Legal liability for data fraud

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Guerra-Pujol, F.E.

Affiliations: University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: Should scientists, statisticians, and other researchers be held to the same legal standards as certified public accountants or other actors involved in business or commercial activity? What about research organizations that rely on fraudulent research methods or predatory publishers who publish fraudulent research? This paper explores several possible theories of civil liability arising out of quantitative and qualitative research fraud in academic publishing.

Keywords: Research fraud, data fabrication, civil liability

DOI: 10.3233/SJI-160303

Journal: Statistical Journal of the IAOS, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 755-761, 2017