Correcting the scientific record– A broken system?

Mark J. Bolland; Andrew Grey; Alison Avenell; Andrew a. Klein

doi:10.1080/08989621.2020.1852938

Correcting the scientific record– A broken system?

Mark J. Bolland^*, Andrew Grey, Alison Avenell, Andrew a. Klein

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Abstract

The current system for assessing and publicly notifying concerns about publication integrity is slow, inefficient, inconsistent, inadequate, and opaque. Readers are, therefore, left unaware of potential issues about publications or are given inadequate information to assess publication integrity. We propose a new process for dealing with publication integrity involving the establishment of independent panel(s) that assess publication integrity and transparently report the outcomes of those assessments, independent of the assessment of any misconduct.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	265-279
Number of pages	15
Journal	Accountability in Research
Volume	28
Issue number	5
Early online date	8 Dec 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2020.1852938
Publication status	Published - 4 Jul 2021

Keywords

expression of concern
Publication integrity
retraction

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abstract = "The current system for assessing and publicly notifying concerns about publication integrity is slow, inefficient, inconsistent, inadequate, and opaque. Readers are, therefore, left unaware of potential issues about publications or are given inadequate information to assess publication integrity. We propose a new process for dealing with publication integrity involving the establishment of independent panel(s) that assess publication integrity and transparently report the outcomes of those assessments, independent of the assessment of any misconduct.",

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note = "Funding The authors received no specific funding for this work. MB is the recipient of an HRC Clinical Practitioner Fellowship. The Health Services Research Unit is funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates. The authors are independent of the HRC. The HRC had no role in study design, the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, the writing of the article, or the decision to submit it for publication.",

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