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The Path2Integrity project has created a map of curricula and syllabi that either directly or indirectly cover topics related to research integrity and research ethics. Curricula and syllabi cover the secondary, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral education level. Educators are invited to contribute additional curricula and syllabi to expand the map. +
Path2Integrity is a project on research integrity education, funded by the EU's Horizon 2020 program. Under the headline #MyPath2Integrity, the project has created campaign materials to help raise awareness about the importance of research integrity among secondary school students, undergraduate students, graduate students and young researchers. Materials are based on the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity and include posters, postcards, leaflets, booklets and videos, many of which are not only available in English, but also in Bulgarian, Spanish, Catalan, Danish, German and Polish. Many of the materials rely on prominent researchers as role models to inspire pupils, students and young researchers to strive for integrity in their own work. +
Path2Integrity has created several learning units on research integrity, divided into three series:
*S-series (for secondary school and undergraduate students, pre-disciplinary)
*M-series (for graduate students, disciplinary)
*Y-series (for early career researchers, post-disciplinary)
Each series is accompanied by a ''[https://path2integrity.eu/ri-materials#Handbooks Handbook for Teachers and Trainers].'' The handbooks contain various suggestions on how the learning cards can be used and share some helpful hints and tricks that facilitate effective teaching from the secondary school level to doctoral training. +
This learning card of the Path2Integrity project addresses the topic ''Good research is based on honesty.'' It has been designed for teaching secondary school students and undergraduate students. The learning card describes how the following learning objectives can be accomplished in a session of 90-120 minutes:
*Describe the values of a researcher
*Outline reasons for conducting reliable research
*Realize consequences of research
*Argue in favor of the importance of reliable research results for both research and society
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Path2Integrity has created several learning units of 90-120 minutes on various topics related to research integrity. For each unit, a learning card outlining teaching instructions in a step-by-step manner has been created. All learning cards address topics identified as crucial for research integrity in the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity.
There are three series of learning cards:
*S-series: for secondary school students and undergraduate students (pre-disciplinary)
*M-series: for graduate students (disciplinary)
*Y-series: for early career researcher (post-disciplinary)
All learning cards are based on one of three dialogical methods: role-play, storytelling or coming to an agreement. These activating methods help students to connect research integrity to their lifeworld and invite them to address ethical issues in research in a well-considered and informed way.
The learning cards can be accessed through the following links:
'''S-series'''
S0: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/4441315#.YFYjyGRKj0o Good research is based on honesty]''
S1: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/4441316#.YFYkY2RKj0o Researchers, research institutions, scientific journals, government and regulatory agencies as well as funding agencies all safeguard good research and ensure reliable research results]''
S2: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/4441318#.YFYk7GRKj0o Researchers follow their aims in a careful and well-considered manner]''
S3: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/4543040#.YFYlVGRKj0o Researchers comply with codes and regulations]''
S4: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/4441321#.YFYloGRKj0o Research groups work as transparently and openly as possible]''
S5: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/4441324#.YFYmC2RKj0o Researchers ensure appropriate authorship and citation]''
'''M-series'''
M0: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/4434118#.YFYm0mRKj0o Good research is based on honesty]''
M1: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/4437582#.YFYoeWRKj0o The research environment constitutes itself through clear infrastructure, policies and procedures]''
M2: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/4441257#.YFYoEGRKj0o Researchers design, carry out , analyse and document research in a careful and well-considered manner]''
M3: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/4441304#.YFYol2RKj0o Researchers comply with codes and regulations relevant to their discipline]''
M4: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/4441307#.YFYozmRKj0o Research groups work as transparently and openly as possible]''
M5: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/4441307#.YFYozmRKj0o Researchers ensure appropriate authorship and citation]''
M8: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/3965693#.YFYpRGRKj0o Researchers, research institutions and organisations ensure access to data is as open as possible and as closed as necessary]''
M9: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/4434150#.YFYpoWRKj0o Research integrity is a professional, ethical and legal responsibility]''
'''Y-series'''
Y1: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/4543043#.YFYqHmRKj0o The research environment constitutes itself through clear infrastructure, policies and procedures]''
Y2: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/4441330#.YFYqlWRKj0o Researchers design, carry out , analyse and document research in a careful and well-considered manner]''
Y3: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/4441333#.YFYqxWRKj0o Researchers comply with codes and regulations relevant to their discipline]''
Y4: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/4441334#.YFYrGGRKj0o Research groups work as transparently and openly as possible]''
Y5: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/4441336#.YFYrX2RKj0o Researchers ensure appropriate authorship and citation]''
Y6: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/3965703#.YFYrnmRKj0o Researchers and research organisations follow good mentoring practices]''
Y7: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/3965716#.YFYr0WRKj0o Researchers withdraw from involvement when conflicts of interest arise]''
Y8: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/3965729#.YFYsB2RKj0o Researchers, research institutions and organisations and ensure appropriate data practices and management]''
Many of the learning cards draw on one of the following two introductory learning cards that describe situations in which research integrity is at stake:
''[https://zenodo.org/record/4543038#.YFYsg2RKj0o What happened at LONA Science Centre]''
''[https://zenodo.org/record/4543021#.YFYshGRKj0o Hannah's story]''
The learning cards can not only be used in classroom settings, but also in online teaching. To facilitate online teaching, Path2Integrity has created an [https://www.learning-p2i.eu/ online learning platform], which allows for combining asynchronous and synchronous phases of learning.
