Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance最新文献

Mega-authorship implications: How many scientists can fit into one cell? 巨型著作权的影响：一个细胞能容纳多少科学家？

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Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-03-05 DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2024.2318790

Daniel S Dotson

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Cancer researchers' experiences with and perceptions of research data sharing: Results of a cross-sectional survey. 癌症研究人员对研究数据共享的经验和看法：横断面调查结果。

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Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2024.2308606

Daniel G Hamilton, Matthew J Page, Sarah Everitt, Hannah Fraser, Fiona Fidler

{"title":"Cancer researchers' experiences with and perceptions of research data sharing: Results of a cross-sectional survey.","authors":"Daniel G Hamilton, Matthew J Page, Sarah Everitt, Hannah Fraser, Fiona Fidler","doi":"10.1080/08989621.2024.2308606","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08989621.2024.2308606","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Despite wide recognition of the benefits of sharing research data, public availability rates have not increased substantially in oncology or medicine more broadly over the last decade.Methods: We surveyed 285 cancer researchers to determine their prior experience with sharing data and views on known drivers and inhibitors.Results: We found that 45% of respondents had shared some data from their most recent empirical publication, with respondents who typically studied non-human research participants, or routinely worked with human genomic data, more likely to share than those who did not. A third of respondents added that they had previously shared data privately, with 74% indicating that doing so had also led to authorship opportunities or future collaborations for them. Journal and funder policies were reported to be the biggest general drivers toward sharing, whereas commercial interests, agreements with industrial sponsors and institutional policies were the biggest prohibitors. We show that researchers' decisions about whether to share data are also likely to be influenced by participants' desires.Conclusions: Our survey suggests that increased promotion and support by research institutions, alongside greater championing of data sharing by journals and funders, may motivate more researchers in oncology to share their data.","PeriodicalId":50927,"journal":{"name":"Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance","volume":" ","pages":"530-557"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139652033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Keeping the health of our home planet in mind as we do research. 在研究过程中，时刻关注地球家园的健康。

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Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-27 DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2024.2310064

Bor Luen Tang

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Limits of ethical non-human subjects research in an applied setting. 应用环境中非人类受试者伦理研究的局限性。

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Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-18 DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2024.2313018

Adam T Biggs

{"title":"Limits of ethical non-human subjects research in an applied setting.","authors":"Adam T Biggs","doi":"10.1080/08989621.2024.2313018","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08989621.2024.2313018","url":null,"abstract":"Ethical research follows numerous rules and regulations to ensure that all human subjects are protected during the collection and dissemination of research outcomes. Nevertheless, there is often a critical distinction drawn between human subjects research and non-human subjects research (NHSR). The latter can also be described as non-research activities, which typically reduces any oversight even if human subjects are involved. Despite the need to conduct ethical NHSR or non-research activities in an applied setting, there are several ways this determination can be used to circumvent regulatory oversight. In particular, the problem arises because one or more of several key functions become conflated in an applied setting, whereas they would be compartmentalized and independent in controlled or experimental settings. These functions include: 1) ethical oversight; 2) funding; 3) execution; and 4) peer review. The current discussion outlines how NHSR in an applied setting can allow these functions to overlap, and how personnel might stretch the boundaries of ethical conduct even while following existing regulations. As such, the goal is to guide future practices when conducting or reviewing NHSR in an applied setting so that unethical practices do not bias the results.","PeriodicalId":50927,"journal":{"name":"Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance","volume":" ","pages":"558-579"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139900836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Correlation between journal metrics-based academic evaluation and researchers' ethics. 基于期刊指标的学术评价与研究人员职业道德之间的相关性。

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Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2295415

Lidija Ivanović, Philipp Baaden, Miloš Jovanović, Dragan Ivanović

{"title":"Correlation between journal metrics-based academic evaluation and researchers' ethics.","authors":"Lidija Ivanović, Philipp Baaden, Miloš Jovanović, Dragan Ivanović","doi":"10.1080/08989621.2023.2295415","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08989621.2023.2295415","url":null,"abstract":"The \"publish or perish\" approach has become an integral part of an academic's life when seeking positions, striving for promotions, or competing for funding. This approach often hinges on journal-based metrics which push researchers to seek publication in journals indexed in the Web of Science. Due to the pressure to publish a certain number of publications in journals indexed in the Web of Science, researchers might attempt to find a journal with a lower impact factor, i.e., less popular and visible journals in the scientific community. Even more concerning is the fact that researchers might publish their results in predatory journals. This paper analyzes the consequence of introducing a journal indicators-based academic evaluation by analyzing productivity and publication patterns of researchers. Moreover, this paper investigates the correlation between journal-based academic evaluation rules and researchers' ethics. The analysis is based on bibliometric data collected from the Web of Science database. The case study subject is the Serbian research landscape before and after the introduction of a journal metrics-based academic evaluation.","PeriodicalId":50927,"journal":{"name":"Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance","volume":" ","pages":"459-487"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138813092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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More ethics in the laboratory, please! Scientists' perspectives on ethics in the preclinical phase. 请提供更多实验室伦理方面的信息！科学家对临床前阶段伦理的看法。

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Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-18 DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2294996

Paola Buedo, Eugenia Prieto, Jolanta Perek-Białas, Idalina Odziemczyk-Stawarz, Marcin Waligora

