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Soehartono AM, Yu LG, Khor KA. Essential signals in publication trends and collaboration patterns in global Research Integrity and Research Ethics (RIRE). Scientometrics 2022; 127:7487-7497. [PMID: 35755633 PMCID: PMC9206420 DOI: 10.1007/s11192-022-04400-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Amid an increasingly demanding research environment, there has been a growing interest in studies concerning Research Integrity and Research Ethics (RIRE). Between 1990 and 2020, over 9700 publications were published to address problematic research conduct such as falsification, plagiarism, and related protocols and standards. In this work, country-level trends and collaborative structures are examined with respect to economic group. Our results showed that RIRE publications are predominantly led by the West, with North America and Western Europe contributing the most. While there is interest within growing economies such as China, the pace is not comparable to its overall publications. However, international collaborations on RIRE grew to account for nearly 30% of all publications on the subject in 2020. Although there is a stronger preference for high income countries to collaborate with other high income countries, we observe a rise in partnerships between high-/middle-income and middle-/lower-income co-authorship pairs in the last decade. These trends point to a maturing global community with distributed knowledge transfer, towards more unified international standards for research ethics and integrity.
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- A M Soehartono
- Talent Recruitment and Career Support (TRACS) Office and Bibliometrics Analysis, Nanyang Technological University, 76 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637331 Singapore
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- Talent Recruitment and Career Support (TRACS) Office and Bibliometrics Analysis, Nanyang Technological University, 76 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637331 Singapore
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- Talent Recruitment and Career Support (TRACS) Office and Bibliometrics Analysis, Nanyang Technological University, 76 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637331 Singapore
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Haaser T, Bouteloup V, Berdaï D, Saux MC. The Multidimensional Nature of Research Ethics: Letters Issued by a French Research Ethics Committee Included Similar Proportions of Ethical and Scientific Queries. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics 2022; 17:242-253. [PMID: 35414297 DOI: 10.1177/15562646221093218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Debate is ongoing concerning the activities and functioning of Research Ethics Committees (REC), especially a possible science-or-ethics dichotomy in research ethics review. We retrospectively analyzed 145 letters issued by a French REC over 18 months. All queries were classified in three levels: qualification (definition of the problem), category (aggregation of broader topics) and finally fields (ethical, scientific, or administrative). Overall, 971 queries were identified, of which 407 (42%), 379 (39%), and 135 (14%) were deemed ethical, scientific, and administrative queries, respectively. The most frequent concern was about participants' information. The main influencing factor was the profession of the reporting readers-scientific queries were more frequently raised by a methodologist, whereas ethical queries were more frequently raised by an ethicist. These results indicate that research ethics review is a multidimensional task that should be considered a collaborative effort.
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- Thibaud Haaser
- Service d'Oncologie Radiothérapie, Hôpital Haut Lévêque, 158435Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Pessac, France.,EA 4574 "Sciences, Philosophie, Humanités" Université de Bordeaux - Université Bordeaux Montaigne, Pessac, France.,Comité de Protection des Personnes Sud-Ouest et Outre-Mer III, Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, Hôpital Pellegrin, 158435Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Comité de Protection des Personnes Sud-Ouest et Outre-Mer III, Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, Hôpital Pellegrin, 158435Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,Bordeaux Health Population, Inserm 1219, Institut de Santé Publique, d'Epidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED), Université de Bordeaux - CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Comité de Protection des Personnes Sud-Ouest et Outre-Mer III, Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, Hôpital Pellegrin, 158435Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, Hôpital Pellegrin, 158435Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Comité de Protection des Personnes Sud-Ouest et Outre-Mer III, Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, Hôpital Pellegrin, 158435Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Bednarz AL, Borkowska-Bierć M, Matejun M. Managerial Responses to the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Healthcare Organizations Project Management. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:12082. [PMID: 34831834 PMCID: PMC8625499 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182212082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The goal of this study was to identify and assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on project management practices in healthcare organizations, taking into account, in particular, risk analysis, project performance, organization of the work of project teams, and tendencies in future developments in project management. In order to achieve this goal, a study was conducted on 20 project managers in selected healthcare organizations in Poland. The results indicate that a systematically conducted risk analysis as part of the implemented projects enabled rapid and effective reactions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has also significantly altered the organization of the work of project teams and, in the opinion of the research subjects, this will significantly impact future solutions for project management in healthcare organizations. The obtained results form a basis for the increase in professionalization in project management in healthcare organizations.
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- Ariadna Linda Bednarz
- Department of Management and Logistics in Health Care, Medical University of Lodz, 90-131 Lodz, Poland;
- Military Institute of Medicine, 04-141 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Management and Logistics in Health Care, Medical University of Lodz, 90-131 Lodz, Poland;
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- Department of Entrepreneurship and Industrial Policy, Faculty of Management, University of Lodz, 90-237 Lodz, Poland;
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Roje R, Tomić V, Buljan I, Marušić A. Development and implementation of research integrity guidance documents: Explorative interviews with research integrity experts. Account Res 2021:1-38. [PMID: 34612089 DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2021.1989676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Research integrity (RI) guidance documents often lack sufficient details on handling specific RI issues causing the lack of harmonized approaches to RI and opening the way to research misconduct and other detrimental research practices. Standard operating procedures (SOPs) are developed and implemented by organizations for ensuring the uniformity and quality of performed actions. This study aimed to explore stakeholders' opinions on SOPs for RI, factors influencing the implementation of RI guidance documents and practices, and ideas for improvements in the RI field. We conducted semi-structured interviews with stakeholders from different groups. Data were analyzed using the reflexive thematic analysis approach, and three themes were developed. The first theme addressed participants' knowledge and perceptions on SOPs for RI and their impact on RI promotion and implementation. The second theme described different factors that have a positive or negative impact on the implementation of RI and RI guidance documents and practices, while the third theme addressed needed changes and ideas for improvements in the RI field. Participants considered SOPs valuable for RI promotion. SOPs should be developed based on and consistent with more general and aspirational guidance and through the dialogue with researchers and other stakeholders, to ensure their relevancy.
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- Rea Roje
- Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
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- Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia.,ST-OPEN, University of Split, Split, Croatia
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- Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
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- Department of Research in Biomedicine and Health, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
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