Ethical Issues in Biomedical Research and Publication

Define Plagiarism.

• Manipulating research data

• Copying another person’s work without acknowledgment

• Publishing research in multiple journals

• Falsifying experimental results

What is required for research involving human subjects.

• Approval from the researcher's supervisor

• Only verbal permission from participants

• Informed consent from the participant or guardian

• No special requirements if the research is non-invasive

What does “self-plagiarism” mean in research ethics?

• Copying another researcher’s work

• Using another person’s research methods without permission

• Making up data in a research study

• Publishing the same work multiple times under different titles

Which of the following is NOT considered research misconduct?

• Fabrication

• Falsification

• Citing all sources correctly

• Plagiarism

Fabrication is making up results and reporting.

• True

• False