Diederik Stapel

Diederik Alexander Stapel (born 19 October 1966) is a Dutch former professor of social psychology at Tilburg University.[1] In 2011 Tilburg University suspended Stapel for fabricating and manipulating data for his research publications. This scientific misconduct took place over a number of years and affected dozens of his publications.[2][3] By 2015, fifty-eight of Stapel's publications had been retracted.[4] He has been described in coverage by the New York Times as "the biggest con man in academic science".[5]

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  2. ^ "Levelt: Fraud detected in 55 publications (2013)". UniversOnline.nl. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  3. ^ Derksen, Maarten (2021), "A Menagerie of Imposters and Truth-Tellers: Diederik Stapel and the Crisis in Psychology", The Imposter as Social Theory, Bristol University Press, pp. 53–76, doi:10.1332/policypress/9781529213072.003.0003, ISBN 9781529213072
  4. ^ Palus, Shannon (8 December 2015). "Diederik Stapel now has 58 retractions". Retraction Watch. Center for Scientific Integrity. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
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