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A survey suggests that many research misconduct incidents in the United States go unreported to the Office of Research Integrity. Sandra L. Titus, James A. Wells and Lawrence J. Rhoades say it's time to change that.

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  1. Sandra L. Titus is director of intramural research, Office of Research Integrity, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 750, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA.,

    Sandra L. Titus

  2. James A. Wells is director of the Office of Research Policy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 205 Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.,

    James A. Wells

  3. Lawrence J. Rhoades is the retired former director of the Division of Education and Integrity, Office of Research Integrity, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 750, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA.,

    Lawrence J. Rhoades

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A more detailed report discussing this study can be found at http://tinyurl.com/3keo6h . See Editorial, page 957 . Discuss this article here .

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Titus, S., Wells, J. & Rhoades, L. Repairing research integrity. Nature 453, 980–982 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/453980a

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