Abstract

Frauds and misconduct have been common in the history of science. Recent events connected to the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted how the risks and consequences of this are no longer...

Highlights

  • Frauds and misconducts have been common in the history of science

  • The objective of this paper is to highlight how the current system endangers the reliability of scientific research and the very foundations of the trust system on which modern healthcare is based

  • Having shed light on the dangers of a system without appropriate monitoring, both for the scientific community and society as a whole, we propose to strengthen the existing journal policies and improve the research process using new technologies supporting control activities by public authorities

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INTRODUCTION

Frauds and misconducts have been common in the history of science. Recent events connected to the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted how the risks and consequences of this are no longer acceptable, especially during a global health emergency. Having shed light on the dangers of a system without appropriate monitoring, both for the scientific community and society as a whole, we propose to strengthen the existing journal policies and improve the research process using new technologies supporting control activities by public authorities Among these solutions, we mention the promising aspects of the blockchain technology which seems a promising solution to avoid the repetition of the mistakes linked to the recent and past history of research. A recent study—ironically, a preprint—shows that 14 medical journals have decreased by almost 50% the time required on average to publish a COVID-19 paper by reducing the number of days required for the peer review.[3] These issues raised concerns about the quality of COVID-19 publications, the spread of misinformation and lack of scientific integrity, which are the foundations of the so-­called ‘infodemic’

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