HDR & ECR Workshop - Bond University ECR .pdf · Ethical Review and Conduct. Data and Records....

Dr Gary Allen…Senior Consultant | Australasian Human Research Ethics Consultancy Services……[email protected] | www.ahrecs.com | https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-allen-629847128

HDR & ECR WorkshopBond University

Research integrityPlanning for success….

Being an excellent mentor...

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Overview (14:00-15:30)

Welcome and introduction Research integrity - Initial reflections and what’s included?

Authorship, publication ethics and a publication plan (and CYA) Knowing where not to publish Collaborative research – Tips and CYA2 Breaches of the Code and research misconduct Reflections on the upcoming new version of the Code

Vignette discussion Resources QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION

Discussion activity

What do you see as your responsibilities in relation to research integrity?

1. Discuss with one or two of your neighbours (preferably people who you don’t know well)

2. Take 2 minutes to exchange ideas on what you understand to be your research integrity responsibilities

3. You will be asked to share your ideas

Serious consequences for missteps

Your responsibilities

As a Bond University researcher Regard research integrity as a core component of

good research practice Promote the standards and University arrangements

Refer to resources, policies and processes

Know the standards

Apply the standards

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Research integrity it’s all about your practice

Genuine Search for Knowledge

Honesty & Integrity

Good Training and Mentoring

Conflicts of Interest

Ethical Review and Conduct

Data and Records

Publication Ethics and Authorship

Peer Review

• Quality research• Core component• Not ‘just’ about

compliance• Not someone

else’s problem• National and

international standards

• Career impacts

The designand conduct of research

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Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research

Released in 2007 and review underway

Issued by ARC, NHMRC and UA

Research conducted under auspices of Bond

Institutional compliance a condition of most funding.

Applies to all irrespective of discipline, funding, research expertise, type of output or research ethics


What’s in the current Code?


Responsibilities: institutions,

supervisors, students and other

researchers

Responsible management of

data and materialsSupervision Publication

ethics…

Authorship… Peer review Conflicts of interest

Collaborative workacross institutions

Breaches of the Code and research

misconduct

Discussion activity You are approached by a senior colleague with whom you work on a

related project; she asks to be listed as a co-author of an output you are currently working on. What would you do? 1. Discuss with one or two of your neighbours (preferably

people who you don’t know well)



Balancing considerations

Would your answer be different if they were based at an institution in another country and have a high citation index?


Authorship

Criteria (combination of): Conception/design, data collection/analysis and write Sign-off and responsibility

Participants Only include those who meet the

criteria Don’t exclude people who do

meet criteria


Authorship

Expression of agreement Acknowledging others Order of authorship should

ordinarily be based upon significance of contribution

Tensions International Interdisciplinary


Discussion activity

What do you believe could be the research integrity challenges for collaborative research?

1. Discuss with one or two of your neighbours (preferably people who you don’t know well)



Shared serious consequences for missteps


Collaborative research


Agree to roles and timeframes

Discuss authorship and acknowledgements

Discuss conflicts of interest

Discuss location, access and ownership of data

Publication plan…

Collegiate discussion but CYA

Publication ethics

For the most part, publish results only once or cite earlier outputs

Publishing in other languages Plagiarism and self-plagiarism (copyright) Honesty and integrity ‘Salami slicing’ Respond promptly and with respect to editors/reviewers Reflections on national and international experiences Illustrations tip (http://www.figshare.com/) Refer to resources from COPE


http://www.figshare.com/)

https://publicationethics.org/resources

Knowing where not to publish


Publication ethics: Publish results only once or cite earlier outputs Publisher rules and copyright Predatory publishers Life after the Beall’s List Reflections on open access Zombie, cloned and hijacked publishers Reflections on black and white lists Assessing quality Career and other impacts of choosing poorlySee this blog post by Israel & Allen (2017)

https://www.ahrecs.com/research-integrity/world-hijacked-clone-zombie-publishing-shouldnt-publish

Publication plan

KNOWN OUTPUTS Roles?

Other authors?

Order of authorship?

Acknowledgment of others?

FUTURE OUTPUTS Intention to contact and first refusal

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Breaches of the Code


Research conducted without ethics approval

Conduct of research inconsistent with ethics

approval

Failure to report and manage serious adverse events(h)/unexpected

adverse events(a)

Failure to protect participant welfare (a/h),

privacy (h), confidentiality (h)

Fabrication of resultsFalsification or

misrepresentation of results

Plagiarism Misleading ascription of authorship

Failure to declare and manage serious conflicts

of interest

Making a frivolous, mischievous or

vexatious allegation

Research misconduct

Is all of the following A breach of the Code Intent and deliberation, or recklessness or gross and

persistent negligence Serious consequences – e.g. false information on the public

record, negative impact on reputation of the University


Research misconduct

Proposed changes to the Code and what it might mean to – research at Bond

Unfunded Funded

Research with collaborators Australian international


Discussion activity

A sheet has been distributed which describes 6 research integrity vignettes (based on real cases)

In groups of 2-3 discuss at least three of the vignettes. Take 15 minutes


Resources

Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research Committee on Publication Ethics guidelinesBond University Policies and resources that implement the Australian Code

see https://bond.edu.au/researchers/research-support/research-tools

Research Integrity Advisers Short workshop in your areaAHRECS Resource Library – Papers, books, guidelines and news

items Research Ethics Monthly – Free monthly blog about

research integrity and human research ethics


https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/guidelines-publications/r39

https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines

https://bond.edu.au/researchers/research-support/research-tools

http://www.ahrecs.com/resources

https://www.ahrecs.com/blog

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