unethical research

Experiments that contravene ethical norms, such as the protection of research participants, the treatment of research animals, patient confidentiality, consent to take part or withdraw from a study or informing participants about the nature of the research

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  1. Author creates bogus email accounts for proposed reviewers

    11-27 Recently, as co-editor of my journal, I received a manuscript submitted for publication. The author had recommended two reviewers along with their Gmail accounts and affiliations. I was curious about the affiliation of one of the ...

  2. Ethics and consent in research

    09-16 A letter was sent to the chief editor of our journal in response to a recently published article in our journal. The author had serious concerns about the ethics and consent obtained as a result of this study and the follow-up by ...

  3. HIV homeopathy

    09-11 The authors carried out a study. A homeopathic treatment was given to people with HIV/AIDs. The outcome was quality of life, as measured by a questionnaire after 1 month and 18 months of treatment. Participants were selected for ...

  4. Has formal ethical approval been granted that satisfies publication criteria?

    09-08 The issue here is whether formal ethics approval has been granted in order to satisfy publication criteria. By way of some background information, a lot of screening data are collected on many athletes in many sports, both ...

  5. Possible serial misconduct in relation to coauthors and other activities

    09-04 I am the editor of an international clinical journal and am facing a very unusual problem that does not fit readily into COPE flowcharts. ...

  6. HIV testing without offering treatment to affected individuals

    07-16 A team of Western researchers carried out a longitudinal study of pregnant nomadic tribeswomen in Africa between 2002 and 2003. They took blood samples during and after pregnancy to test for a specific disease. Those who tested ...

  7. Request for a retraction of a retraction

    06-14 In October 2000, a journal published a retraction of a February 2000 publication of a research paper. In the same issue the dean of the corresponding author’s medical school reported the findings of an investigational committee ...

  8. Allegations of scientific fraud and unethical conduct of experiments with attempts to silence the whistleblower

    98-17 The allegations of fraud  ...