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(EU) Largest ever research integrity survey flounders as universities refuse to cooperate – Science (Jop de Vrieze | November 2020)

Posted by Dr Gary Allen in on December 3, 2020

The Linked Original Item was Posted On December 25, 2020

Two young women reviewing a document about integrity in front of a wall of related items and a sign that reads "Integrity"

The world’s largest multidisciplinary survey on research integrity is in danger of falling short of its goals after two-thirds of invited institutions declined to collaborate, citing the sensitivity of the subject and fearing negative publicity. That left researchers leading the Dutch National Survey on Research Integrity on their own to scrape many email addresses and solicit responses. The survey will close on 7 December, but the team has gathered responses from less than 15% of 40,000 targeted participants.

This story is a useful demonstration of why institutions should participate in studies like this. Being able to analyse complete data could provide a much better insight into what’s happening at the research coal face.

“It was supposed to be a collaborative effort, but it ended up as a satellite on its own in the Solar System, trying to send out signals,” says Gowri Gopalakrishna, a postdoctoral researcher at the Amsterdam University Medical Center (AUMC) who is coordinating the €800,000 survey.

Lex Bouter, who studies research methods and integrity at the Free University of Amsterdam (VU), began to plan the survey in 2016 to address a lack of data about questionable research practices and scientific misconduct. He wanted to ask all working academics in the Netherlands not just about how they conduct their research, but also about work habits, pressures, and other aspects of academic life. Bouter, a former VU president himself, assured the heads of other universities that the survey would not generate an institutional ranking of misbehavior.

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(Europe) Psychology researcher committed misconduct, says university – Retraction Watch (Adam Marcus | December 2019)

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Radical open-access plan could spell end to journal subscriptions – Nature (Holly Else | September 2018)

(EU) Dutch publishing giant cuts off researchers in Germany and Sweden – Nature (Holly Else | July 2018)

Europe’s open-access drive escalates as university stand-offs spread – Science (Holly Else | May 2018)

The ‘Father of Modern Gynecology’ Performed Shocking Experiments on Slaves – History (Brynn Holland | August 2017)

The Three Dilemmas of Data Gathering – Knowledge (Annet Aris | December 2017)

A bold open-access push in Germany could change the future of academic publishing – Science (Gretchen Vogel and Kai Kupferschmidt | August 2017)

Five reasons blog posts are of higher scientific quality than journal articles – The 20% Statistician (Daniel Lakens | April 2017)

The Dutch Fight for Research Integrity – Times Higher Education (David Matthews June 2016)

Hysterical inquiry and autoethnography: A lacanian alternative to institutionalized ethical commandments (Papers: Andrew Dickson and Kate Holland 2016)

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