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Why Research Retraction Due to Misconduct Should Be Stigmatized

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  • Guangwei Hu

    (Department of English and Communication, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China)

  • Shaoxiong Brian Xu

    (Department of English and Communication, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
    School of Foreign Studies, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang 438000, China)

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Many of us may remember Hester Prynne, the protagonist of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter , who was stigmatized for conceiving a daughter out of wedlock [...]

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  • Guangwei Hu & Shaoxiong Brian Xu, 2023. "Why Research Retraction Due to Misconduct Should Be Stigmatized," Publications, MDPI, vol. 11(1), pages 1-2, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jpubli:v:11:y:2023:i:1:p:18-:d:1100143
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