Proceedings of the 4th World Conference on Research Integrity

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I1 Proceedings of the 4^th World Conference on Research Integrity

Concurrent Sessions:

1. Countries' systems and policies to foster research integrity

CS01.1 Second time around: Implementing and embedding a review of responsible conduct of research policy and practice in an Australian research-intensive university

Susan Patricia O'Brien

CS01.2 Measures to promote research integrity in a university: the case of an Asian university

Danny Chan, Frederick Leung

2. Examples of research integrity education programmes in different countries

CS02.1 Development of a state-run “cyber education program of research ethics” in Korea

Eun Jung Ko, Jin Sun Kwak, TaeHwan Gwon, Ji Min Lee, Min-Ho Lee

CS02.3 Responsible conduct of research teachers’ training courses in Germany: keeping on drilling through hard boards for more RCR teachers

Helga Nolte, Michael Gommel, Gerlinde Sponholz

3. The research environment and policies to encourage research integrity

CS03.1 Challenges and best practices in research integrity: bridging the gap between policy and practice

Yordanka Krastev, Yamini Sandiran, Julia Connell, Nicky Solomon

CS03.2 The Slovenian initiative for better research: from national activities to global reflections

Ursa Opara Krasovec, Renata Sribar

CS03.3 Organizational climate assessments to support research integrity: background of the Survey of Organizational Research Climate (SOuRCe) and the experience with its use at Michigan State University

Brian C. Martinson, Carol R. Thrush, C.K. Gunsalus

4. Expressions of concern and retractions

CS04.1 Proposed guidelines for retraction notices and their dissemination

Ivan Oransky, Adam Marcus

CS04.2 Watching retractions: analysis of process and practice, with data from the Wiley retraction archives

Chris Graf, Verity Warne, Edward Wates, Sue Joshua

CS04.3 An exploratory content analysis of Expressions of Concern

Miguel Roig

CS04.4 An ethics researcher in the retraction process

Michael Mumford

5. Funders' role in fostering research integrity

CS05.1 The Fonds de Recherche du Québec’s institutional rules on the responsible conduct of research: introspection in the funding agency activities

Mylène Deschênes, Catherine Olivier, Raphaëlle Dupras-Leduc

CS05.2 U.S. Public Health Service funds in an international setting: research integrity and compliance

Zoë Hammatt, Raju Tamot, Robin Parker, Cynthia Ricard, Loc Nguyen-Khoa, Sandra Titus

CS05.3 Analyzing decision making of funders of public research as a case of information asymmetry

Karsten Klint Jensen

CS05.4 Research integrity management: Empirical investigation of academia versus industry

Simon Godecharle, Ben Nemery, Kris Dierickx

5A: Education: For whom, how, and what?

CS05A.1 Research integrity or responsible conduct of research? What do we aim for?

Mickey Gjerris, Maud Marion Laird Eriksen, Jeppe Berggren Hoej

CS05A.2 Teaching and learning about RCR at the same time: a report on Epigeum’s RCR poll questions and other assessment activities

Nicholas H. Steneck

CS05A.4 Minding the gap in research ethics education: strategies to assess and improve research competencies in community health workers/promoteres

Camille Nebeker, Michael Kalichman, Elizabeth Mejia Booen, Blanca Azucena Pacheco, Rebeca Espinosa Giacinto, Sheila Castaneda

6. Country examples of research reward systems and integrity

CS06.1 Improving systems to promote responsible research in the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Ding Li, Qiong Chen, Guoli Zhu, Zhonghe Sun

CS06.4 Exploring the perception of research integrity amongst public health researchers in India

Parthasarathi Ganguly, Barna Ganguly

7. Education and guidance on research integrity: country differences

CS07.1 From integrity to unity: how research integrity guidance differs across universities in Europe.

Noémie Aubert Bonn, Kris Dierickx, Simon Godecharle

CS07.2 Can education and training develop research integrity? The spirit of the UNESCO 1974 recommendation and its updating

Daniele Bourcier, Jacques Bordé, Michèle Leduc

CS07.3 The education and implementation mechanisms of research ethics in Taiwan's higher education: an experience in Chinese web-based curriculum development for responsible conduct of research

Chien Chou, Sophia Jui-An Pan

CS07.4 Educating principal investigators in Swiss research institutions: present and future perspectives

Louis Xaver Tiefenauer

8. Measuring and rewarding research productivity

CS08.1 Altimpact: how research integrity underpins research impact

Daniel Barr, Paul Taylor

CS08.2 Publication incentives: just reward or misdirection of funds?

