42 CFR 93.103 : Public Health (Part 1 To Parts 1009-1099) — (Part 1 To Chapters Ii-Iii) — Public Health Service, Department Of Health And Human Services (Part 1 To Parts 138-199) — Health Assessments And Health Effects Studies Of Hazardous Substances Releases And Facilities (§ 90.1 To § 93.523) — Public Health Service Policies On Research Misconduct (§ 93.25 To § 93.523) — General (§ 93.100 To § 93.109) — Research misconduct.

Research misconduct means fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results.

(a) Fabrication is making up data or results and recording or reporting them.

(b) Falsification is manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record.

(c) Plagiarism is the appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit.

(d) Research misconduct does not include honest error or differences of opinion.