Perils of Precipitate Publication: Fraudulent and Substandard COVID-19 Research.
J Law Med
; 27(4): 779-789, 2020 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-743517
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an environment highly conducive to substandard and fraudulent research. The incentives and temptations for the unethical are substantial. The articles published during 2020 in The Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine that were based on spurious datasets, allegedly hosted by a cloud-based health care analytics platform, are deeply confronting for research integrity. They illustrate the perils of precipitate publication, inadequate peer-reviewing and co-authorship without proper assumption of responsibility. A period of crisis such as that in existence during the COVID-19 pandemic calls for high-quality research that is robustly evaluated. It is not a time for panic to propel premature publication or for relaxation in scholarly standards. Any other approach will replicate errors of the past and result in illusory research breakthroughs to global detriment.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Scientific Misconduct
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Coronavirus Infections
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Biomedical Research
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Law Med
Journal subject:
Jurisprudence
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
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