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scientific misconduct

violation of the standard codes of scholarly conduct and ethical behavior in professional scientific research
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scientific misconduct

Summary

scientific misconduct ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (638 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • scientific misconduct is a type of malpractice[2].
  • scientific misconduct is a type of professional misconduct[3].
  • scientific misconduct is a type of academic dishonesty[4].
  • scientific misconduct's Commons category is recorded as Scientific misconduct[5].
  • scientific misconduct comprises failure[6].
  • scientific misconduct comprises plagiarism[7].
  • scientific misconduct comprises self-plagiarism[8].
  • scientific misconduct comprises conflict of interest[9].
  • scientific misconduct's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Scientific misconduct[10].
  • scientific misconduct's facet of is recorded as scientific research[11].
  • scientific misconduct's has effect is recorded as retraction[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include malpractice[2], professional misconduct[3], and academic dishonesty[4].

Use and Application

Components include failure[6], a condition[13]; plagiarism[7]; self-plagiarism[8]; and conflict of interest[9], a type of bias[14].

Why It Matters

scientific misconduct ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (638 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Andrew Wakefield

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → retraction
    Subclass of → malpractice, professional misconduct, academic dishonesty
    Subclass of → —
    Has parts → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007550764005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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