Factors influencing the promotion and implementation of research integrity in research performing and research funding organizations: A scoping review

Roje, Rea; Elizondo, Andrea Reyes; Kaltenbrunner, Wolfgang; Buljan, Ivan; Marušić, Ana

doi:10.1080/08989621.2022.2073819

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“…As far as interviews are concerned, this is similar to what was discovered by Aubert Bonn and Pinxten in 2019 and Roje et al in 2022, although in our research we found that there was an important proportion of articles using focus groups/interviews or participant observation/interviews. In quantitative studies, surveys/questionnaires are used, which resemble studies (Roje et al, 2022).…”

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“…Less than a quarter provide IR guidelines, and there are significant differences between disciplines (Hastings et al, 2022). In addition to these reviews, the study of factors affecting the implementation of IR standards at the investigator, organizational, and science system levels (Roje et al, 2022) and the publication of integrity and research oversight (Muthanna & Alduais, 2021).…”

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Mapping of Empirical Studies on Research Integrity in University Institutions

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et al. 2023

Acad. J. Interdiscip. Stud.

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The purpose of the study was to systematically map the available knowledge on the characteristics of the primary studies of integrity in research (RI) in universities. A systematic mapping of empirical studies indexed Scopus and Web of Science databases over the past ten years. Among the findings is the growing trend of producing original articles on IR, although it remains low compared to other types of document found in the initial search. There is also in exploring perspectives and attitudes integrity violations and the ways to prevent them. This study serves as a reference to other researchers wish to study with mixed methods or integrate approaches ethical approaches in order to better understand and develop new ways of promoting and educating academics, researchers and stakeholders in the university environment worldwide in relation to ethics and research integrity. Received: 15 June 2023 / Accepted: 29 July 2023 / Published: 5 September 2023

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Mapping of Empirical Studies on Research Integrity in University Institutions

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Zapata,

Cueva

et al. 2023

Acad. J. Interdiscip. Stud.

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“…This more recent shift in attention from cases of misconduct to QRPs and the replication crisis has reshaped the definition of RI. Instead of referring negatively to misconduct, it is now used positively to indicate efforts to increase the validity and trustworthiness of research (18,19).…”

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“…While the importance of co-creation is already discussed extensively -albeit with different words -in the RI literature (e.g. 19), most current approaches to RI are not systematic. Where expertise, time, and resources allow, it would be valuable for institutions to consider specific methodological approaches to co-creation, rather than always doing co-creation intuitively (i.e.…”

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“…Since the PhD trajectory was part of the larger Horizon 2020 funded SOPs4RI project, the research was also informed by additional studies in the project falling outside of the scope of this PhD trajectory. These studies, including a survey on research integrity and pilot study with research institutions who used the resulting guidelines from this PhD trajectory, helped to further refine and develop the insights gained in the PhD research (1,19,34,35).…”

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Developing guidelines for research institutions

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As introduced in Chapter 1, in this thesis, I developed guidelines to research institutions on how to foster research integrity. I did this by exploring how research institutions can develop policies to foster, and raise awareness about, research integrity. In Section 1 of the thesis, my goal was to set the research agenda by investigating current practices of research integrity promotion at research institutions (the descriptive step), and exploring which topics should be addressed in institutional research integrity policies (the normative step). I addressed the descriptive step of looking at current practices, through a scoping review (Chapter 2). In this chapter, I found that while there are already many institutional practices for research integrity promotion globally, most of them focus on researchers’, rather than institutions’ responsibilities for fostering research integrity. In Chapter 3, I tackled the normative question of which topics should be included in institutional research integrity policies. Using a Delphi study that included a number of research policy experts and research leaders, I developed a comprehensive list of 12 topics that research institutions should address to foster research integrity. Section 2 of the thesis focused on developing guidelines for research institutions on research integrity. I specifically zoomed in further into ‘Research integrity education and training’ as the topic of the guidelines here. The first step to developing the guidelines was to examine researchers’ and other research stakeholders’ views and preferences regarding how research institutions can develop and implement better research integrity education and training policies (Chapter 4). Using focus groups, I found that researchers and other research stakeholders support the provision of continuous research integrity education which targets all researchers (across ranks), and other institutional stakeholders (such as research integrity officers and institutional leaders). Next, I proceeded to co-creating institutional guidelines on research integrity education and training together with users. In Chapter 5, I discussed how research integrity guidelines can be jointly developed with users using co-creation methods – methods engaging participants in interactive exercises aimed at jointly developing user centered outputs. The resulting RI education and training guidelines are presented in detail Chapter 6. The guidelines address the research integrity education of a) bachelor, master and PhD students; b) post-doctorate and senior researchers; c) other research integrity stakeholders; as well as d) continuous research integrity education. In the guidelines, I recommend the implementation of mandatory research integrity training (for all academic ranks); follow-up refresher training; informal discussions about research integrity; appropriate rewards and incentives for active participation in research education; and evaluation of research integrity educational events across target groups. In Section 3 of this dissertation, I reflected on an implementation concern regarding the guidelines developed. I explored the question of how research institutions can combine the implementation of research integrity rules with fostering researchers’ commitment to engage in responsible research practices (Chapter 7). I argued that institutions can use and combine market (governance through incentives), bureaucracy (governance through rules) and network (cooperative governance) mechanisms to foster research integrity. Using Habermas’ Theory of Communicative Action, I discussed that institutions can use bureaucratic and market mechanisms to foster research integrity (such as rules and incentives, respectively), as long as these are rooted in network processes (e.g. involvement of stakeholders in the development and improvement of rules or incentives). In Chapter 8, I concluded that: 1) the framing of research integrity matters for institutional policies; 2) research integrity guidelines should be tailored to the local context at hand; 3) it is important to be aware of and countervail the danger of creating a box-checking mentality when implementing institutional research integrity policies; and 4) research integrity is a journey.

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Evidence-Based Research Integrity

Marušić

2023

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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This chapter discusses the challenges to research integrity from the perspective of good research practices as defined by the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity: 1) research environment, 2) training, supervision and mentoring, 3) research procedures, 4) safeguards, 5) data practices and management, 6) collaborative working, 7) publication and dissemination, and 8) reviewing, evaluating and editing.

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Factors influencing the promotion and implementation of research integrity in research performing and research funding organizations: A scoping review

Cited by 19 publications

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Mapping of Empirical Studies on Research Integrity in University Institutions

Mapping of Empirical Studies on Research Integrity in University Institutions

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