Segregate Assessment of Data Validity from the More Complex Issue of Fraud

2025/03/21 by Garret A. FitzGerald · 1 voice
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics · Decision Sciences · #Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare #Meta-analysis and systematic reviews #scientometrics and bibliometrics research

paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/jme.2025.42

openalex publication_date 2025/03/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

Trust in the validity of published work is of fundamental importance to scientists. Confirmation of validity is more readily attained than addressing the question of whether fraud was involved. Suggestions are made for key stakeholders - institutions and companies, journals, and funders as to how they might enhance trust in science, both by accelerating the assessment of data validity and by segregating that effort from investigation of allegations of fraud.

Citations

• What happened to the pursuit of truth?
• Biomedical researchers’ perspectives on the reproducibility of research

Discussions

• The most important test in science is the test of time: A perspective on data, fraud, trust & validity doi.org/10.1017/jme.... @FitzGerald__Lab #ScienceIntegrity #TranslationalScience [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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