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ERIC Number: EJ483641
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-1546
Scientific Misconduct and Editorial and Peer Review Processes.
Fox, Mary Frank
Journal of Higher Education, v65 n3 p298-309 May-Jun 1994
The role of editors and peer reviewers in detecting and sanctioning scientific misconduct is analyzed, structural problems inherent in the process are examined, and best means of enabling peer and editorial roles in correction of misconduct are discussed. It is argued that the review process plays a limited corrective role. (MSE)
Descriptors: Editors, Fraud, Higher Education, Peer Evaluation, Research Methodology, Scholarly Journals, Scientific Research
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Individual Responsibility; Research Misconduct
Note: Special issue on: "Perspectives on Research Misconduct."