CURRENT STATUS OF RESEARCH MISCONDUCT: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND PREVENTION PROCEDURES

Research misconduct is a serious incident in research. It is an unethical action in research. Here, researchers intentionally fabricate, falsify, and plagiarise data to support their research findings. Research misconduct reduces research integrity, standards, objectivity, transparency and credibility. The objectives of this review study are to discuss the concept of research misconduct, followed by discussing the reasons, consequences and prevention of research misconduct. This study also aims