The study’s authors say that while academics are rewarded for publishing novel work often and in high-profile journals, bad scientific practice will ‘run rampant’. Photograph: Ben Broomfield/The Guardian The study’s authors say that while academics are rewarded for publishing novel work often and in high-profile journals, bad scientific practice will ‘run rampant’. Photograph: Ben Broomfield/The G
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