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Editors of medical journals deal with allegations of research misconduct, defined by the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) in the U.S. as fabrication, falsification and plagiarism. Research misconduct threatens the validity of science, undermines trust in science and contributes to misinformation and disinformation about science.

According to former editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association Howard Bauchner, MD, “it is important that editors have a transparent and consistent process to deal

with these allegations quickly and fairly.“ Journals are the public conduit for research reports, review articles and opinion pieces and play an important role in adjudicating research misconduct. It is important for all journals to have a policy which carefully defines research misconduct and lays out a consistent stepwise approach to deal with allegations of misconduct,” says Bauchner, professor of pediatrics at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.