Halt fraud before it hits the headlines

A n excellent suggestion but a change in mindset is required to make it a reality. In my experience of trying to expose bad research, covering up fraud is easier for universities than preventing it. For a third party account of my unsuccessful efforts visit www.abettermousetrap.co.uk/whistleblower-inventor-alleges-fraud-by-manchester-university

Gagging the publication of papers unless University appointed invigilators decide the article meets such ill-defined criteria as being "necessary" or "sufficiently original"… ?? Hard to imagine an idea less compatible with the purpose and values of a university. And of course while these university guardian's opaque censorship is fine, the authors think our actual intellectual peers are inadequate to judge work in their own field of expertise.... Wow!