Scientific Misconduct

"Scientific Misconduct" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Intentional falsification of scientific data by presentation of fraudulent or incomplete or uncorroborated findings as scientific fact.

Descriptor ID	D015871
MeSH Number(s)	K01.752.566.479.915.500 N05.350.979.500
Concept/Terms	Scientific Misconduct Scientific Misconduct Misconduct, Scientific Fraud, Scientific Frauds, Scientific Scientific Fraud Scientific Frauds Ethics in Publishing Ethics in Publishing Publishing, Ethics in Research Misconduct Research Misconduct Misconduct, Research Scientific Dishonesty Scientific Dishonesty Dishonesties, Scientific Dishonesty, Scientific Scientific Dishonesties Fraudulent Data Fraudulent Data Data, Fraudulent

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Scientific Misconduct".

Humanities [K]
Humanities [K01]
Philosophy [K01.752]
Morals [K01.752.566]
Ethics [K01.752.566.479]
Professional Misconduct [K01.752.566.479.915]
Scientific Misconduct [K01.752.566.479.915.500]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Ethics [N05.350]
Professional Misconduct [N05.350.979]
Scientific Misconduct [N05.350.979.500]

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