Fraudsters
A nasty story from Germany: 16 researchers from the University of Göttingen are accused of forging publications in order to obtain research grants. DeutschlandRadio had an interview with Ulrike Beisiegel from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft – mp3 – (here is an earlier interview and a comment written by Beisiegel in response to an earlier case).
On the one hand it is a bit strange that forged publications aren’t immediately obvious, but on the other hand the incentive structures in much modern research can give tricky effects.
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