On Misunderstanding Scientific Misconduct

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Abstract
The prolonged controversy concerning scientific misconduct may be better understood ifwe take greater care to define our terms, frames of reference, and points of prejudice. Our ignorance of the impact of scientific ethics on the efficiency of doing successful research is equaled only by our failure to study how people get to be good scientists. We probably know as much as is necessary about the incidence of serious misconduct, but know very little about the prevalence of other practices, good or bad. It is necessary to educate the consumers about the idiosyncrasies of science, and the practitioners of science about their art.

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