Lyn Margaret Horn

CS08.3 Why Socrates never charged a fee: factors contributing to challenges for research integrity and publication ethics

Deborah Poff

9. Plagiarism and falsification: Behaviour and detection

CS09.1 Personality traits predict attitude towards plagiarism of self and others in biomedicine: plagiarism, yes we can?

Martina Mavrinac, Gordana Brumini, Mladen Petrovečki

CS09.2 Investigating the concept of and attitudes toward plagiarism for science teachers in Brazil: any challenges for research integrity and policy?

Christiane Coelho Santos, Sonia Vasconcelos

CS09.3 What have we learnt?: The CrossCheck Service from CrossRef

Rachael Lammey

CS09.4 High p-values as a sign of data fabrication/falsification

Chris Hartgerink, Marcel van Assen, Jelte Wicherts

10. Codes for research integrity and collaborations

CS10.1 Research integrity in cross-border cooperation: a Nordic example

Hanne Silje Hauge

CS10.3 Research integrity, research misconduct, and the National Science Foundation's requirement for the responsible conduct of research

Aaron Manka

CS10.4 A code of conduct for international scientific cooperation: human rights and research integrity in scientific collaborations with international academic and industry partners

Raffael Iturrizaga

11. Countries' efforts to establish mentoring and networks

CS11.1 ENRIO (European Network of Research Integrity Offices): a network facilitating common approaches on research integrity in Europe

Nicole Foeger

CS11.2 Helping junior investigators develop in a resource-limited country: a mentoring program in Peru

A. Roxana Lescano, Claudio Lanata, Gissella Vasquez, Leguia Mariana, Marita Silva, Mathew Kasper, Claudia Montero, Daniel Bausch, Andres G Lescano

CS11.3 Netherlands Research Integrity Network: the first six months

Fenneke Blom, Lex Bouter

CS11.4 A South African framework for research ethics and integrity for researchers, postgraduate students, research managers and administrators

Laetus OK Lategan

12. Training and education in research integrity at an early career stage

CS12.1 Research integrity in curricula for medical students

Gustavo Fitas Manaia

CS12.2 Team-based learning for training in the responsible conduct of research supports ethical decision-making

Wayne T. McCormack, William L. Allen, Shane Connelly, Joshua Crites, Jeffrey Engler, Victoria Freedman, Cynthia W. Garvan, Paul Haidet, Joel Hockensmith, William McElroy, Erik Sander, Rebecca Volpe, Michael F. Verderame

CS12.4 Research integrity and career prospects of junior researchers

Snezana Krstic

13. Systems and research environments in institutions

CS13.1 Implementing systems in research institutions to improve quality and reduce risk

Louise Handy

CS13.2 Creating an institutional environment that supports research integrity

Debra Schaller-Demers

CS13.3 Ethics and Integrity Development Grants: a mechanism to foster cultures of ethics and integrity

Paul Taylor, Daniel Barr

CS13.4 A culture of integrity at KU Leuven

Inge Lerouge, Gerard Cielen, Liliane Schoofs

14. Peer review and its role in research integrity

CS14.1 Peer review research across disciplines: transdomain action in the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) “New Frontiers of Peer Review (PEERE)”

Ana Marusic, Flaminio Squazzoni

CS14.2 Using blinding to reduce bias in peer review

David Vaux

CS14.3 How to intensify the role of reviewers to promote research integrity

Khalid Al-Wazzan, Ibrahim Alorainy

CS14.4 Credit where credit’s due: professionalizing and rewarding the role of peer reviewer

Chris Graf, Verity Warne

15. Research ethics and oversight for research integrity: Does it work?

CS15.1 The psychology of decision-making in research ethics governance structures: a theory of bounded rationality

Nolan O'Brien, Suzanne Guerin, Philip Dodd

CS15.2 Investigator irregularities: iniquity, ignorance or incompetence?

