Research Misconduct

Research misconduct in Yale’s policy is:

“Any allegation of academic misconduct, including but not limited to falsification or fabrication of data, plagiarism, or gross negligence in the conduct, proposing or reporting of research or scholarship….”

According to this policy and federal agency regulations:

• Fabrication is making up data or results and recording or reporting them.
• Falsification is manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record.
• Plagiarism is the appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit.

Research misconduct is NOT honest error or difference of opinion.

Learn more on Procedures for Handling Allegations of Research Misconduct.