Why Research Fraud Is Getting Worse – James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal (Walt Gardner | November 2023)
This item published by the James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal in November 2023 reflects the perverse forces driving the increasing number and significance of research misconduct cases. Until we have research metrics that celebrate and reward positive research behaviour that promotes a positive research culture, we are always going to have this problem, which is likely to get worse. Incentivising a rapid volume of research outputs is undoubtedly the source of our current problems.