Historical model for editor and Office of Research Integrity cooperation in handling allegations, investigation, and retraction in a contentious (Abbs) case of research misconduct.
Cooperation between a journal editor and the federal Office of Research Integrity (ORI) in addressing investigations of research misconduct, each performing their own responsibilities while keeping each other informed of events and evidence, can be critical to the professional and regulatory resolution of a case. This paper describes the history of one of ORI's most contentious investigations that involved falsification of research on Parkinson's disease patients by James Abbs, Professor of Neurology, University of Wisconsin, published in the journal Neurology, which was handled cooperatively by the authors, who were the chief ORI investigator and the Editor-in-Chief of Neurology, respectively.
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D001319:Authorship / Q000266:history*; D032984:Ethics, Research / Q000266:history; D033161:Government Regulation / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.) / Q000266:history; D010300:Parkinson Disease; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history; D011643:Publishing / Q000266:history; D015871:Scientific Misconduct / Q000266:history*; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States; D018172:United States Office of Research Integrity / Q000266:history*; D014922:Wisconsin
Neurology; Office of Research Integrity; editor; research misconduct; retraction; scientific misconduct