Frank Wells, Catherine Blewett

CS15.3 Academic plagiarism

Fredric M. Litto

16. Research integrity in Europe

CS16.1 Whose responsibility is it anyway?: A comparative analysis of core concepts and practice at European research-intensive universities to identify and develop good practices in research integrity

Itziar De Lecuona, Erika Löfstrom, Katrien Maes

CS16.2 Research integrity guidance in European research universities

Kris Dierickx, Noémie Bonn, Simon Godecharle

CS16.3 Research Integrity: processes and initiatives in Science Europe member organisations

Tony Peatfield, Olivier Boehme, Science Europe Working Group on Research Integrity

CS16.4 Promoting research integrity in Italy: the experience of the Research Ethics and Bioethics Advisory Committee of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)

Cinzia Caporale, Daniele Fanelli

17. Training programs for research integrity at different levels of experience and seniority

CS17.1 Meaningful ways to incorporate research integrity and the responsible conduct of research into undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral and faculty training programs

John Carfora, Eric Strauss, William Lynn

CS17.2 "Recognize, respond, champion": Developing a one-day interactive workshop to increase confidence in research integrity issues

Dieter De Bruyn, Bracke Nele, Katrien De Gelder, Stefanie Van der Burght

CS17.4 “Train the trainer” on cultural challenges imposed by international research integrity conversations: lessons from a project

José Roberto Lapa e Silva, Sonia M. R. Vasconcelos

18. Research and societal responsibility

CS18.1 Promoting the societal responsibility of research as an integral part of research integrity

Helene Ingierd

CS18.2 Social responsibility as an ethical imperative for scientists: research, education and service to society

Mark Frankel

CS18.3 The intertwined nature of social responsibility and hope in science

Daniel Vasgird, Stephanie Bird

CS18.4 Common barriers that impede our ability to create a culture of trustworthiness in the research community

Mark Yarborough

19. Publication ethics

CS19.1 The authors' forum: A proposed tool to improve practices of journal editors and promote a responsible research environment

Ibrahim Alorainy, Khalid Al-Wazzan

CS19.2 Quantifying research integrity and its impact with text analytics

Harold Garner

CS19.3 A closer look at authorship and publication ethics of multi- and interdisciplinary teams

Lisa Campo-Engelstein, Zubin Master, Elise Smith, David Resnik, Bryn Williams-Jones

CS19.4 Invisibility of duplicate publications in biomedicine

Mario Malicki, Ana Utrobicic, Ana Marusic

20. The causes of bad and wasteful research: What can we do?

CS20.1 From countries to individuals: unravelling the causes of bias and misconduct with multilevel meta-meta-analysis

Daniele Fanelli, John PA Ioannidis

CS20.2 Reducing research waste by integrating systems of oversight and regulation

Gerben ter Riet, Tom Walley, Lex Marius Bouter

CS20.3 What are the determinants of selective reporting?: The example of palliative care for non-cancer conditions

Jenny van der Steen, Lex Bouter

CS20.4 Perceptions of plagiarism, self-plagiarism and redundancy in research: preliminary results from a national survey of Brazilian PhDs

Sonia Vasconcelos, Martha Sorenson, Francisco Prosdocimi, Hatisaburo Masuda, Edson Watanabe, José Carlos Pinto, Marisa Palácios, José Lapa e Silva, Jacqueline Leta, Adalberto Vieyra, André Pinto, Mauricio Sant’Ana, Rosemary Shinkai

21. Are there country-specific elements of misconduct?

CS21.1 The battle with plagiarism in Russian science: latest developments

Boris Yudin

CS21.2 Researchers between ethics and misconduct: A French survey on social representations of misconduct and ethical standards within the scientific community

Etienne Vergès, Anne-Sophie Brun-Wauthier, Géraldine Vial

CS21.3 Experience from different ways of dealing with research misconduct and promoting research integrity in some Nordic countries

Torkild Vinther

CS21.4 Are there specifics in German research misconduct and the ways to cope with it?

