Scientific Misconduct and Social Media: Role of Twitter in the Stimulus Triggered Acquisition of Pluripotency Cells Scandal

Yuya Sugawara   ^{1, 2, 3} , MS ;   Tetsuya Tanimoto   ⁴ , MD ;   Shoko Miyagawa   ⁵ , MSHI, PhD ;   Masayasu Murakami   ² , BEC ;   Atsushi Tsuya   ¹ , PhD ;   Atsushi Tanaka   ⁶ , PhD ;   Masahiro Kami   ⁷ , MD, PhD ;   Hiroto Narimatsu   ^{3, 8} , MD, PhD

¹ Institute for Promotion of Medical Science Research, Yamagata University, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan

² Department of Health Policy Science, Graduate School of Medical Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan

³ Cancer Prevention and Control Division, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Yokohama, Japan

⁴ Navitas Clinic, Tokyo, Japan

⁵ Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care, Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan

⁶ Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Japan

⁷ Medical Governance Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan

⁸ Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medical Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan