Reverse mentoring to enhance research integrity climate

Pizzolato, Daniel; Dierickx, Kris

doi:10.1186/s13104-022-06098-w

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“…Assuming this group then has more opportunities to learn about open and responsible research, it begs the question of who teaches who. On this note, Pizzolato and Dierickx propose it might be useful to have Ph.D. candidates mentor their supervisors when it comes to matters of research integrity ( Pizzolato and Dierickx, 2022 ).…”

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Biomedical supervisors’ role modeling of open science practices

Haven

Abunijela

Hildebrand

2023

eLife

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Supervision is one important way to socialize Ph.D. candidates into open and responsible research. We hypothesized that one should be more likely to identify open science practices (here publishing open access and sharing data) in empirical publications that were part of a Ph.D. thesis when the Ph.D. candidates’ supervisors engaged in these practices compared to those whose supervisors did not or less often did. Departing from thesis repositories at four Dutch University Medical centers, we included 211 pairs of supervisors and Ph.D. candidates, resulting in a sample of 2062 publications. We determined open access status using UnpaywallR and Open Data using Oddpub, where we also manually screened publications with potential open data statements. Eighty-three percent of our sample was published openly, and 9% had open data statements. Having a supervisor who published open access more often than the national average was associated with an odds of 1.99 to publish open access. However, this effect became nonsignificant when correcting for institutions. Having a supervisor who shared data was associated with 2.22 (CI:1.19–4.12) times the odds to share data compared to having a supervisor that did not. This odds ratio increased to 4.6 (CI:1.86–11.35) after removing false positives. The prevalence of open data in our sample was comparable to international studies; open access rates were higher. Whilst Ph.D. candidates spearhead initiatives to promote open science, this study adds value by investigating the role of supervisors in promoting open science.

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Biomedical supervisors’ role modeling of open science practices

Haven

Abunijela

Hildebrand

2023

eLife

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“…In terms of teaching responsible research practices, all supervisors and senior members of the team act as mentors and influence ECRs and PhD researchers. In addition, peer mentoring and reverse mentoring can play a crucial role in elevating research team awareness and competences in terms of responsible research practices (Farid et al, 2022; Pizzolato and Dierickx, 2022b). In this way, ECRs and PhD researchers can proactively contribute to the discussion and bring new insights related to responsible practices and open science.…”

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A multi-dimensional learning strategy to foster research integrity

Pizzolato,

Dierickx

2023

Research Ethics

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Responsible research practices are critical to maintaining integrity in research and the provision of institutional trainings is an important means of promoting research integrity. However, studies show contrasting results on the efficacy of institutional training and that these approaches may not be fully effective in promoting research integrity among individuals and improving the overall climate in research integrity. Therefore, a more comprehensive multi-dimensional learning strategy seems to be needed. This includes continuous and tailored training at different institutional levels, the incorporation of training sessions focusing on the development of the moral character of researchers, and the use of different mentoring practices. With this comprehensive approach, research institutions can foster a culture of integrity in research, improve the overall research integrity climate and promote responsible research practices by individuals.

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“…The practice may not apply to the participant's research area or study phase, there may be obstacles to implementing the practice in the participant's research project, or the participant's advisors or co-authors may resist certain practices. Highlight the potential for "reverse mentoring", where participants can serve as mentors to their own supervisors on specific topics [63]. Prepare participants to address common concerns or barriers that may be raised by co-authors [24].…”

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Eleven Strategies for Making Reproducible Research and Open Science Training the Norm at Research Institutions

Kohrs,

Auer,

Bannach-Brown

et al. 2023

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Across disciplines, researchers increasingly recognize that open science and reproducible research practices may accelerate scientific progress by allowing others to reuse research outputs and by promoting rigorous research that is more likely to yield trustworthy results. While initiatives, training programs, and funder policies encourage researchers to adopt reproducible research and open science practices, these practices are uncommon in many fields. Researchers need training to integrate these practices into their daily work. We organized a virtual brainstorming event, in collaboration with the German Reproducibility Network, to discuss strategies for making reproducible research and open science training the norm at research institutions. Here, we outline eleven strategies, concentrated in three areas: (1) offering training, (2) adapting research assessment criteria and program requirements, and (3) building communities. We provide a brief overview of each strategy, offer tips for implementation, and provide links to resources. Our goal is to encourage members of the research community to think creatively about the many ways they can contribute and collaborate to build communities, and make reproducible research and open science training the norm. Researchers may act in their roles as scientists, supervisors, mentors, instructors, and members of curriculum, hiring or evaluation committees. Institutional leadership and research administration and support staff can accelerate progress by implementing change across their institutions.

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Reverse mentoring to enhance research integrity climate

Cited by 11 publications

References 21 publications

Biomedical supervisors’ role modeling of open science practices

Biomedical supervisors’ role modeling of open science practices

A multi-dimensional learning strategy to foster research integrity

Eleven Strategies for Making Reproducible Research and Open Science Training the Norm at Research Institutions

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