The time is right to confront misconduct.

The author discusses the initiative of research leaders to address research misconduct. The author says that research integrity has been put in the spotlight worldwide. He states that two studies by InterAcademy Council and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences will be released in 2013 to reflect on the shift of the attitudes by scientists. He adds universities in Great Britain has a voluntary concordat which obliges them to conduct investigation on misconduct allegations.