Easy men must commit wrongdoing when studying

Research results of social scientists published on the American Microbiology Association's online magazine on January 22 showed that in the process of doing research, men tend to commit wrong behaviors. more often than women.

These misconduct includes fraud, distorting, distorting facts or plagiarism.

Mr. Joan Bennett of Rutgers University, co-author of the study, said: "It is not only easy for young men to make mistakes, but even older men who are really mature are easily caught. This situation".

Scientific research

Joan Bennett collaborated with researcher Ferric Fang of the University of Washington and Arturo Casadevall of Albert Einstein School of Medicine to examine the data from the Office of Integrity Research of the United States - an organization investigating the reports. forced on human misconduct.

They found that among 227 individuals who were sanctioned for misconduct in scientific research from 1994 up to now, men accounted for 66%.

This number far exceeds the overall representation among researchers in life science. And although men represent about 70% of faculty in life science, up to 88% of these teachers commit wrongdoing.

" When you look at the numbers, you'll find that problems with misconduct seem to have happened throughout the entire career of scientists," said Casadevall .

According to the researchers, the level of violations of the above-mentioned misconduct in lecturers is 32%, other researchers are 28%, representing a total of 60% of cases, while students accounting for 16%, postdoctoral researcher 25%.

However, sanctioned cases are only 40%.