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Focuses on scientific fraud and misconduct. Debate about how many cases of fraud occur in scientific research; Agreement that scientific fraud must be dealt with and eliminated; Explanation of the process of fraud investigation in the United States and in Europe; National committees versus local committees in investigating misconduct; Germany as a leader in instituting procedures for handling and preventing scientific misconduct. INSETS: Japanese scandals raise public distrust;Editors debate whether to blow the whistle on suspect papers;US stalls on new definitions of misconduct.

The article focuses on the controversy faced by climate scientist Phil Jones after he received electronic mail messages regarding his discovery of a mysterious drop of sea surface temperature in the North Atlantic Sea. It states that Jones was accused of scientific misconduct for allegedly attempting to put up an autocratic government by propagating false hysteria regarding global warming. It adds that Great Britain's parliament also did investigations on him, and declared that he was innocent.

The article reports on the plans of the journal "Science" in targeting certain high-risk papers for extra scrutiny. The move comes in response to a report from an external committee convened by the journal to assess its handling of the papers behind the Woo Suk Hwang fraud scandal. It is recommended that the journal should institute a policy in an effort to clamp down on fraud.

The article focuses on a scientific misconduct investigation at the University of Göttingen in Germany. It states that a preliminary investigation of sixteen members of a Collaborative Research Centre found the scientists had listed non-existent papers in a routine milestone report required for continuation of funding. It mentions the interdisciplinary project was studying the stability of rainforests in Indonesia.

The article reports that Gerald Schatten which was recently exposed for faking the results of cloning experiments was cleared of misconduct by University of Pittsburgh in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An investigation was conducted by the university after claims in a paper that he had co-authored the cloning research which turned out to be false.

The article reports on India's planned establishment of a national body which would investigate cases of plagiarism and misconduct in science. The planned formation of an investigative unit was induced by prevalent fraud incidents involving popular scientists like Pattium Chiranjeevi. It states that the chemistry professor was found guilty of plagiarizing or falsifying research papers. Meanwhile, national science advisory committee head C. N. R. Rao claims that he will discuss the proposal at his next meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.