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Cycles of invisibility: The limits of transparency in dealing with scientific misconduct (June 2021)

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Scientific communities; interprofessional relations Scientists Scientific misconduct; fraud in science Technoscience; science and technology studies Professional qualifications; status; remuneration 21st century

Sanctions for plagiarism, falsification and fabrication in research are primarily symbolic. This paper investigates sanctions for scientific misconduct and their preceding investigation processes as visible and legitimate symbols. Using three different data sources (retraction notices, expert interviews, and a survey of scientists), we show that sanctions for scientific misconduct operate within a cycle of visibility, in which sanctions are highly visible, while investigation and decision-making procedures remain mostly invisible. This corresponds to high levels of acceptance of sanctions in the scientific community, but a low acceptance of the respective authorities. Such a punitiveness in turn exacerbates confidentiality concerns, so that authorities become even more secretive. We argue that punitiveness towards scientific misconduct is driven by such a cycle of invisibility.

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Authors & Contributors
Davies, Sarah R.
Mainz, Vera V.
Strom, E. Thomas
Jewess, Michael
Jacob, Marie-Andrée
Li, Zhengfeng
Journals
Social Studies of Science
Engineering Studies
Science, Technology and Human Values
History of Science
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Publishers
American Chemical Society
Springer International Publishing
University of Chicago Press
Palgrave Macmillan
Concepts
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Scientists
Professional qualifications; status; remuneration
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Scientific misconduct; fraud in science
Engineers
People
Hunter, Robert Fergus
Hwang Woo-suk
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
Places
United States
Spain
China
Korea
India
Great Britain
Institutions
Biomed Central
Committee on Publication Ethics
Census of Marine Life (1999-2009)
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Human Genome Project
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