Competitive pressure and academic pursuit: Postgraduates are under great pressure of graduation and academic publication. In order to publish high-level papers or get good job opportunities, some graduate students have to resort to data fraud to achieve their goals.
Lack of scientific moral education and awareness of academic integrity: Some graduate students lack scientific moral education and awareness of academic integrity, and have insufficient understanding of the consequences and effects of academic misconduct, thus unconsciously adopting incorrect scientific research methods and means in the research process.
Poor management and inadequate quality control: some universities and scientific research institutions have loopholes in the management of graduate thesis, and they have not strictly checked and checked the authenticity and reliability of data, which provides an opportunity for data fraud.
The cost of detecting fraud is very high: it takes a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources to detect whether the data is fraudulent, and the identification process is often very complicated and time-consuming. Therefore, unless there is enough evidence and reason to show that there is something wrong with the data, it is generally not easy to detect. This also leaves an opportunity for data counterfeiters.
It is difficult to produce results in scientific research: with the development of scientific research and the intensification of competition, it requires huge investment and faces great risks to obtain truly valuable results. In this case, some researchers may choose to take shortcuts and achieve results quickly through improper means such as data fraud.