Researchers on research integrity: a survey of European and American researchers
BACKGROUND: Reports of questionable or detrimental research practices (QRPs) call into question the reliability of scientific evidence and the trustworthiness of research. A critical component of the research ecosystem is the organization within which research takes place. We conducted a survey to e...
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ftutrentoiris:oai:iris.unitn.it:11572/373548 2024-02-11T10:05:14+01:00 Researchers on research integrity: a survey of European and American researchers Allum, Nick Reid, Abigail Bidoglia, Miriam Gaskell, George Aubert-Bonn, Noémie Buljan, Ivan Fuglsang, Simon Horbach, Serge Kavouras, Panagiotis Marušić, Ana Mejlgaard, Niels Pizzolato, Daniel Roje, Rea Tijdink, Joeri Veltri, Giuseppe Allum, Nick Reid, Abigail Bidoglia, Miriam Gaskell, George Aubert-Bonn, Noémie Buljan, Ivan Fuglsang, Simon Horbach, Serge Kavouras, Panagioti Marušić, Ana Mejlgaard, Niel Pizzolato, Daniel Roje, Rea Tijdink, Joeri Veltri, Giuseppe 2023 https://hdl.handle.net/11572/373548 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.128733.1 https://f1000research.com/articles/12-187/v1 eng eng volume:12 firstpage:187 journal:F1000RESEARCH https://hdl.handle.net/11572/373548 doi:10.12688/f1000research.128733.1 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85152920320 https://f1000research.com/articles/12-187/v1 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess research integrity meta-research survey questionable research practices info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2023 ftutrentoiris https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.128733.1 2024-01-23T23:05:55Z BACKGROUND: Reports of questionable or detrimental research practices (QRPs) call into question the reliability of scientific evidence and the trustworthiness of research. A critical component of the research ecosystem is the organization within which research takes place. We conducted a survey to explore the attitudes and beliefs of European and American researchers about the organisations in which they work, their own research practices and their attitudes towards research integrity and research integrity policies. METHODS: We administered an online survey (International Research Integrity Survey (IRIS)) to 2,300 active researchers based in the US and 45,000 in Europe (including UK, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland). We employed a stratified probability sample of the authors of research articles published between 2016 and 2020 included in Clarivate’s Web of Science citation database. Coverage includes researchers in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and medical sciences, who hold at least a master’s level degree. RESULTS: In comparison to researchers in the US, European researchers admit to more QRPs and are less confident in maintaining high research integrity (RI) standards. In the US and Europe, many researchers judge their organization to fall short of best RI practice. All researchers recognize the benefits of RI, reliable knowledge and the trust of colleagues and the public, and there is support for RI training particularly among Europeans. CONCLUSION: To create and maintain a culture of integrity in scientific research, a collective commitment from researchers, their institutions and funders is needed. Researchers rely on many channels of communication about research integrity and thus the involvement of many different participants in the research system is required to make improvements. Policies must be developed to reinforce best practice rather than being seen as an irrelevance to the real business of research. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Università degli Studi di Trento: CINECA IRIS Norway F1000Research 12 187 |
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BACKGROUND: Reports of questionable or detrimental research practices (QRPs) call into question the reliability of scientific evidence and the trustworthiness of research. A critical component of the research ecosystem is the organization within which research takes place. We conducted a survey to explore the attitudes and beliefs of European and American researchers about the organisations in which they work, their own research practices and their attitudes towards research integrity and research integrity policies. METHODS: We administered an online survey (International Research Integrity Survey (IRIS)) to 2,300 active researchers based in the US and 45,000 in Europe (including UK, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland). We employed a stratified probability sample of the authors of research articles published between 2016 and 2020 included in Clarivate’s Web of Science citation database. Coverage includes researchers in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and medical sciences, who hold at least a master’s level degree. RESULTS: In comparison to researchers in the US, European researchers admit to more QRPs and are less confident in maintaining high research integrity (RI) standards. In the US and Europe, many researchers judge their organization to fall short of best RI practice. All researchers recognize the benefits of RI, reliable knowledge and the trust of colleagues and the public, and there is support for RI training particularly among Europeans. CONCLUSION: To create and maintain a culture of integrity in scientific research, a collective commitment from researchers, their institutions and funders is needed. Researchers rely on many channels of communication about research integrity and thus the involvement of many different participants in the research system is required to make improvements. Policies must be developed to reinforce best practice rather than being seen as an irrelevance to the real business of research. |
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Allum, Nick Reid, Abigail Bidoglia, Miriam Gaskell, George Aubert-Bonn, Noémie Buljan, Ivan Fuglsang, Simon Horbach, Serge Kavouras, Panagioti Marušić, Ana Mejlgaard, Niel Pizzolato, Daniel Roje, Rea Tijdink, Joeri Veltri, Giuseppe |
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