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(US) A U.S. federal science watchdog made just three findings of misconduct in 2021. We [Retraction Watch] asked them why – Retraction Watch (Ivan Oransky | February 2022)

Posted by Dr Gary Allen in Research Integrity on March 20, 2022
Keywords: Institutional responsibilities, International, Journal, Research Misconduct, Research results

The Linked Original Item was Posted On February 25, 2022

A guilty woman holds out a splayed hand to block the camera.

Retraction Watch readers are likely familiar with the U.S. Office of Research Integrity (ORI), the agency that oversees institutional investigations into misconduct in research funded by the NIH, as well as focusing on education programs.

The impressive folk at Retraction Watch pose the tough interview questions to the spokesperson for ORI why the agency only made two findings out of 10 in 2021. Love ya work Retraction Watch!

Earlier this month, ORI released data on its case closures dating back to 2006. We’ve charted those data in the graphics below. In 2021, ORI made just 3 findings of misconduct, a drop from 10 — roughly the average over the past 15 years — in 2020. Such cases can take years.

As the first chart makes clear, a similar dip in ORI findings of misconduct occurred in 2016. That was then-director Kathy Partin’s first year in the role, and a time of some turmoil at the agency. In an interview with us then, Partin referred multiple times to the agency being short-staffed. Partin was removed from the post in 2017 and became intramural research integrity officer at the NIH in 2018.

A U.S. federal science watchdog made just three findings of misconduct in 2021. We asked them why.
Retraction Watch readers are likely familiar with the U.S. Office of Research Integrity (ORI), the agency that oversees institutional investigations into misconduct in research funded by the NIH, a…

Related Reading

(US) Clinical Researchers Sentenced in Connection with Scheme to Falsify Drug Trial Data – The Office of the Attorney General blog (August 2021)

(US) Systemic Obstacles to Addressing Research Misconduct in Higher Education: A Case Study (Papers: James Golden, et al | August 2021)

(US) Leading the charge to address research misconduct – American Psychological Association (Stephanie Pappas | September 2021)

(US) Data Corruption: DOJ Targets Fraud In Medical Research Trial In The Era Of COVID-19 – JDSUPRA (Jessica Heim, et al | March 2021)

(US) What I learned about scientific misconduct from reading the NSF OIG’s semiannual reports – Dynamic Ecology (Jeremy Fox | March 2021)

(US) Sexual misconduct legal battle raises questions about microbe researcher’s work – Science (Gretchen Vogel | February 2020)

(US) Columbia historian stepping down after plagiarism finding – Retraction Watch (Adam Marcus | September 2019)

“Our current approaches are not working:” Time to make misconduct investigation reports public, says integrity expert – Retraction Watch (Ivan Oransky | June 2019)

(US) Is it time to revise the definition of research misconduct? (Papers: David B. Resnik | February 2019)

(US) ‘It’s time for systemic change’: Scientific leaders urge new efforts to curb sexual harassment in the field – STAT (Megan Thielking | September 2018)

(US) Mount Sinai multiple sclerosis researcher admits to misconduct – Retraction Watch (Ivan Oransky | May 2018)

‘World-class universities’ – The accountability gap – University World News (Paul Benneworth | October 2017)

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