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In the U.S., questionable research supported by certain government funds can lead to formal sanctions if there is a finding of misconduct by the federal Office of Research Integrity.

ORI seems to put the onus to investigate on the institution that employed/hosted the researcher. The federal agency then takes steps to review the institution’s findings to make a determination if misconduct took place.

These ORI findings are pretty rare, but one such finding led to the resignation of a top academic at UNC earlier this year:

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/vice-c...r-1064227/



I don’t know where (what institution) MTL was at when these possibly falsified images were submitted for publication, or if he/his fellow researchers got US finding to do their work, so this may fall completely out of ORI’s jurisdiction.

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In the U.S., questionable research supported by certain government funds can lead to formal sanctions if there is a finding of misconduct by the federal Office of Research Integrity.

ORI seems to put the onus to investigate on the institution that employed/hosted the researcher. The federal agency then takes steps to review the institution’s findings to make a determination if misconduct took place.

These ORI findings are pretty rare, but one such finding led to the resignation of a top academic at UNC earlier this year:

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/vice-c...r-1064227/



I don’t know where (what institution) MTL was at when these possibly falsified images were submitted for publication, or if he/his fellow researchers got US finding to do their work, so this may fall completely out of ORI’s jurisdiction.