"Research integrity" refers to the high ethical standards and honesty that researchers must uphold when conducting their studies and communicating their findings. It includes principles like being truthful, transparent, and unbiased in data collection, analysis, reporting, and sharing of research outcomes.
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A university spokeswoman said that the university's office
of research integrity had begun an investigation.
There is no common definition worldwide
for research integrity, research misconduct, conflict of interest, plagiarism or other key terms that describe acceptable and unacceptable research practices.
Job titles include grants accountant, director of export controls, research development coordinator or associate, financial administrator,
research integrity officer, and contract or proposal manager.
Over the years, participants have reported on efforts to understand the nature of the difficulties associated
with research integrity.
Open sharing of healthcare databases is viewed as a means of
ensuring research integrity, enabling other researchers to independently validate the findings.
It is now time to place greater emphasis on the assessment of efforts to improve integrity in research and the use of empirical information in developing
research integrity policies.
The second and third conferences — held in 2010 and 2013, respectively — published official statements laying down fundamental principles that
support research integrity [2].
More than 300 delegates from all over the world focused on developing recommendations to create internationally approved guidelines
on research integrity.
Clinical trial transparency could really be seen as a model for how we might tackle other areas
of research integrity and publication bias.
Geoethics: A challenge for
research integrity in geosciences Presenter: Silvia Peppoloni, Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica E Vulcanologia, International Association for Promoting Geoethics, Italy Co-authors: Peter Bobrowsky, Geological Association of Canada, International Association for Promoting Geoethics, Canada; Giuseppe Di Capua, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, International Association for Promoting Geoethics, Italy
A perspective from a major Brazilian engineering graduate school on
research integrity Presenter: Edson H. Watanabe, Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute for Graduate Studies and Research in Engineering, Brazil Coauthor: Sonia MR Vasconcelos, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
With little guidance offered to institutions and professional societies on how they should do their part in
improving research integrity, «[h] ow researchers reading this [g] uide behave will heavily depend on that advice they are given by supervisors and peers on doing what they should do and responding to challenges.»
Matt Hodgkinson, head of
research integrity at the U.K. - based open - access publisher Hindawi, suggested that the platform may be useful for researchers in resource - poor settings.
6) Problems in
research integrity education of graduated medical students Presenter: Jianzhong Zheng, Shanxi Medical University, China Co-authors: Hongqi Wang, Shanxi Medical University, China; Jianzhong Zheng, Shanxi Medical University, China
2009: Nancy Olivieri — Dr. Olivieri was honored for her indefatigable determination that patient safety and
research integrity come before institutional and commercial interests and for her courage in defending these principles in the face of severe consequences.
Based on a statistical analysis of a published paper, a
national research integrity panel in the Netherlands has found evidence of data manipulation in the work of Jens Förster, a social psychologist at the University of Amsterdam.
GRC members have already done a lot of work on
defining research integrity, noted Matthias Kleiner, head of the German Research Foundation, so it should be «easier to define what are the basic tenets.»
Responsible conduct of research (RCR) at Ospedale San Raffaele is defined by the core principles of
research integrity as outlined in the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity:
The Ospedale San Raffaele Research Integrity Office upholds the principles of RCR by fostering a culture of honesty
through research integrity training and education programmes and provision of clear and applicable regulations governing RCR, to ensure the credibility and trustworthiness of the research conducted by our research community.
One degree, two problems:
Research integrity management for cotutelle / joint PhD program — Australian perspective Presenter: Ren Yi, Macquarie University, Australia
Biomedical research integrity education: Experience of Peking University Health Science Center Presenter: Yali Cong, Peking University Health Science Center, China
The move was part of OSU's ongoing efforts to find better ways to tackle
research integrity problems, says Susan Garfinkel, the university's assistant vice president for research compliance, who oversaw investigations at ORI until last year.
Síle Lane and Ben Goldacre gave evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee's inquiry
into research integrity along with Dr Simon Kolstoe.
The committee reports calls for an external regulator for
UK research integrity across all disciplines and for all research institutions to have a specific member of staff dedicated to the subject.
«I certainly can see some benefit in research groups having this book as a common reference for discussing research responsibilities,» writes Nicholas H. Steneck, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, who works as an
independent research integrity consultant, in an email to Science Careers.
«It's very important to take into
account research integrity issues from the outset» of any project involving people from different countries, Kent says.
These ugly monsters raise their heads in the form of low salaries that require inhumane work hours as well as looking the other way
when research integrity requires you to stand up and say «this is unacceptable.»
Now that it has hashed out the merit review principles, GRC will focus on developing common views on
safeguarding research integrity and expanding open access, said science chiefs from Brazil and Germany, which will lead the effort.
Kroll says that, with more researchers competing for a declining pool of federal research dollars, issues
surrounding research integrity will continue to be a strong focus for his office, as well as for research institutions that receive federal funds.
University policies governing conflicts of interest and
research integrity vary widely from campus to campus — and most still have a lot of holes, Bero contends.
The conference theme addressed the link
between research integrity with the way research is decided on, conducted, reported, and rewarded in the research environment [2].
Research integrity plays a key role in establishing trust between researchers, between researchers and the research system and ultimately determines the confidence placed by society in science.
Embedding research integrity in graduate education Presenters: Daniel Denecke, Council of Graduate Schools, USA; Terry May, Michigan State University, USA; Jeff Allum, Council of Graduate Schools, USA