Department of Anesthesia, Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2011 Apr;24(2):154-9. doi: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328344529d.
To provide a brief review and update on the subject of scientific misconduct relevant to the specialty of anesthesia. The overall goal is to raise awareness amongst readers of the scientific literature that although publication fraud is relatively infrequent, the reasons for fraud are complex and the consequences to the individual and for the specialty are substantial.
Scientific misconduct and publication fraud can easily go undetected. However, plagiarism is being detected with increasing frequency as a result of newer detection software. There are recent examples of scientific misconduct involving extensive data fabrication in the anesthesiology literature that have far-reaching, and as-yet-to-be determined implications for the scientific record. The reasons for publication fraud and methods to detect scientific misconduct are reviewed. The implications for related studies in the field, systematic reviews and practice guidelines are considered.
When suspected, alleged misconduct must be thoroughly investigated. When proven, scientific misconduct must be addressed by the relevant institutions and the scientific record must be corrected. Many stakeholders are involved in this complex and most unfortunate process.
提供一个简要的综述和更新，主题是与麻醉专业相关的科学不端行为。总体目标是提高读者对科学文献的认识，尽管出版欺诈相对较少见，但欺诈的原因很复杂，对个人和专业的影响是巨大的。
科学不端行为和出版欺诈很容易被忽视。然而，由于新型检测软件的出现，剽窃行为的检测频率越来越高。最近有一些涉及麻醉学文献中广泛数据捏造的科学不端行为的例子，这些例子对科学记录产生了深远的、尚未确定的影响。本文回顾了出版欺诈的原因和检测科学不端行为的方法，并考虑了对该领域相关研究、系统评价和实践指南的影响。
当怀疑有不当行为时，必须进行彻底调查。一旦被证实，相关机构必须处理科学不端行为，必须纠正科学记录。许多利益相关者都参与了这个复杂而不幸的过程。
