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Good Practice and Reporting Cases in Switzerland

What is this about?

This is the 2017 annual report for the Swiss National Science Foundation's Commission on Scientific Integrity and Plagiarism Control Group. In it, these two bodies report on their activities.

The Plagiarism Control Group checks the research proposals submitted to the SNSF.

The Commission on Research Integrity is responsible for identifying cases of scientific misconduct in connection with applications for SNSF grants or the use thereof. If the suspected misconduct concerns the use of SNSF funding, then the Commission assists the institution where the misconduct is believed to have taken place.

In the reporting year, the Commission worked with research institutions in the investigations of three misconduct cases, two of which related to data manipulation and one related to fraud.

Why is this important?

By making its annual report publicly available, the SNSF Commission on Scientific Integrity and the Plagiarism Control Group demonstrates the transparency of their reporting processes and investigation procedures, as well as their commitment to accountability in matters involving plagiarism and complaints regarding scientific misconduct.

For whom is this important?

ResearchersResearch Integrity OfficersResearch Ethics CommitteesResearch institutionsPolicy makersGeneral public

What are the best practices?

The Plagiarism Control Group checks the research proposals submitted to the SNSF both at random (5% of all submissions) and when it is alerted to potential research integrity cases by persons outside the SNSF.

The SNSF uses the iThenticate software, produced by Turnitin, in order to compare research proposals with texts on the internet and scientific databases. Only results with a similarity index of ≥ 10% and/or the largest possible degree of correspondence of >200 words are followed up.

Other information

Who

• Swiss National Science Foundation
• Commission on Scientific Integrity and Plagiarism Control Group
• SNSF Commission on Research Integrity

When

• 2017

Where

• Switzerland

Virtues & Values

• Accountability
• Honesty
• Respect
• Reliability

Good Practices & Misconduct

• Plagiarism
• Research Misconduct
• Institutional Responsibilities
• Allegation of Misconduct
• Whistleblowing
• Funders’ responsibilities
• Good Practice
• Investigation
• Plagiarism
• Research Misconduct Investigation
• Reporting
• Inquiry