The Society responded to the Research Integrity Inquiry, which was based on the issues raised in the POSTnote (Integrity in Research, Number 544.) Overall, the Society noted that deliberate misconduct is rare and the research culture and a ‘pressure to publish’ are key drivers when it comes to the main issue of ‘inadvertent errors or questionable research’. In addition to this, the Society’s response highlighted that whilst the research community has primary ownership over embedding the necessary cultural changes, research funders and publishers have a role to play in ensuring their standards of rigour and assessment support such practices.
Read the Research Integrity Inquiry here
