Random Error, Bias and Fraud in Scientific Publications Error aleatorio, sesgo y fraude en las publicaciones científicas

Cra 15a 120-74, Piso 6, Bogota, Colombia. E-mail address: jheslavas@unal.edu.co (J. Eslava-Schmalbach).The purpose of a scientific publication is to provide the most truthful channel of communication between the authors that produce the research and the readers that intend to extrapolate that research to their respective populations. As expressed by Donald Miller in his last editorial, research fraud is a current and extremely concerning issue for scientific journals, for editorial teams and for for the authors themselves.

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