Repairing research integrity.

The article discusses a 2006 survey of scientists holding National Institutes of Health (NIH) extramural research funds at 605 institutions about research misconduct in the United States. Between 2002-2005, 8.7% of respondents say they had observed or had direct evidence of researchers in their own department committing one or more incidents of suspected research misconduct. Around 58% of the observed incidents had been reported to official institutions. Responses suggest that 37% of incidents were not reported by anyone.