Perceptions of research integrity climate differ between academic ranks and disciplinary fields: Results from a survey among academic researchers in Amsterdam
Perceptions of research integrity climate differ between academic ranks and disciplinary fields: Results from a survey among academic researchers in Amsterdam
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10.1371/journal.pone.0210599
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2019-01-18
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3.7
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Bouter, Lex M.
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Haven, Tamarinde L.;Tijdink, Joeri K.;Bouter, Lex M.
违反研究诚信的行为震惊了学术界。最初是在研究人员个人的层面上寻求解释，但随着时间的推移，越来越多的人认识到研究诚信氛围在影响研究人员(失误)行为方面可能发挥的重要作用。在这项研究中，我们旨在评估来自不同学术级别和学科领域的研究人员是否体验到了不同的研究诚信氛围。我们使用组织研究氛围调查向阿姆斯特丹的学术研究人员发出了一份在线问卷。Bonferroni修正的平均数差异表明，初级研究人员(博士生、博士后和助理教授)对研究诚信氛围的看法比高级研究人员(副教授和正教授)更负面。初级研究人员指出，与资深研究人员相比，他们的主管更少致力于谈论关键的研究诚信原则(MD=-.39，CI=-.55，-.24)。博士生感觉到同事之间的竞争和猜疑(MD=-.19，CI=-.35，-.05)比副教授和正教授更多。我们发现，来自自然科学领域的研究人员总体上对研究诚信氛围表达了更积极的看法。社会科学和人文科学的研究人员认为，与自然科学和生物医学相比，其部门在发表和获得资金方面的期望较不公平(MD=-.44，CI=-.74，-.15；MD=-.36，CI=-.61，-.11)。结果表明，人文和社会科学部门的领导应该采取更多措施，为研究人员设定更公平的期望，资深科学家应该确保初级研究人员融入研究诚信实践，并在他们的团队中培养一种同事之间不存在怀疑的氛围。
Breaches of research integrity have shocked the academic community. Initially explanations were sought at the level of individual researchers but over time increased recognition emerged of the important role that the research integrity climate may play in influencing researchers' (mis) behavior. In this study we aim to assess whether researchers from different academic ranks and disciplinary fields experience the research integrity climate differently. We sent an online questionnaire to academic researchers in Amsterdam using the Survey of Organizational Research Climate. Bonferroni corrected mean differences showed that junior researchers (PhD students, postdocs and assistant professors) perceive the research integrity climate more negatively than senior researchers (associate and full professors). Junior researchers note that their supervisors are less committed to talk about key research integrity principles compared to senior researchers (MD = -.39, CI = -.55, -.24). PhD students perceive more competition and suspicion among colleagues (MD = -.19, CI = -.35, -.05) than associate and full professors. We found that researchers from the natural sciences overall express a more positive perception of the research integrity climate. Researchers from social sciences as well as from the humanities perceive less fairness of their departments' expectations in terms of publishing and acquiring funding compared to natural sciences and biomedical sciences (MD = -.44, CI = -.74, -.15; MD = -.36, CI = -.61, -.11). Results suggest that department leaders in the humanities and social sciences should do more to set fairer expectations for their researchers and that senior scientists should ensure junior researchers are socialized into research integrity practices and foster a climate in their group where suspicion among colleagues has no place.