Transparency in conducting and reporting research: A survey of authors, reviewers, and editors across scholarly disciplines.

ABSTRACT: Calls have been made for improving transparency in conducting and reporting research, improving work climates, and preventing detrimental research practices. To assess attitudes and practices regarding these topics, we sent a survey to authors, reviewers, and editors. We received 3,659 (4.9%) responses out of 74,749 delivered emails. We found no significant differences between authors', reviewers', and editors' attitudes towards transparency in conducting and reporting research, or towards their perceptions of work climates. Undeserved authorship was perceived by all groups as the most prevalent detrimental research practice, while fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, and not citing prior relevant research, were seen as more prevalent by editors than authors or reviewers. Overall, 20% o

SUBMITTER: Malicki M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9994678 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature