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]. |