Errors and Integrity in Seeking and Reporting Apparent Research Misconduct

Seeking and reporting apparent research misconduct: errors and integrity

“…We have already published our view of the Carlisle method for the readers of Anesthesiology . We did so because 12 of the articles explicitly identified by Carlisle as potentially fraudulent were published in our journal and we deemed it necessary to address the journal's readership directly.…”

“…taller people likely weigh more) leads to massive potential bias in the expected distribution of how even well‐randomised trials should be distributed. These significant methodological problems have been discussed elsewhere and in greater detail, both online (https://steamtraen.blogspot.com/2017/06/exploring-john-carlisles-bombshell.html, https://www.methodsman.com/blog/fraud-carlisle, https://errorstatistics.com/2017/07/01/s-senn-fishing-for-fakes-with-fisher-guest-post/, all last accessed 24/08/2017) and in peer‐reviewed publication . Third, owing to these flaws, the Carlisle method lacks validity to support the ‘hope that other journals will follow suit and also screen submissions’ (using the Carlisle method) , and for the call ‘that every journal in the world now needs to apply Carlisle's method to all the randomised clinical trials they've ever published’ .…”

“…The Carlisle article appears to directly contravene COPE guidance. These ethical problems have been discussed in greater detail elsewhere .…”

Seeking and reporting apparent research misconduct: errors and integrity – a reply

“…We find it unfortunate they have taken such great exception to the language we used in discussing the results of Carlisle's analysis and we feel their reaction stems from misreading our editorial. Both their letter and editorial include significant misquotations, in some instances characterising our questions or suggestions for consideration as firm statements, and in others taking our words and phrases out of context. Throughout our editorial, we were careful to note that causes other than data fabrication can explain why articles may be identified by the Carlisle method as being potentially problematic.…”

Medical gas cylinder expiry dates – a reply

“…There is a long history of defining data standards for anaesthetic records [2][3][4], but relatively little progress towards implementation and adoption of electronic anaesthetic records.…”