlman
Eric Poehlman (born c. 1956), a scientist in the field of human obesity and aging, was the first academic in the United States to be jailed for falsifying data in a grant application.
Eric Poehlman (born c. 1956), a scientist in the field of human obesity and aging, was the first academic in the United States to be jailed for falsifying data in a grant application.
Fabrication (science)
Fabrication, in the context of scientific inquiry and academic research, refers to the act of intentionally falsifying research results, such as reported in a journal article.
Fabrication, in the context of scientific inquiry and academic research, refers to the act of intentionally falsifying research results, such as reported in a journal article.
Family studies in eugenics
The Jukes and the Kallikaks were pseudonyms for two families used as examples during the latter 19th century and early 20th century to argue that there was a genetic disposition toward ant...
The Jukes and the Kallikaks were pseudonyms for two families used as examples during the latter 19th century and early 20th century to argue that there was a genetic disposition toward ant...
Hanxin
Hanxin ( Pinyin: Hànxīn) is the name of a digital signal processing (DSP) microchip.
Hanxin ( Pinyin: Hànxīn) is the name of a digital signal processing (DSP) microchip.
Henk Buck
Henk Buck (born Dordrecht, 1930) is an organic chemist.
Henk Buck (born Dordrecht, 1930) is an organic chemist.
Huemul Project
The Huemul Project was a secret project proposed by the German scientist of Austrian origin Ronald Richter to the government of Argentina during the first presidency of Juan Domingo Perón.
The Huemul Project was a secret project proposed by the German scientist of Austrian origin Ronald Richter to the government of Argentina during the first presidency of Juan Domingo Perón.
Inauthentic text
An inauthentic text is a computer-generated expository document meant to appear as genuine, but which is actually meaningless.
An inauthentic text is a computer-generated expository document meant to appear as genuine, but which is actually meaningless.
Jennifer Lerner
Jennifer Lerner is an experimental social psychologist known for her research in emotion, effects on judgment and decision making.
Jennifer Lerner is an experimental social psychologist known for her research in emotion, effects on judgment and decision making.
Joachim Boldt
Joachim Boldt (born September 29, 1954) is a German anesthesiologist, a leading researcher into colloids.
Joachim Boldt (born September 29, 1954) is a German anesthesiologist, a leading researcher into colloids.
John Browne (anatomist)
John Browne (1642–1702) was a British anatomist, surgeon and author.
John Browne (1642–1702) was a British anatomist, surgeon and author.
John Darsee
John Darsee (born c. 1948, Huntington, West Virginia) was a medical researcher with an impressive list of publications in reputable scientific journals who was found to have fabricated data for ...
John Darsee (born c. 1948, Huntington, West Virginia) was a medical researcher with an impressive list of publications in reputable scientific journals who was found to have fabricated data for ...
Jon Sudbø
Jon Sudbø (born May 3, 1961) is a Norwegian dentist, physician, and former medical researcher, who was exposed as a scientific fraudster in 2006.
Jon Sudbø (born May 3, 1961) is a Norwegian dentist, physician, and former medical researcher, who was exposed as a scientific fraudster in 2006.
Little Albert experiment
The Little Albert experiment was a case study showing empirical evidence of classical conditioning in humans.
The Little Albert experiment was a case study showing empirical evidence of classical conditioning in humans.
Luk Van Parijs
Luk Van Parijs was an associate professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Cancer Research.
Luk Van Parijs was an associate professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Cancer Research.
Lysenkoism
Lysenkoism, or Lysenko-Michurinism, also denotes the biological inheritance principle which Trofim Lysenko subscribed to and which derive from theories of the heritability of acquired ...
Lysenkoism, or Lysenko-Michurinism, also denotes the biological inheritance principle which Trofim Lysenko subscribed to and which derive from theories of the heritability of acquired ...
Marc Hauser
Marc D. Hauser (born 25 October 1959) is an American evolutionary biologist and a researcher in primate behavior and animal cognition who taught in the Psychology Department at Harvard University.
