Science and Fraud

There is increased focus on the detection of fraud in Science. Things seem to have heated up after the debacle of Hwang, the south korean stem cell researcher who was involved in fraud scandal. Hwang was indicted two days ago

What can journals, especially the well known journals who have alot of credibility to lose, do to detect fraud? Many editors are considering measurements to check for signs of misconduct in submissions, as can be read in the article "Detecting fraud at journals" published in The Scientist.

The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has recently released some softwaretools to investigate questioned images. These educational tools illustrate several principles in examining questioned images. The software is free to download, and there is even an example journal available to try the tools on!