> ... research shows an increase in the incidence of data manipulation in published papers .... This does not necessarily mean that scientific fraud is on the

> ... research shows an increase in the incidence of data manipulation in published papers .... This does not necessarily mean that scientific fraud is on the rise, only that a particular kind of fraud is on the rise. Is it possible that dishonest scientists are simply turning more to data manipulation than to other kinds of fraud? (And how would one tell?)