| Title |
How Many Scientists Fabricate and Falsify Research? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Survey Data
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2009
|
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0005738 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Daniele Fanelli |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 702 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 75 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 45 | 6% |
| Spain | 39 | 6% |
| Poland | 26 | 4% |
| Canada | 16 | 2% |
| Australia | 11 | 2% |
| France | 10 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1% |
| Mexico | 7 | <1% |
| Other | 90 | 13% |
| Unknown | 374 | 53% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 594 | 85% |
| Scientists | 65 | 9% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 21 | 3% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 18 | 3% |
| Unknown | 4 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 2,220 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 35 | 2% |
| Brazil | 23 | 1% |
| Germany | 22 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 22 | <1% |
| Spain | 12 | <1% |
| Canada | 10 | <1% |
| France | 7 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 7 | <1% |
| Australia | 6 | <1% |
| Other | 69 | 3% |
| Unknown | 2007 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 368 | 17% |
| Researcher | 322 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 301 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 224 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 129 | 6% |
| Other | 539 | 24% |
| Unknown | 337 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 339 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 275 | 12% |
| Psychology | 219 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 161 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 109 | 5% |
| Other | 694 | 31% |
| Unknown | 423 | 19% |