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== Responsibility of authors and of coauthors ==

== Responsibility of authors and of coauthors ==

All co-authors should be able to understand and support the major points of the paper.  An author's reputation can be damaged when he allows his name to be used on work he was not intimately involved with.  In a prominent case, an American stem cell researcher had his name listed on paper that was later revealed to be fraudulent. Although the researcher is not accused of participating in the fraud, a panel at his university found that "his failure to more closely oversee research with his name on it does make him guilty of 'research misbehavior.'"<ref> Holden, Constance. Schatten: Pitt Panel Finds ‘Misbehavior’ but Not Misconduct. Science. 17 February 2006, vol 311: 928. </ref>

All co-authors should be able to understand and support the major points of the paper.  An author's reputation can be damaged when he allows his name to be used on work he was not intimately involved with.  In a prominent case, an American stem cell researcher had his name listed on paper that was later revealed to be fraudulent. Although the researcher is not accused of participating in the fraud, a panel at his university found that "his failure to more closely oversee research with his name on it does make him guilty of 'research misbehavior.'"(Holden, Constance. Schatten: Pitt Panel Finds ‘Misbehavior’ but Not Misconduct. Science. 17 February 2006, vol 311: 928.)

All authors, including coauthors, are expected to have made reasonable attempts to check findings submitted to academic journals for publication. In some cases coauthors of faked research have been accused of inappropriate behavior or research misconduct for failing to verify reports authored by others or by a commercial sponsor. Examples include the case of [[Gerald Schatten]] who co-authored with [[Hwang Woo-Suk]], the case of  Professor Geoffrey Chamberlain who co-authored papers with [[Malcolm Pearce]] (see [http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/310/6994/1547?ijkey=96921f60856061f95125fe2d11452a1a4e7623f3&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha lessons from the Pearce affair]), and the coauthors with [[Jan Hendrik Schön]] at [[Bell Laboratories]]. More recent cases include [http://www.the-scientist.com/news/home/24445/ Charles Nemeroff], then the editor-in-chief of ''Neuropsychopharmacology'', and the so-called  [http://www.doctorsintegrity.org/blumsohn.htm Sheffield Actonel affair].

All authors, including coauthors, are expected to have made reasonable attempts to check findings submitted to academic journals for publication. In some cases coauthors of faked research have been accused of inappropriate behavior or research misconduct for failing to verify reports authored by others or by a commercial sponsor. Examples include the case of [[Gerald Schatten]] who co-authored with [[Hwang Woo-Suk]], the case of  Professor Geoffrey Chamberlain who co-authored papers with [[Malcolm Pearce]] (see [http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/310/6994/1547?ijkey=96921f60856061f95125fe2d11452a1a4e7623f3&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha lessons from the Pearce affair]), and the coauthors with [[Jan Hendrik Schön]] at [[Bell Laboratories]]. More recent cases include [http://www.the-scientist.com/news/home/24445/ Charles Nemeroff], then the editor-in-chief of ''Neuropsychopharmacology'', and the so-called  [http://www.doctorsintegrity.org/blumsohn.htm Sheffield Actonel affair].