UM committee finds duplication, manipulation of research data


PETALING JAYA: A committee set up by Universiti Malaya (UM) to investigate allegations of research falsification has found that there were duplication and or manipulation of almost all figures (images and graphs) within the original Scientific Reports paper and across three other papers. 

UM vice-chancellor Prof Tan Sri Dr Mohd Amin Jalaludin said the findings from the investigation suggests that all four articles were prepared by a single set of data.   

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