Research integrity guidelines and safeguards in Brazil.

IF 2.8 1区哲学 Q1 MEDICAL ETHICS

Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI:10.1080/08989621.2021.1979969

Anna Catharina Vieira Armond, Péter Kakuk

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Abstract

Brazilian research output has been growing annually, and so have its domestic and international research collaborations. Accordingly, it is essential to harmonize research integrity guidance and regulations to ensure research quality. Therefore, this study aims to collect and analyze guidance documents on research integrity from Brazilian research performing organizations (RPO). Research integrity guidance documents, regulations, and policies were retrieved from 60 randomly selected universities in Brazil. The search was conducted via the universities' websites and confirmed by e-mail. The documents were analyzed based on inductive content analysis. Relevant documents from 20 RPOs were identified. 28% of the included institutions have developed their own guidelines or adopted some guidance document on research integrity. Best practices, misconduct and misbehaviors, principles, and institutional policies regarding sanctions differ between universities. The RPOs where research integrity guidance documents could be identified are concentrated mainly in the southeastern and southern areas. The number and distribution heterogeneity highlights the need to increase awareness and create regulatory documents on research integrity in Brazilian universities. Further Research Performing and Funding Organizations' initiatives are needed to foster research integrity in Brazil and harmonize it with international standards.

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巴西的研究诚信准则和保障措施。

巴西的研究产出每年都在增长，它的国内和国际研究合作也在增长。因此，协调研究诚信指导与规范是保证研究质量的必要条件。因此，本研究旨在收集和分析巴西研究执行组织(RPO)关于研究诚信的指导文件。从巴西随机选择的60所大学检索了研究诚信指导文件、法规和政策。搜索是通过大学网站进行的，并通过电子邮件确认。采用归纳内容分析法对文献进行分析。确定了20个rpo的相关文件。28%的纳入院校制定了自己的研究诚信指引或采用了一些指导文件。最佳实践、不当行为和不当行为、有关制裁的原则和制度政策因大学而异。研究诚信指导文件可识别的rpo主要集中在东南部和南部地区。数量和分布的异质性突出了巴西大学需要提高对研究诚信的认识并创建监管文件。需要进一步的研究执行和资助组织的举措来促进巴西的研究诚信并使其与国际标准相协调。

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Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance MEDICAL ETHICS-

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4.90

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14.70%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Accountability in Research: Policies and Quality Assurance is devoted to the examination and critical analysis of systems for maximizing integrity in the conduct of research. It provides an interdisciplinary, international forum for the development of ethics, procedures, standards policies, and concepts to encourage the ethical conduct of research and to enhance the validity of research results. The journal welcomes views on advancing the integrity of research in the fields of general and multidisciplinary sciences, medicine, law, economics, statistics, management studies, public policy, politics, sociology, history, psychology, philosophy, ethics, and information science. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.