Not so, says a National Academy of Sciences study that attributes two thirds of the retractions in the biomedical and life-sciences to scientificmisconduct.
As reported here previously, Poldermans was fired for scientificmisconduct by the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, where he had been a professor of medicine and the head of perioperative cardiac care.
Rather, we wished to highlight the caustic nature of scientificmisconduct, recognizing that anyone can fall victim to these perils without close attention to warning signs and unending discipline to protocol and procedures.
Both the Boston Globe and the Harvard Crimson have reported that Harvard professor of psychology Marc Hauser has decided to resign after an investigation concluded he was guilty of scientificmisconduct in publishing questionable data in three papers he published in the major science journals.