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Comment
. 2013;10(3):e1001406.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001406. Epub 2013 Mar 26.

Policies and initiatives aimed at addressing research misconduct in high-income countries

David B Resnik  1 , Zubin Master
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Policies and initiatives aimed at addressing research misconduct in high-income countries

David B Resnik et al. PLoS Med. 2013.

Abstract

David Resnik and Zubin Master review current policies and initiatives for preventing and managing research misconduct in high-income countries, summarize some high profile cases of misconduct, and make suggestions on ways forward.

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Conflict of interest statement

ZM was previously an employee of Health Canada where he developed Health Canada's Scientific Integrity Framework and served as secretariat to the Canadian Research Integrity Forum. DR declares no competing interests.

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