In a survey of 244 engineering graduate students, one fifth admit to cheating or committing some form of research malpractice during their studies. The findings of a new survey suggests that research malpractice and academic cheating are common among early-career researchers. According to the results of a survey published last month, more than 16% of recipients of a prestigious graduate research fellowship in science have cheated on an exam or an assignment during their time at graduate school [ 1 ]. And another 4% of those recipients admit to committing research misconduct , defined as the fabrication of data; […]
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