TY - JOUR
T1 - Practices for Research Integrity Promotion in Research Performing Organisations and Research Funding Organisations: A Scoping Review
T2 - A Scoping Review
AU - Scepanovic, Rea
AU - Labib, Krishma
AU - Buljan, Ivan
AU - Tijdink, Joeri
AU - Marusic, Ana
AU - Ščepanović, Rea
AU - Marušić, Ana
N1 - Funding Information: We would like to thank Ana Utrobi?i?, MA, from the University of Split School of Medicine, for her help in developing the search strategy for the scoping review. Funding Information: This study was funded by the European Commission HORIZON 2020 framework programme for Research and Innovation under Grant Agreement number 824481—project "Standard Operating Procedures for Research Integrity—SOPs4RI". The funder had no role in the design of this study and did not have any role during its execution, analyses, interpretation of the data, or decision to submit results. Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s). Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/2/1
Y1 - 2021/2/1
N2 - Research integrity (RI) is a continuously developing concept, and increasing emphasis is put on creating RI promotion practices. This study aimed to map the existing RI guidance documents at research performing organisations (RPOs) and research funding organisations (RFOs). A search of bibliographic databases and grey literature sources was performed, and retrieved documents were screened for eligibility. The search of bibliographical databases and reference lists of selected articles identified a total of 92 documents while the search of grey literature sources identified 118 documents for analysis. The retrieved documents were analysed based on their geographical origin, research field and organisational origin (RPO or RFO) of RI practices, types of guidance presented in them, and target groups to which RI practices are directed. Most of the identified practices were developed for research in general, and are applicable to all research fields (n = 117) and medical sciences (n = 78). They were mostly written in the form of guidelines (n = 136) and targeted researchers (n = 167). A comprehensive search of the existing RI promotion practices showed that initiatives mostly come from RPOs while only a few RI practices originate from RFOs. This study showed that more RI guidance documents are needed for natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities since only a small number of documents was developed specifically for these research fields. The explored documents and the gaps in knowledge identified in this study can be used for further development of RI promotion practices in RPOs and RFOs.
AB - Research integrity (RI) is a continuously developing concept, and increasing emphasis is put on creating RI promotion practices. This study aimed to map the existing RI guidance documents at research performing organisations (RPOs) and research funding organisations (RFOs). A search of bibliographic databases and grey literature sources was performed, and retrieved documents were screened for eligibility. The search of bibliographical databases and reference lists of selected articles identified a total of 92 documents while the search of grey literature sources identified 118 documents for analysis. The retrieved documents were analysed based on their geographical origin, research field and organisational origin (RPO or RFO) of RI practices, types of guidance presented in them, and target groups to which RI practices are directed. Most of the identified practices were developed for research in general, and are applicable to all research fields (n = 117) and medical sciences (n = 78). They were mostly written in the form of guidelines (n = 136) and targeted researchers (n = 167). A comprehensive search of the existing RI promotion practices showed that initiatives mostly come from RPOs while only a few RI practices originate from RFOs. This study showed that more RI guidance documents are needed for natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities since only a small number of documents was developed specifically for these research fields. The explored documents and the gaps in knowledge identified in this study can be used for further development of RI promotion practices in RPOs and RFOs.
KW - Research ethics
KW - Research funding organisations
KW - Research integrity
KW - Research integrity practices
KW - Research integrity promotion
KW - Research performing organisations
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-021-00281-1
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-021-00281-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 33502638
SN - 1353-3452
VL - 27
SP - 1
EP - 20
JO - Science and engineering ethics
JF - Science and engineering ethics
IS - 1
M1 - 4
ER -