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Revista Latinoamericana de Bioética
Print version ISSN 1657-4702On-line version ISSN 2462-859X
Abstract
CALZOLARI, Aldo. An Anonymous Questionnaire Study of Scientific Integrity Failures among Latin American Research Personnel, 2001-2020. rev.latinoam.bioet. [online]. 2023, vol.23, n.1, pp.101-119. Epub June 30, 2023. ISSN 1657-4702. https://doi.org/10.18359/rlbi.6134.
Objective:
This work aims to analyze failures in scientific integrity on the part of Latin American research personnel.
Methodology:
anonymous and voluntary questionnaires were carried out after dealing with this topic in 121 scientific writing courses/thesis workshops in Latin America, mainly in Argentina, for 20 years (2001-2020).
Results:
The 2064 valid responses showed that 60% had five or more years of graduation, 48.6% indicated improper co-authorship, and 28.9% that their name was omitted from publications. 24.9% acknowledged having omitted their name from publications. Some 24.9% acknowledged having committed some misconduct in their career. The coercion to which he was subjected to do so was recognized by 56.7%. 60.7 % of the 512 people were unaware that it was a mistake. Misconduct was the most frequent misconduct (46 %), followed by plagiarism and misrepresentation of data. In first-hand accounts, salami publication, data duplication, theft, bribery, and image manipulation stand out. None of the persons who took previous bioethics training courses (0/560) committed inappropriate acts of their own accord.
Conclusion:
scientific personnel commits a relatively high percentage of scientific integrity failures; providing scientific integrity courses has a decisive role in self-monitoring to avoid them.
Keywords : bioethics; scientific misconduct; survey; scientific integrity..