Responsible research practices could be more strongly endorsed by Australian university codes of research conduct.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to investigate how strongly Australian university codes of research conduct endorse responsible research practices.

Methods

Codes of research conduct from 25 Australian universities active in health and medical research were obtained from public websites, and audited against 19 questions to assess how strongly they (1) defined research integrity, research quality, and research misconduct, (2) required research to be approved by an appropriate ethics committee, (3) endorsed 9 responsible research practices, and (4) discouraged 5 questionable research practices.

Results

Overall, a median of 10 (IQR 9 to 12) of 19 practices covered in the questions were mentioned, weakly endorsed, or strongly endorsed. Five to 8 of 9 responsible research pract

SUBMITTER: Ong YK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10242962 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature