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MeSH Heading: Scientific Misconduct
Tree Number(s): K01.752.566.479.915.500; N05.350.979.500
Unique ID: D015871
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015871
Annotation: PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT is also available
Scope Note: Intentional falsification of scientific data by presentation of fraudulent or incomplete or uncorroborated findings as scientific fact.
Entry Term(s): Ethics in Publishing; Fraud, Scientific; Fraudulent Data; Research Misconduct; Scientific Dishonesty
Previous Indexing: Ethics (1977-1989); Fraud (1974-1989)
See Also: Duplicate Publications as Topic; Plagiarism; Retraction of Publication as Topic; United States Office of Research Integrity
Public MeSH Note: 90
History Note: 90
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/05/16
Revision Date: 2019/07/11

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

psychology (PX)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

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