ABSTRACT

Increasingly more scholars are voicing concerns over fraudulent events and incidences of malpractice in academic research. Disappointingly, but unsurprisingly, research fraud is a consequence or even a rational response to fitting into a malfunctioning research environment that is fetishised globally. The current system creates a toxic ecosystem for research in which short-term individual interests and institutional goals override long-terms ones. In addition, perverse incentive systems, unequal power balances and barriers to academic freedom define the rules of research. In response to Professor Lee Harvey bringing this debate with many unique examples to light, this commentary extends the conversation by emphasising the factors that create the pressure behind fraudulent studies, as well as listing the latent problems that establish socially acceptable albeit unethical norms that have led to a dysfunctional and destructive research culture in academia.

摘要

越来越多的学者对学术研究中的欺诈事件和渎职事件表示担忧。令人失望但并不奇怪的是，研究欺诈是对适应全球迷恋的故障研究环境的结果，甚至是合理的反应。当前的系统为研究创造了一个有害的生态系统，在该生态系统中，短期的个人利益和机构目标超越了长期的利益。此外，不正当的奖励制度，不平等的权力平衡和学术自由的障碍也界定了研究规则。为了回应李·哈维（Lee Harvey）教授用许多独特的例子来阐明这场辩论，这篇评论通过强调造成欺诈性研究背后压力的因素扩大了对话范围，