The Power of Research: Best Practices and Principles in Research Integrity and Publication Ethics

The purpose of writing this book is to clarify the proper approach to the discussion and study of research integrity and publication ethics in medical research; this will include a code of ethics for academics, as well as cover plagiarism and intellectual property rights. At present, there is a lack of robust agreement on the degree of empirical scientific evidence for specific problems that frequently undermine integrity in research, leading to research misconduct.There is also scant knowledge about publication ethics, for which publication of a definitive code is required.