Table 2 Answers to questions about scientific dishonesty and other unethical behaviour in connection with research (Those who have answered YES in percent)
From: Scientific dishonesty—a nationwide survey of doctoral students in Norway
Questions | Bergen | Oslo 1 | Oslo 2 | Tromsø | Trondheim | All Norway | All Sweden |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Have you, nationally or internationally, heard about anyone who during the last 12 months that has | |||||||
Fabricated data | 21,1 | 28,3 | 33,3 | 36,7 | 29,3 | 29,2 | 29 |
Falsified data | 18,4 | 23,9 | 23,3 | 30 | 24,4 | 23,8 | 31,8 |
Plagiarised data | 13,2 | 19,6 | 20 | 23,3 | 29,3 | 21,1 | 24,2 |
Plagiarised publications | 5,3 | 17,4 | 16,1 | 31,3 | 29,3 | 19,7 | - |
Have you yourself during the last 12 months been the object of pressure to | |||||||
Fabricate data | 0 | 2,1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0,5 | 0 |
Falsify data | 0 | 2,1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0,5 | 5,4 |
Plagiarise data | 0 | 0 | 3,2 | 0 | 0 | 0,5 | 0 |
Plagiarise publications | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Have you during the last 12 months been exposed to unethical pressure concerning | |||||||
Ordering of authors | 13,2 | 8,7 | 12,9 | 12,5 | 7,3 | 10,6 | 8,5 |
Design/method | 0 | 2,2 | 6,5 | 3,1 | 2,4 | 2,7 | 3,1 |
Results | 0 | 0 | 12,9 | 0 | 2,4 | 2,7 | 0,8 |
Harassment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,1 | 0 | 0,5 | 0,8 |
Have you during the last 12 months been affected by any consequences of scientific dishonesty | |||||||
Ethical | 0 | 6,5 | 3,2 | 12,5 | 7,3 | 5,9 | 0 |
Legal | 0 | 0 | 3,2 | 3,1 | 0 | 1,1 | 0 |
Methodological | 0 | 4,3 | 0 | 3,1 | 7,3 | 3,2 | - |
Any other aspect | 2,6 | 4,3 | 3,2 | 0 | 4,9 | 3,2 | 0 |