Marc D. Hauser (born 25 October 1959) is an American evolutionary biologist and a researcher in primate behavior and animal cognition who taught in the Psychology Department at Harvard University.
MMR vaccine controversy
The MMR vaccine controversy was a case of scientific misconduct which triggered a health scare.
The MMR vaccine controversy was a case of scientific misconduct which triggered a health scare.
Naoki Mori
Naoki Mori is a Japanese virologist who worked at the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Naoki Mori is a Japanese virologist who worked at the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Olga Lepeshinskaya (biologist)
Olga Borisovna Lepeshinskaya born as Protopopova, was a Soviet biologist, a personal protegée of Vladimir Lenin, later Joseph Stalin, Trofim Lysenko and Alexander Oparin.
Olga Borisovna Lepeshinskaya born as Protopopova, was a Soviet biologist, a personal protegée of Vladimir Lenin, later Joseph Stalin, Trofim Lysenko and Alexander Oparin.
Paul Kammerer
Paul Kammerer (17 August 1880, in Vienna – 23 September 1926, in Puchberg am Schneeberg) was an Austrian biologist who studied and advocated the now abandoned Lamarckian theory of inheritance – ...
Paul Kammerer (17 August 1880, in Vienna – 23 September 1926, in Puchberg am Schneeberg) was an Austrian biologist who studied and advocated the now abandoned Lamarckian theory of inheritance – ...
Piltdown Man
The Piltdown Man was a hoax in which bone fragments were presented as the fossilised remains of a previously unknown early human.
The Piltdown Man was a hoax in which bone fragments were presented as the fossilised remains of a previously unknown early human.
Plastic Fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific World
Plastic Fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific World is a 2009 book by American-based science reporter Eugenie Samuel Reich.
Plastic Fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific World is a 2009 book by American-based science reporter Eugenie Samuel Reich.
Ranjit Chandra
Ranjit Kumar Chandra, OC (रंजीत कुमार चंद्रा) is a professional in the field of nutrition and immunology who has been accused of committing scientific fraud by the British Medical Journal.
Ranjit Kumar Chandra, OC (रंजीत कुमार चंद्रा) is a professional in the field of nutrition and immunology who has been accused of committing scientific fraud by the British Medical Journal.
Reiner Protsch
Reiner Protsch (von Zieten), born January 14, 1939 in Berlin, is a German anthropologist who published false carbon dating data of human fossils.
Reiner Protsch (von Zieten), born January 14, 1939 in Berlin, is a German anthropologist who published false carbon dating data of human fossils.
RetractionWatch
RetractionWatch is a blog which covers scientific retractions and scientific misconduct.
RetractionWatch is a blog which covers scientific retractions and scientific misconduct.
Richard Meinertzhagen
Colonel Richard Henry Meinertzhagen CBE DSO (3 March 1878 - 17 June 1967) was a British soldier, intelligence officer and ornithologist.
Colonel Richard Henry Meinertzhagen CBE DSO (3 March 1878 - 17 June 1967) was a British soldier, intelligence officer and ornithologist.
Rusi Taleyarkhan
Rusi P. Taleyarkhan is a faculty member in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University since 2003.
Rusi P. Taleyarkhan is a faculty member in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University since 2003.
Samuel Soal
Samuel George Soal (1889-1975) — known as S.G. Soal — was a British mathematician and psychical researcher.
Samuel George Soal (1889-1975) — known as S.G. Soal — was a British mathematician and psychical researcher.
Schön scandal
Jan Hendrik Schön is a German physicist who briefly rose to prominence after a series of apparent breakthroughs with semiconductors that were later discovered to be fraudulent.
Jan Hendrik Schön is a German physicist who briefly rose to prominence after a series of apparent breakthroughs with semiconductors that were later discovered to be fraudulent.
Scientific misconduct
Scientific misconduct is the violation of the standard codes of scholarly conduct and ethical behavior in professional scientific research.
Scientific misconduct is the violation of the standard codes of scholarly conduct and ethical behavior in professional scientific research.
