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
Spring 2021 Feature: Authorship and Publication Practices
Publication in a peer-reviewed journal is essential for establishing scientific credibility, improving the health of society, and building a successful research career. Check out these selected resources for guidance in successfully navigating the ethical issues involved in disseminating research results.
Is Authorship Sufficient for Today’s Collaborative Research? A Call for Contributor Roles by Vasilevsky et al., in Accountability in Research, June 2020, explores authorship challenges and the potential use of contributorship models.
Transparency in Authors’ Contributions and Responsibilities to Promote Integrity in Scientific Publication by McNutt et al., in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , March 2018, proposes changes to journal authorship policies and procedures.
Transparency in Author Contributions in Science (TACS) is a Web site created by the National Academy of Sciences to list journals that commit to setting authorship standards, defining responsibilities for corresponding authors, requiring ORCID iDs, and adopting the CRediT taxonomy. The goal is to measure growing transparency in authorship and serve as a resource for sharing and exchanging best practices in authorship policies.
Ten Simple Rules for Collaboratively Writing a Multi-Authored Paper by Frassl et al., in PLoS Computational Biology, November 2018, provides practical guidance for collaborative scientific writing.
A Three-Step Process for Resolving Paper Disputes by N Parletta, in Nature Index, December 2020, provides strategies for dealing with authorship conflicts.
Predatory Journals: No Definition, No Defence by Grudniewicz, Moher, Cobey, et al, in Nature, December 2019, discusses the development of a consensus definition for “predatory” journals.
Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association provides resources related to open access publishing, including a list of Web sites, books, and guidelines.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) maintains an online inventory of open access, peer-reviewed journals.
NIH Preprint Pilot is a project of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make preprints resulting from research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) available via PubMed Central (PMC) and PubMed.
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals is most recognized for establishing criteria for authorship and also covers broader ethical areas including the conduct and reporting of research, publishing and editorial issues, and manuscript preparation and submission.
The Council of Science Editors White Paper on Promoting Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications serves as a basis for ethical publishing practices, with reviewer roles and responsibilities featured in Section 2.3.
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) , established in 1997, has over 7,000 members worldwide (i.e., editors of academic journals and others interested in publication ethics) from all academic fields. COPE provides advice to editors and publishers in all areas of publication ethics.
Explore the Authorship topic on this site for additional materials and resources.
