Science journal warns readers for Stapel
Scientific journal Science has published an ‘editorial expression of concern’ to alert its readers for false information in an earlier publication by Diederik Stapel.
“The Report ‘Coping with chaos: How disordered contexts promote stereotyping and discrimination’ by D. A. Stapel and S. Lindenberg (1) reported the effects of the physical environment on human stereotyping and discriminatory behavior. On 31 October 2011, Tilburg University held a press conference to announce interim findings of its investigation into possible data fraud in the body of work published by Stapel. The official report in Dutch indicates that the extent of the fraud by Stapel is substantial. Pending further details of the Tilburg Committee’s findings, Science is publishing this Editorial Expression of Concern to alert our readers that serious concerns have been raised about the validity of the findings in this Report”, Bruce Alberts, editor-in-chief of Science, said in his brief statement, called an editorial expression of concern.
