Exploring the role of the research integrity officer. Commentary on 'Seven ways to plagiarize: handling real allegations of research misconduct'.
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This paper discusses the experiences of the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) with issues involving complainants who make allegations of research misconduct. The paper describes the legal framework for complainant issues, the various roles of the complainant as the allegation of misconduct proceeds through the steps of investigation and resolution, how allegations of retaliation against the complainant are handled, the responsibilities of ORI and of the research institution where the alleged misconduct occurred, and ORI's experience with several cases of alleged retaliation. In each of these areas, the paper attempts to provide guidance to prospective complainants, research institutions, and other interested persons on effective ways to approach the various problems and concerns that arise, while maintaining a balance between the needs of the complainant, the accused, the research institution handling the allegation, and ORI.
Given the concerns expressed by members of the academic and legal community about whether (and how) to handle anonymous and pseudonymous allegations of scientific misconduct, this paper summaries the experiences of the Office of Research Integrity and its predecessor from 1989 through 1997. Although the record shows that research institutions and the ORI have treated such allegations seriously, the fraction of complainants to the ORI who remain anonymous is small (8% of 986 allegations); few anonymous complaints are sufficiently substantive to be pursued (4% of the 357 formal cases opened in the ORI); and only 1 of these 13 cases resulted in an ORI finding of scientific misconduct.
Each year, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) provides billions of dollars to support over 30,000 extramural research grants to more than 2,000 institutions in the U.S. and other countries. The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) is responsible for protecting the integrity of the research supported by the grants awarded for the PHS extramural research program. One of its responsibilities includes monitoring investigations into alleged or suspected scientific misconduct by institutions that receive the PHS funds. However, not all of the alleged or suspected scientific misconduct meet the the PHS definition of scientific misconduct. Among the wide range of allegations that the ORI receives are those that are ultimately determined to be authorship disputes. This article will report on ORI's functions and review some of the commonly reported allegations that do not constitute scientific misconduct according to the PHS definition.
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As the research integrity officer at my university for two years, I handled eight allegations of plagiarism. These eight cases show that initial appearances can be mistaken, that policies for handling allegations of research misconduct cannot cover every contingency, and that many cases can be resolved collegially without resort to formal procedures.
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Culture, control, and the study of research integrity represents the future goals of the Croatian Medical Journal. This article will highlight research integrity as experienced in the USA by the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and discuss the framework being developed in Croatia. First, the Croatian Medical Journal seeks to promote a research culture that is aware of research integrity. This will be accomplished through the education and training of Croatian researchers interested in publishing their results in international scientific journals. To facilitate this goal, the Croatian Medical Journal introduces, what it believes to be, the first Research Integrity Editor. Second, the Croatian Medical Journal intends to facilitate the development of an Office of Research Integrity based on ORI model. The Croatian office of research integrity would be authorized to develop regulations to define scientific misconduct, investigate, and develop administrative actions against those found to have committed scientific misconduct. Furthermore, the office would be responsible for developing national education standards for promoting research integrity and the responsible conduct of research. Third, the Croatian Medical Journal is developing a science-based research agenda. This new research agenda will examine topics similar to those presented recently at the first Research Conference on Research Integrity held in Bethesda, Maryland, USA (November, 2000). The initial research topics would include studying those variables and mechanisms that help to promote research integrity and honorable research practices. This Editorial represents the first step towards achieving this goals, by establishing a collaborative relationship between ORI and the Croatian Medical Journal.
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