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The origins of research projects, the duties of supervisors and research workers, the subjective elements in research and the difficulties of publication are reviewed, as a guide to the complexities of executing an honest research project. It is assumed that research carried out with maximal intellectual integrity will result in real advances.
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Hillman, H. Honest research. Sci Eng Ethics 1, 49–58 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02628697
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