Academics and journal editors call for creation of national registries of research integrity officers
Funders should stipulate that academics keep their data for at least 10 years so that research misconduct investigations have access to original findings, according to a proposed new set of guidelines on cooperation between universities and journals.
It is hoped that the code, which has been drawn up by scholars and journal editors from around the world, will address the problems that can occur when the need arises to probe whether the findings of research are genuine or not; and, in particular, lead to more transparency about who periodicals should contact with their concerns, and when.