Misconduct: the aftermath.
A series of articles in this week's New York Science Times looks at how recent findings of misconduct are affecting science.
His Reputation Is Shredded. What About His Papers? by Kenneth Chang
Lucent is coordinating the retractions of all papers of Schön's that were found to contain fraudulent data. Schön and his co-winners have agreed to return a valuable prize they were awarded on the basis of research now shown to be invalid.
On Scientific Fakery and the Systems to Catch It by Kenneth Chang
This article explores what Schön's co-authors really knew and what the role of co-authors should be. The ripples begin to expand...
At Lawrence Berkeley, Physicists Say a Colleague Took Them for a Ride by George Johnson
On to the other misconduct of the moment, Johnson's piece also questions the role of co-authors in the case of Ninov and the mystery of element 118. [David Harris: Science news]
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