Welcome to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute Responsible Conduct of Research Site!
This site provides a wide range of educational resources on scientific integrity for The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) research community - useful and applicable whether you are new to research or have many years of experience. As a central component of the CHOP Research Institute's Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) program the site is designed to:
- Convey and clarify role-specific RCR training requirements
- Facilitate access to RCR educational materials and resources
- Serve as a faculty resource for delivering RCR instruction
- Increase understanding of RCR-related federal regulations and CHOP policies
- Introduce institutional experts to answer questions and offer guidance
September 2018 Feature: Research Misconduct
How does research misconduct impact the scientific community and society? Learn how research misconduct is defined, contributing factors, and steps that can be taken to prevent it. The resources below examine the impact of research misconduct and highlight national efforts to increase the transparency and accountability in science.
- Fostering Integrity in Research from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2017, identifies best practices in research and recommends practical options for discouraging and addressing research misconduct and detrimental research practices.
- The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) promotes integrity in biomedical and behavioral research supported by the Public Health Service and monitors institutional investigations of research misconduct.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rigor and Reproducibility Web Site provides information about NIH efforts to enhance rigor and reproducibility in scientific research.
- The Research Clinic – Avoiding Research Misconduct is an interactive simulation where you can make decisions about how to better protect research subjects and avoid research misconduct. Topics include subject enrollment, informed consent, data integrity, study protocols, and IRB review and approval.
- The Lab – Avoiding Research Misconduct is an interactive simulation where you can make decisions about maintaining integrity in research. Topics include avoiding research misconduct, mentorship responsibilities, handling of data, responsible authorship and questionable research practices.
- Research Integrity: Case Study Videos from the Office of Research Integrity are brief vignettes that address topics such as mentoring relationships, authorship, publication, data integrity, and potential research misconduct.
- The Professionalism and Integrity in Research Program: Description and Preliminary Outcomes by DuBois et al., in Academic Medicine, April 2018, discusses the preliminary outcomes of this unique program and recommends future directions.
- A Framework for Improving the Quality of Research in the Biological Sciences by Casadevall, et al., in mBio, July/August 2016, discusses an actionable framework that could improve the quality of biological research.
- Stop Ignoring Misconduct by Kornfeld and Titus in Nature, September 2016, outlines five key approaches that can be used to prevent scientific misconduct.
- Misconduct: Lessons from Researcher Rehab by DuBois et al., in Nature, 2016, discusses common compliance situations that can get good researchers into trouble.
Explore the Research Misconduct Topic on this site.
