Bekkelund S I, Hegstad A C, Førde O H
Nevrologisk avdeling Regionsykehuset i Tromsø.
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1995 Oct 20;115(25):3148-51.
To evaluate the occurrence of scientific misconduct in medical research in Norway, 274 randomly selected Norwegian scientists were asked to complete a questionnaire on their knowledge and experience of deviations from the Medical Research Council's professional standard. Altogether 215 (80%) completed the questionnaire. Knowledge of severe misconduct was reported by 22% while 3% reported occurrence of falsification or fabrication of data within their own research group. Ten percent of the respondents knew of plagiarism, while 58% confirmed experience of less severe misconduct, most frequently misleading authorship. Nine percent had themselves contributed to one or more incidents of misconduct. Occurrence of misconduct was not related to area of research. The gap between admitting own misconduct and knowledge of misconduct by others was striking. According to 54% of the respondents, organized ethical education for young scientists would be an effective way of preventing misconduct. Altogether, the present data show that efforts are needed to prevent misconduct in medical research.
为评估挪威医学研究中科研不端行为的发生情况，274名随机挑选的挪威科学家被要求填写一份关于他们对偏离医学研究委员会专业标准的了解和经历的调查问卷。共有215人（80%）完成了问卷。22%的人报告了解严重的不端行为，而3%的人报告在他们自己的研究团队中发生过数据造假或伪造。10%的受访者知晓剽窃行为，而58%的人证实有较轻不端行为的经历，最常见的是误导性署名。9%的人自己曾参与一起或多起不端事件。不端行为的发生与研究领域无关。承认自己的不端行为与知晓他人的不端行为之间的差距令人震惊。54%的受访者认为，为年轻科学家开展有组织的伦理教育是预防不端行为的有效途径。总体而言，目前的数据表明，需要努力预防医学研究中的不端行为。