Volker Bähr, Charité

22. Research integrity teaching programmes and their challenges

CS22.1 Faculty mentors and research integrity

Michael Kalichman, Dena Plemmons

CS22.2 Training the next generation of scientists to use principles of research quality assurance to improve data integrity and reliability

Rebecca Lynn Davies, Katrina Laube

CS22.3 Fostering research integrity in a culturally-diverse environment

Cynthia Scheopner, John Galland

CS22.4 Towards a standard retraction form

Hervé Maisonneuve, Evelyne Decullier

23. Commercial research and integrity

CS23.1 The will to commercialize: matters of concern in the cultural economy of return-on-investment research

Brian Noble

CS23.2 Quality in drug discovery data reporting: a mission impossible?

Anja Gilis, David J. Gallacher, Tom Lavrijssen, Malwitz David, Malini Dasgupta, Hans Mols

CS23.3 Instituting a research integrity policy in the context of semi-private-sector funding: an example in the field of occupational health and safety

Paul-Emile Boileau

24. The interface of publication ethics and institutional policies

CS24.1 The open access ethical paradox in an open government effort

Tony Savard

CS24.2 How journals and institutions can work together to promote responsible conduct

Eric Mah

CS24.3 Improving cooperation between journals and research institutions in research integrity cases

Elizabeth Wager, Sabine Kleinert

25. Reproducibility of research and retractions

CS25.1 Promoting transparency in publications to reduce irreproducibility

Veronique Kiermer, Andrew Hufton, Melanie Clyne

CS25.2 Retraction notices issued for publications by Latin American authors: what lessons can we learn?

Sonia Vasconcelos, Renan Moritz Almeida, Aldo Fontes-Pereira, Fernanda Catelani, Karina Rocha

CS25.3 A preliminary report of the findings from the Reproducibility Project: Cancer biology

Elizabeth Iorns, William Gunn

26. Research integrity and specific country initiatives

CS26.1 Promoting research integrity at CNRS, France

Michèle Leduc, Lucienne Letellier

CS26.2 In pursuit of compliance: is the tail wagging the dog?

Cornelia Malherbe

CS26.3 Newly established research integrity policies and practices: oversight systems of Japanese research universities

Takehito Kamata

27. Responsible conduct of research and country guidelines

CS27.1 Incentives or guidelines? Promoting responsible research communication through economic incentives or ethical guidelines?

Vidar Enebakk

CS27.3 Responsible conduct of research: a view from Canada

Lynn Penrod

CS27.4 The Danish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity: a national initiative to promote research integrity in Denmark

Thomas Nørgaard, Charlotte Elverdam

28. Behaviour, trust and honesty

CS28.1 The reasons behind non-ethical behaviour in academia

Yves Fassin

CS28.2 The psychological profile of the dishonest scholar

Cynthia Fekken

CS28.3 Considering the implications of Dan Ariely’s keynote speech at the 3rd World Conference on Research Integrity in Montréal

Jamal Adam, Melissa S. Anderson

CS28.4 Two large surveys on psychologists’ views on peer review and replication

Jelte Wicherts

Brett Buttliere

29. Reporting and publication bias and how to overcome it

CS29.1 Data sharing: Experience at two open-access general medical journals

Trish Groves

CS29.2 Overcoming publication bias and selective reporting: completing the published record

Daniel Shanahan

CS29.3 The EQUATOR Network: promoting responsible reporting of health research studies

Iveta Simera, Shona Kirtley, Eleana Villanueva, Caroline Struthers, Angela MacCarthy, Douglas Altman

30. The research environment and its implications for integrity

CS30.1 Ranking of scientists: the Russian experience

Elena Grebenshchikova

CS30.4 From cradle to grave: research integrity, research misconduct and cultural shifts

Bronwyn Greene, Ted Rohr

PARTNER SYMPOSIA

Partner Symposium A

Organized by EQUATOR Network, Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of Health Research

P1 Can we trust the medical research literature?: Poor reporting and its consequences

Iveta Simera

P2 What can BioMed Central do to improve published research?

Daniel Shanahan, Stephanie Harriman

P3 What can a "traditional" journal do to improve published research?

