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Academics underestimate willingness of PhDs to use fake data

Around one in 12 postgraduate researchers would publish fraudulent results if it helped them get ahead, says study

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Academics underestimate willingness of PhDs to use fake data

Around one in 12 postgraduate researchers would publish fraudulent results if it helped them get ahead, says study

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Academic fraud factories are booming, warns plagiarism sleuth

Third of cancer researchers fail to help reproducibility project

Fake peer review retractions fuel concerns over Chinese practices

Researchers ‘plot promotions using conference collusion rings’

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