Scientific Integrity and Transparency in Academic Writing: The Foundation of Credible Science

Children (Basel). 2024 Sep 29;11(10):1191. doi: 10.3390/children11101191.

Niels Wedderkopp^{1

2}, Erich Rutz^{3

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¹ Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense, Denmark.
² The Spine Center of Southern Denmark, 6000 Kolding, Denmark.
³ Depatment of Orthopaedics, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne 3052, Australia.
⁴ Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne 3052, Australia.
⁵ Department of Paediatrics, Bob Dickens Chair, Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, Australia.
⁶ Medical Faculty, University of Basel, 4001 Basel, Switzerland.

Abstract

In the academic community, discussions and debates are a natural and vital part of the research process [...].