In addition to the learning cards for pupils, students and young researchers, Path2Integrity, supported by its spin-off ''[https://trustinscience.manual.to/browse/AXG1QOhgHOIPoN2DisLx Trust in Science: Fighting COVID-19 with reliable information,]'' has created learning cards for citizen education.
'''Citizen education series'''
S01: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/3965658#.YFYuFmRKj0o Society needs responsible research]''
S02: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/3965664#.YFYuZGRKj0o Bad research can harm people]''
S04: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/3965672#.YFYuq2RKj0o Academic integrity is a safeguard for collaborative work]''
S05: ''[https://zenodo.org/record/3965679#.YFYu6mRKj0o Society needs reliable information: Be aware of fake news]''
Path2Integrity is an online learning environment designed to support students, young researchers, and professionals in understanding and practising research integrity. Hosted at learning-p2i.eu, the platform offers a publicly accessible set of learning courses built on “learning cards” that cover 20 units addressing core principles of behaviour in research such as responsibility, honesty, respect, and accountability. The courses are structured to enable dialogical, student-centred methods (discussion, debate) as opposed to purely passive learning. It was developed under the Horizon 2020 research programme, by an international consortium, to help navigate the evolving research landscape and equip users to engage in ethical and transparent research practices. The materials are freely available for download and use in blended or fully digital teaching settings. +
PathOS (Open Science Impact Pathways) is a Horizon Europe research project (2022–2025) that seeks to understand, map, and quantify the effects of Open Science by uncovering the causal pathways linking Open Science practices to their outcomes in science, society, and the economy. Through six detailed case studies, the project develops new indicators, data-driven methods, and a cost-benefit analysis framework to assess costs and benefits of Open Science. Its goal is to provide evidence-based policy recommendations and tools to help funders, institutions, and policymakers make informed decisions to maximize the positive impact of Open Science. +
This is a factual case. +
Young Lives is an international study of childhood poverty, involving 12,000 children growing up over 15 years in Ethiopia, the state of Andhra Pradesh in India, Peru and Vietnam. Two cohorts of children – a younger cohort who were born in 2001-02 and an older cohort born in 1994-95 – are being followed. A variety of survey and qualitative methods are being used to collect data with children, parents, and others in communities. +
During a research project on children’s transport and mobility in sub-Saharan Africa young people, (mostly under 18 years old) were invited from secondary schools in Malawi, Ghana and South Africa, to train as young researchers to collect data from their peers alongside adult researchers (www.dur.ac.uk/child.mobility). +
This is a guide to peer review for early career researchers. It aims to help them understand basic principles of peer review, some of its limitations and its role in society. +
This article is about scholarly (academic) peer review. In simple terms, peer review is an evaluation of a piece of work by persons from the same or a similar field of work (peers). This process is very important in science, and it is conducted to help journal editors decide what to publish. The purpose of peer review is to detect both the quality and the flaws of the presented piece of work in order to prevent poor research from publication. '"`UNIQ--ref-0000000A-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-0000000B-QINU`"' It includes checking for methodological rigor, quality of reporting, and critical assessment of conclusions. '"`UNIQ--ref-0000000C-QINU`"'
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This online training contains several tools related to peer review. Online module Responsible Authorship and Peer Review discusses challenges that authors and peer reviewers are constantly facing and provides some useful case studies. The software Peer Review Tool: Data Analysis aims to improve the analytic skills of peer reviewers and it serves as a statistical tool. Ethics of Peer Review: a Guide for Manuscript Reviewers provides some guidelines for peer reviewers. Finally, Peer Review Quick Guide intends to detect common mistakes and reflects on dilemmas in peer review. +
A professor tells a student that he is peer-reviewing the article of another research group, with whom you are in direct competition for funding.
The student recognizes the conflict on interest at play. The professor asks the student for his opinion on the paper, which the student reads. The student sees that the professor is reviewing the article "unfavourably", but thinks the professor has plausibly argued in the review. +
This card game for research integrity training addresses ethics and integrity in the peer review system and aims to help journal editors in publication process. The training materials included 32 statements regarding peer review in domains of responsiveness, competence, impartiality, confidentiality, constructive criticism and responsibility to science. The game can be used as an introductory activity for teaching integrity and ethics in peer review training. +
Peer-mentored research development meeting: a model for successful peer mentoring among junior level researchers +
This case report describes interdisciplinary peer mentoring program called Peer-mentored Research Development Meeting (PRDM). It showed that the program's members increased the efficiency of their research development activities during the study. +
'''People Studying People: Research Ethics in Society''' is an open and free online course which explores the value of ethical thinking for research. It is run by the University of Leicester and FutureLearn and is runs four times a year (Dec, Mar, Jun and Sep). It is designed to take 3 weeks of study for 2 hours per week.
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This study provides information on medical students', graduate students', doctors' and medical teachers' perceptions of research contributions as criteria for authorship. Authors conclude that most important cluster for all research participants were conception, design, analysis and interpretation as well as drafting of articles. +
This is an article about Don Poldermans, a well-known cardiology researcher who worked at the Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands and was dismissed for scientific misconduct and fraud in 2012. +
This charter functions as a declaration between PhD researcher and supervisor and sketches the role of both in the doctoral process. At the start of the collaboration the supervisor and PhD researcher use the charter as a basis to make necessary arrangements concerning the supervision, thereby contributing to an effective and fruitful scientific collaboration. In order to not to overlook certain topics or aspects, a [https://www.kuleuven.be/english/research/integrity/Checklist checklist] is available. +
