Research on the characteristics and the handling countermeasures of dishonesty in medical scientific research:Analysis of 672 cases of dishonesty in medical scientific research reported by three ministries and commissions
Objective To conduct a comprehensive and case-specific study of the cases of dishonesty in medical scientific research published by the 3 ministries and commissions including the Ministry of Science and Technology,summarize the char-acteristics of scientific research dishonesty and the handling measures involved,and to propose corresponding countermeasures,providing references for research management personnel and relevant departments to address various instances of scientific re-search dishonesty.Methods 672 publicly reported cases of medical scientific research dishonesty handled by the Ministry of Science and Technology,the National Natural Science Foundation,and the National Health Commission from January 2015 to May 2022 were selected as the research object to establish a database.Descriptive statistical analysis was conducted on the re-gions,types of units involved,specific instances of dishonesty,and treatment measures.Additionally,a case study at A hospi-tal was conducted to analyze the patterns and relationships between the dishonesty types and the duration of punishment.Results Among the 672 cases,the types of units involved were mainly concentrated in hospitals,and Shandong Province notified the largest number of cases.The most common types of dishonesty included falsification and alteration of research data,trading or ghostwriting of papers,plagiarism,improper authorship,and unauthorized signatures.Among the treatment measures,the most frequent treatment measures for the seven types of scientific research dishonesty were the disqualification of project appli-cation for a certain period of time or permanently.Conclusions In recent years,the situation of scientific research dishonesty in the medical field is still serious.In order to further optimize the process of handling scientific research misconduct dishonesty,the future research output units should establish a sound audit and supervision system for the papers,make public the treatment of scientific research dishonesty,maintain a zero-tolerance attitude towards scientific research dishonesty,adopt the strategy of leniency and severity depending on the severity of the case,and pay attention to the education and guidance of scientific research integrity;medical journals should strengthen the supervision and disciplinary efforts for scientific research misconduct.
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