Trish Groves

P4 Promoting good reporting practice for reliable and usable research papers: EQUATOR Network, reporting guidelines and other initiatives

Caroline Struthers

Partner Symposium C

Organized by ENRIO, the European Network of Research Integrity Officers

P5 Transparency and independence in research integrity investigations in Europe

Krista Varantola, Helga Nolte, Ursa Opara, Torkild Vinther, Elizabeth Wager, Thomas Nørgaard

Partner Symposium D

Organized by IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Re-educating our author community: IEEE's approach to bibliometric manipulation, plagiarism, and other inappropriate practices

P6 Dealing with plagiarism in the connected world: An Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) perspective

Jon Rokne

P7 Should evaluation of raises, promotion, and research proposals be tied to bibliometric indictors? What the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is doing to answer this question

Gianluca Setti

P8 Recommended practices to ensure conference content quality

Gordon MacPherson

Partner Symposium E

Organized by the Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the Conduct of Science of ICSU, the International Council for Science

Research assessment and quality in science: perspectives from international science and policy organisations

P9 Challenges for science and the problems of assessing research

Ellen Hazelkorn

P10 Research assessment and science policy development

Carthage Smith

P11 Research integrity in South Africa: the value of procedures and processes to global positioning

Robert H. McLaughlin

P12 Rewards, careers and integrity: perspectives of young scientists from around the world

Tatiana Duque Martins

Partner Symposium F

Organized by the Online Resource Center for Ethics Education in Engineering and Science / Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society of the National Academy of Engineering

P13 Research misconduct: conceptions and policy solutions

Tetsuya Tanimoto, Nicholas Steneck, Daniele Fanelli, Ragnvald Kalleberg, Tajammul Hussein

Partner Symposium H

Organized by ORI, the Office of Research Integrity; Universitas 21; and the Asia Pacific Research Integrity Network

P14 International integrity networks: working together to ensure research integrity

Ping Sun, Ovid Tzeng, Krista Varantola, Susan Zimmerman

Partner Symposium I

Organized by COPE, the Committee on Publication Ethics

Publication without borders: Ethical challenges in a globalized world

P15 Authorship: credit and responsibility, including issues in large and interdisciplinary studies

Rosemary Shinkai

Partner Symposium J

Organized by CITI, the Cooperative Institutional Training Initiative

Experiences on research integrity educational programs in Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru

P16 Experiences in Peru

Roxana Lescano

P17 Experiences in Costa Rica

Elizabeth Heitman

P18 Experiences in Columbia

Maria Andrea Rocio del Pilar Contreras Nieto

Poster Session B: Education, training, promotion and policy

PT.01 The missing role of journal editors in promoting responsible research

Ibrahim Alorainy, Khalid Al-Wazzan

PT.02 Honorary authorship in Taiwan: why and who should be in charge?

Chien Chou, Sophia Jui-An Pan

PT.03 Authorship and citation manipulation in academic research

Eric Fong, Al Wilhite

PT.04 Open peer review of research submission at medical journals: experience at BMJ Open and The BMJ

Trish Groves

PT.05 Exercising authorship: claiming rewards, practicing integrity

Désirée Motta-Roth

PT.07 Medical scientists' views on publication culture: a focus group study

Joeri Tijdink, Yvo Smulders

Poster Session B: Education, training, promotion and policy

PT.09 Ethical challenges in post-graduate supervision

Laetus OK Lategan

PT.10 The effects of viable ethics instruction on international students

Michael Mumford, Logan Steele, Logan Watts, James Johnson, Shane Connelly, Lee Williams

PT.11 Does (uncertainty in) language reflect the quality of research?

Gerben ter Riet, Sufia Amini, Lotty Hooft, Halil Kilicoglu

PT.12 Integrity complaints as a strategic tool in policy decision conflicts

Janneke van Seters, Herman Eijsackers, Fons Voragen, Akke van der Zijpp and Frans Brom

Poster Session C: Ethics and integrity intersections

PT.14 Regulations of informed consent: university-supported research processes and pitfalls in implementation

Badaruddin Abbasi, Naif Nasser Almasoud

PT.15 A review of equipoise as a requirement in clinical trials

Adri Labuschagne

PT.16 The Research Ethics Library: online resource for research ethics education

Johanne Severinsen, Espen Engh

PT.17 Research integrity: the view from King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology

Daham Ismail Alani

PT. 18 Meeting global challenges in high-impact publications and research integrity: the case of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board

HJ. Kamaruzaman Jusoff

PT.19 University faculty perceptions of research practices and misconduct

Anita Gordon, Helen C. Harton

Poster Session D: International perspectives

PT.21 The Commission for Scientific Integrity as a response to research fraud

Dieter De Bruyn, Stefanie Van der Burght

PT. 22 Are notions of the responsible conduct of research associated with compliance with requirements for research on humans in different disciplinary traditions in Brazil?

