Research misconduct definition

Research misconduct means fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results. Research misconduct does not include honest error or differences of opinion. As used in this definition, (i) “fabrication” means making up data or results and recording or reporting them; (ii) “falsification” means manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record; and (iii) “plagiarism” means the appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit.

Research misconduct as used in this clause, means fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results, but does not include honest error or differences of opinion.

Research misconduct means, for the purposes of this policy, fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, or other practices that seriously deviate from those that are commonly accepted within the scientific and academic community for proposing, conducting, or reporting research. It does not include honest error or honest differences in interpretations or judgments of data (Excerpt from the Purdue University Policy on Research Misconduct (VIII.3.1)).

Examples of Research misconduct in a sentence

• Research misconduct does not include disputes regarding honest error or good faith differences in interpretations or judgments of data, and is not intended to resolve good faith scientific or scholarly disagreement.

• Research Misconduct Investigations Research misconduct damages the scientific enterprise, is a misuse of public funds, and undermines the trust of citizens in government-funded research.

• Research misconduct or allegations of research misconduct shall be reported to the USDA Research Integrity Officer (RIO) and/or to the USDA, Office of Inspector General (OIG) Hotline.

• Research misconduct is also not intended to include “authorship” disputes such as complaints about appropriate ranking of co-authors in publications, presentations, or other work, unless the dispute constitutes plagiarism (as defined above).

• Research misconduct does not include disputes regarding honest error or honest differences in interpretations or judgments of data, and is not intended to resolve bona fide scientific disagreement or debate.

More Definitions of Research misconduct

Research misconduct means fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results.

Research misconduct means fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results. Research misconduct does not include honest error or differences of opinion.

Research misconduct means Fabrication, Falsification, or Plagiarism in proposing or performing research, reviewing research, or in reporting research results. Research Misconduct does not include honest error or differences of opinion. A finding of Research Misconduct made under this Policy requires that: (a) there be a significant departure from accepted practices of the relevant research community; (b) the misconduct be committed intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly; and (c) the Allegation be proven by a Preponderance of the Evidence.

Research misconduct has the same meaning as in the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research (2018);

Research misconduct. Means fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results.

Research misconduct means fab- rication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing or performing research fund- ed by NSF, reviewing research pro- posals submitted to NSF, or in report- ing research results funded by NSF.

Research misconduct means Fabrication, Falsification, or Plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results, and also includes any other serious deviations or significant departures from accepted and professional research practices, such as the mistreatment or abuse of human or animal research subjects. Research Misconduct does not include honest error or reasonable differences of opinion in interpretations or judgments of data.