Street research market: dealing with scientific misconduct in Iran
Abstract Background Scientific misconduct is a prevalent phenomenon with many undesirable consequences. In Iran, no original research have been done about scientific fraud. So, this study aimed at describing a challenging research misconduct in Iran, its related causes, and the ways Iranian authorit...
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doaj-07668f64a15143ba90130a0f0853ddd92020-11-25T03:12:00ZengBMCBMC Medical Ethics1472-69392020-08-012111810.1186/s12910-020-00518-xStreet research market: dealing with scientific misconduct in IranHomayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani0Leila Nikniaz1Hamid Reza Yousefi Nodeh2Road Traffic Injury Research Center, Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Tabriz University of Medical SciencesTabriz Health Services Management Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical SciencesStudent research committee, Research Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical SciencesAbstract Background Scientific misconduct is a prevalent phenomenon with many undesirable consequences. In Iran, no original research have been done about scientific fraud. So, this study aimed at describing a challenging research misconduct in Iran, its related causes, and the ways Iranian authorities deal with it. Methods In this cross-sectional study, through a two-year period, all the advertisements installed in the study sites were collected and the content analysis was performed. Semi-structured interviews were held with experts for discovering the causes of misconduct. Also, published issues were collected for review of the laws on confronting the fraud in Iran. Results The content analysis resulted in identifying four categories of misconduct issues: advertising approach, types of services, outcome guarantee, and justifying the academic credit. Besides, reviewing the related literature indicated that Iranian government and the responsible authorities have recently established serious penalties for dealing with scientific misconduct through legislation. Conclusions This study revealed some misconduct in scientific activities which has persuaded the authorities to enforce strict rules to deal with it. The effectiveness of this legislation needs to be investigated in some further studies.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-020-00518-xStreet researchScientific misconductIranLegislation |
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Abstract Background Scientific misconduct is a prevalent phenomenon with many undesirable consequences. In Iran, no original research have been done about scientific fraud. So, this study aimed at describing a challenging research misconduct in Iran, its related causes, and the ways Iranian authorities deal with it. Methods In this cross-sectional study, through a two-year period, all the advertisements installed in the study sites were collected and the content analysis was performed. Semi-structured interviews were held with experts for discovering the causes of misconduct. Also, published issues were collected for review of the laws on confronting the fraud in Iran. Results The content analysis resulted in identifying four categories of misconduct issues: advertising approach, types of services, outcome guarantee, and justifying the academic credit. Besides, reviewing the related literature indicated that Iranian government and the responsible authorities have recently established serious penalties for dealing with scientific misconduct through legislation. Conclusions This study revealed some misconduct in scientific activities which has persuaded the authorities to enforce strict rules to deal with it. The effectiveness of this legislation needs to be investigated in some further studies. |
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