Stealing Into Print: Fraud, Plagiarism, and Misconduct in Scientific Publishing

False data published by a psychologist influence policies for treating the mentally retarded. A Nobel Prize—winning molecular biologist resigns the presidency of Rockefeller University in the wake of a scandal involving a co—author accused of fabricating data. A university investigating committee declares that almost half the published articles of a promising young radiologist are fraudulent.

Incidents like these strike at the heart of the scientific enterprise and shake the confidence of a ...