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Nature 418, 569 (8 August 2002) | doi:10.1038/418569b

Integrity from the top down

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Research universities and other institutions are responsible for creating an environment that fosters scientific integrity.

Last month, in a rare pronouncement by the US scientific establishment on a thorny subject, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report on integrity in scientific research.The IOM notes that fully fledged cases of scientific misconduct are rare.