TY - JOUR
T1 - The carnage of substandard research during the COVID-19 pandemic: A call for quality
AU - Bramstedt, Katrina A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/12/1
Y1 - 2020/12/1
N2 - Worldwide there are currently over 1200 research studies being performed on the topic of COVID-19. Many of these involve children and adults over age 65 years. There are also numerous studies testing investigational vaccines on healthy volunteers. No research team is exempt from the pressures and speed at which COVID-19 research is occurring. And this can increase the risk of honest error as well as misconduct. To date, 33 papers have been identified as unsuitable for public use and either retracted, withdrawn, or noted with concern. Asia is the source of most of these manuscripts (n=19; 57.6%) with China the largest Asian subgroup (n=11; 57.9%). This paper explores these findings and offers guidance for responsible research practice during pandemics.
AB - Worldwide there are currently over 1200 research studies being performed on the topic of COVID-19. Many of these involve children and adults over age 65 years. There are also numerous studies testing investigational vaccines on healthy volunteers. No research team is exempt from the pressures and speed at which COVID-19 research is occurring. And this can increase the risk of honest error as well as misconduct. To date, 33 papers have been identified as unsuitable for public use and either retracted, withdrawn, or noted with concern. Asia is the source of most of these manuscripts (n=19; 57.6%) with China the largest Asian subgroup (n=11; 57.9%). This paper explores these findings and offers guidance for responsible research practice during pandemics.
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U2 - 10.1136/medethics-2020-106494
DO - 10.1136/medethics-2020-106494
M3 - Article
C2 - 33004545
AN - SCOPUS:85091790214
SN - 0306-6800
VL - 46
SP - 803
EP - 807
JO - Journal of Medical Ethics
JF - Journal of Medical Ethics
IS - 12
ER -