{"title":"More ethics in the laboratory, please! Scientists' perspectives on ethics in the preclinical phase.","authors":"Paola Buedo, Eugenia Prieto, Jolanta Perek-Białas, Idalina Odziemczyk-Stawarz, Marcin Waligora","doi":"10.1080/08989621.2023.2294996","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08989621.2023.2294996","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years there have been calls to improve ethics in preclinical research. Promoting ethics in preclinical research should consider the perspectives of scientists. Our study aims to explore researchers' perspectives on ethics in the preclinical phase. Using interviews and focus groups, we collected views on ethical issues in preclinical research from experienced (n = 11) and early-stage researchers (ESRs) (n = 14) working in a gene therapy and regenerative medicine consortium. A recurring theme among ESRs was the impact of health-related preclinical research on climate change. They highlighted the importance of strengthening ethics in relations within the scientific community. Experienced researchers were focused on technicalities of methods used in preclinical research. They stressed the need for more safeguards to protect the sensitive personal data they work with. Both groups drew attention to the importance of the social context of research and its social impact. They agreed that it is important to be socially responsible - to be aware of and be sensitive to the needs and views of society. This study helps to identify key ethical challenges and, when combined with more data, can ultimately lead to informed and evidence-based improvements to existing regulations.","PeriodicalId":50927,"journal":{"name":"Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance","volume":" ","pages":"443-458"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11778529/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139486741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Mismatch in perceptions of the quality of supervision and research data management as an area of concern: Results from a university-wide survey of the research integrity culture at a Belgian university. 对监督和研究数据管理质量不匹配的看法是一个值得关注的领域：比利时一所大学研究诚信文化的全校性调查结果。

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Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-19 DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2024.2318245

Steven De Peuter, K Dierickx, M Meganck, I Lerouge, W Vandevelde, G Storms

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Bad apples or systematic problem? Is Italy struggling with maintaining high level of research integrity? 坏苹果还是系统性问题？意大利是否在努力保持高水平的研究诚信？

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Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-15 DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2024.2318230

Daniel Pizzolato

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Ten Years later: Assessments of the integrity of publications from one research group with multiple retractions. 十年之后：对一个多次撤回论文的研究小组所发表论文的完整性进行评估。

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Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2295996

Andrew Grey, Alison Avenell, Mark J Bolland

{"title":"Ten Years later: Assessments of the integrity of publications from one research group with multiple retractions.","authors":"Andrew Grey, Alison Avenell, Mark J Bolland","doi":"10.1080/08989621.2023.2295996","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08989621.2023.2295996","url":null,"abstract":"When a research group has multiple retracted publications and/or research misconduct by a member is evident, there is a risk that its other publications are unreliable, so a comprehensive assessment of the group's publications is advisable. We analyzed the comprehensiveness of assessment of the integrity of 300 publications by a research group with numerous retractions and known research misconduct, for 292 of which we raised concerns to publishers and academic institutions between 3/2013 and 2/2020. By 4/2023, 91 (30%) publications had not been assessed by either publisher or academic institution. Publishers had assessed 185 (63%) publications. The 4 academic institutions had assessed 5/36 (14%), 56/216 (26%), 30/50 (60%) and 40/66 (61%) publications. Unprompted assessments, those undertaken without our notification of concerns, occurred for 24 (8%) publications, 3 (1%) by publishers and 21 (7%) by academic institutions. Among 32 journals with ≥2 affected publications, no unprompted assessments of the remaining publication(s) occurred after notification of concerns about the index publication(s). Publishers retracted 58/84 (69%) publications which institutions also assessed and decided needed no editorial action. These analyses demonstrate the failure of publishers and institutions to comprehensively and spontaneously determine the integrity of publications in a setting of known misconduct and multiple retractions.","PeriodicalId":50927,"journal":{"name":"Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance","volume":" ","pages":"488-508"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138813094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Inverted U-Shaped relationship between team size and citation impact: Mediating role of responsibility diffusion. 团队规模与引文影响力之间的倒 U 型关系：责任扩散的中介作用

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Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2023.2300255

Yetong Gan, Jialin Liu, Yixuan Zhao, Mengxiao Zhu, Gaofeng Wang

{"title":"Inverted U-Shaped relationship between team size and citation impact: Mediating role of responsibility diffusion.","authors":"Yetong Gan, Jialin Liu, Yixuan Zhao, Mengxiao Zhu, Gaofeng Wang","doi":"10.1080/08989621.2023.2300255","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08989621.2023.2300255","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the increasing prominence of research collaboration, a growing number of studies have confirmed that increasing team size can have limited performance benefits. However, the mechanism of this phenomenon has yet to be established. This study, therefore, quantified responsibility diffusion based on author contribution information and explored its mediating role in the relationship between collaboration size and citation impact (citation count in a four-year window). The results show the following: (1) An inverted U-shaped relationship exists between team size and citation count. (2) Responsibility diffusion plays a partial mediating role between team size and citation count. (3) As team size increases, the degree of responsibility diffusion increases. Lastly, (4) responsibility diffusion has an inverted U-shaped curvilinear relationship with citation count (e.g., a moderate degree of responsibility diffusion has the highest impact). These findings offer a new understanding of the mechanism by which collaboration size influences research performance. This study also has practical implications for solving research collaboration dilemmas based on a group-cognition perspective.","PeriodicalId":50927,"journal":{"name":"Accountability in Research-Policies and Quality Assurance","volume":" ","pages":"509-529"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139075788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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