Karina de Albuquerque Rocha, Sonia Maria Ramos de Vasconcelos

PT.23 Creating an environment that promotes research integrity: an institutional model of Malawi Liverpool Welcome Trust

Limbanazo Matandika

PT.24 How do science policies in Brazil influence user-engaged ecological research?

Aline Carolina de Oliveira Machado Prata, Mark William Neff

Poster Session E: Perspectives on misconduct

PT.26 What “causes” scientific misconduct?: Testing major hypotheses by comparing corrected and retracted papers

Daniele Fanelli, Rodrigo Costas, Vincent Larivière

PT.27 Perception of academic plagiarism among dentistry students

Douglas Leonardo Gomes Filho, Diego Oliveira Guedes

PT. 28 (Quite) a few bad apples?: Prevalence, patterns and attitudes towards scientific misconduct among doctoral students at a German university hospital

Volker Bähr, Niklas Keller, Markus Feufel, Nikolas Offenhauser

PT. 29 Analysis of retraction notices published by BioMed Central

Maria K. Kowalczuk, Elizabeth C. Moylan

PT.31 "He did it" doesn't work: data security, incidents and partners

Katie Speanburg

Poster Session F: Views from the disciplines

PT.32 Robust procedures: a key to generating quality results in drug discovery

Malini Dasgupta, Mariusz Lubomirski, Tom Lavrijssen, David Malwitz, David Gallacher, Anja Gillis

PT.33 Health promotion: criteria for the design and the integrity of a research project

Maria Betânia de Freitas Marques, Laressa Lima Amâncio, Raphaela Dias Fernandes, Oliveira Patrocínio, and Cláudia Maria Correia Borges Rech

PT.34 Integrity of academic work from the perspective of students graduating in pharmacy: a brief research study

Maria Betânia de Freitas Marques, Cláudia Maria Correia Borges Rech, Adriana Nascimento Sousa

PT.35 Research integrity promotion in the Epidemiology and Health Services, the journal of the Brazilian Unified Health System

Leila Posenato Garcia

PT.36 When are clinical trials registered? An analysis of prospective versus retrospective registration of clinical trials published in the BioMed Central series, UK

Stephanie Harriman, Jigisha Patel

PT.37 Maximizing welfare while promoting innovation in drug development

Farida Lada

Other posters that will be displayed but not presented orally:

PT.38 Geoethics and the debate on research integrity in geosciences

Giuseppe Di Capua, Silvia Peppoloni

PT.39 Introducing the Professionalism and Integrity in Research Program (P.I. Program)

James M. DuBois, John Chibnall, Jillon Van der Wall

PT.40 Validation of the professional decision-making in research measure

James M. DuBois, John Chibnall, Jillon Van der Wall, Raymond Tait

PT.41 General guidelines for research ethics

Jacob Holen

PT. 42 A national forum for research ethics

Adele Flakke Johannessen, Torunn Ellefsen

PT.43 Evaluation of integrity in coursework: an approach from the perspective of the higher education professor

Claudia Rech, Adriana Sousa, Maria Betânia de Freitas Marques

PT.44 Principles of geoethics and research integrity applied to the European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and Water Column Observatory (EMXO), a large-scale European environmental research infrastructure

Silvia Peppoloni, Giuseppe Di Capua, Laura Beranzoli

F1 Focus track on improving research systems: the role of funders

Paulo S.L. Beirão, Susan Zimmerman

F2 Focus track on improving research systems: the role of countries

Sabine Kleinert, Ana Marusic

F3 Focus track on improving research systems: the role of institutions

Melissa S. Anderson, Lex Bouter