Since academics are most likely to publish anything, that's sort of without question. Correlation without proof that political affiliation is the cause of the fraud and not some other factor like being pressured to publish or lose one's career. Personally, I think most of it is just shameless narcissism and the desire to advance oneself. People are willing to lie and take credit for other people's work, or just flat out make crap up to satisfy their own theories about the world (confirmation bias, weaponized).

As far as the political element, the RINOs and the corruption of the Church (Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopal, you name it) should be a crystal clear example of how corruption is not at all confined to the Left. All of us are subject to the temptation.

Since academics are most likely to publish anything, that's sort of without question. Correlation without proof that political affiliation is the cause of the fraud and not some other factor like being pressured to publish or lose one's career. Personally, I think most of it is just shameless narcissism and the desire to advance oneself. People are willing to lie and take credit for other people's work, or just flat out make crap up to satisfy their own theories about the world (confirmation bias, weaponized).