Scott Reuben
Scott S. Reuben (born 1958) of East Longmeadow, Massachusetts was Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts before being sentenced to...
Scott S. Reuben (born 1958) of East Longmeadow, Massachusetts was Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts before being sentenced to...
Shinichi Fujimura
Shinichi Fujimura (藤村 新一 Fujimura Shin'ichi, b. 4 May 1950) is a Japanese former amateur archaeologist who claimed he had found a large number of stone artifacts dating back to the Lower Pal...
Shinichi Fujimura (藤村 新一 Fujimura Shin'ichi, b. 4 May 1950) is a Japanese former amateur archaeologist who claimed he had found a large number of stone artifacts dating back to the Lower Pal...
Sokal affair
The Sokal affair, also known as the Sokal hoax, was a publishing hoax perpetrated by Alan Sokal, a physics professor at New York University.
The Sokal affair, also known as the Sokal hoax, was a publishing hoax perpetrated by Alan Sokal, a physics professor at New York University.
Source criticism
A source criticism is a published source evaluation.
A source criticism is a published source evaluation.
Steven A. Leadon
Steven A. (Tony) Leadon is a former Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of North Carolina.
Steven A. (Tony) Leadon is a former Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of North Carolina.
Steven S. Rosenfeld
Steven S. Rosenfeld was a Harvard undergraduate (Class of 1975) doing research on transfer factor in the laboratory of Dr. David Dressler.
Steven S. Rosenfeld was a Harvard undergraduate (Class of 1975) doing research on transfer factor in the laboratory of Dr. David Dressler.
The Great Betrayal: Fraud In Science
The Great Betrayal: Fraud In Science is a 2004 book by Horace Freeland Judson.
The Great Betrayal: Fraud In Science is a 2004 book by Horace Freeland Judson.
Thereza Imanishi-Kari
Thereza Imanishi-Kari (born 1943 in Brazil) is an Associate Professor of Pathology at Tufts University.
Thereza Imanishi-Kari (born 1943 in Brazil) is an Associate Professor of Pathology at Tufts University.
Trofim Lysenko
Trofim Denisovich Lysenko was a Soviet pseudoscientist of Ukrainian origin, who was director of Soviet biology under Joseph Stalin.
Trofim Denisovich Lysenko was a Soviet pseudoscientist of Ukrainian origin, who was director of Soviet biology under Joseph Stalin.
Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals
The Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (abbreviated URM and often shortened to Uniform Requirements) is a set of guidelines produced by the Interna...
The Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (abbreviated URM and often shortened to Uniform Requirements) is a set of guidelines produced by the Interna...
United States Office of Research Integrity
The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) is one of the bodies concerned with research integrity in the United States.
The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) is one of the bodies concerned with research integrity in the United States.
Victor Ninov
Victor Ninov is a former researcher in the nuclear chemistry group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who was alleged to have fabricated the evidence used to claim the creation of ununocti...
Victor Ninov is a former researcher in the nuclear chemistry group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who was alleged to have fabricated the evidence used to claim the creation of ununocti...
Voodoo Science
Voodoo science, is a neologism referring to research that falls short of adhering to the scientific method.
Voodoo science, is a neologism referring to research that falls short of adhering to the scientific method.
Ward Churchill academic misconduct investigation
The Ward Churchill academic misconduct investigation concerned charges of plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification against Churchill at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where Churchill w...
The Ward Churchill academic misconduct investigation concerned charges of plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification against Churchill at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where Churchill w...
William McBride (doctor)
Dr. William Griffith McBride CBE AO, is an Australian gynecologist and obstetrician, and currently holds the rank of professor.
Dr. William Griffith McBride CBE AO, is an Australian gynecologist and obstetrician, and currently holds the rank of professor.
William Summerlin
William T. Summerlin is a dermatologist who, as a medical researcher, perpetrated a notorious scientific fraud.
William T. Summerlin is a dermatologist who, as a medical researcher, perpetrated a notorious scientific fraud.