Center for the Study of the Sciences and Humanities, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Department of Sociology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Sci Eng Ethics. 2021 Dec 21;28(1):2. doi: 10.1007/s11948-021-00351-4.
This article presents results from the national survey conducted in 2018 for the project Research Integrity in Norway (RINO). A total of 31,206 questionnaires were sent out to Norwegian researchers by e-mail, and 7291 responses were obtained. In this paper, we analyse the survey data to determine attitudes towards and the prevalence of fabrication, falsification and plagiarism (FFP) and contrast this with attitudes towards and the prevalence of the more questionable research practices (QRPs) surveyed. Our results show a relatively low percentage of self-reported FFPs (0.2-0.3%), while the number of researchers who report having committed one of the QRPs during the last three years reached a troublesome 40%. The article also presents a ranking of the perceived severity of FFP and QRPs among Norwegian researchers. Overall, there is a widespread normative consensus, where FFP is considered more troublesome than QRPs.
本文呈现了 2018 年在挪威研究诚信项目（RINO）中进行的全国调查的结果。通过电子邮件向挪威研究人员发送了总计 31206 份问卷，共收到 7291 份回复。在本文中，我们分析了调查数据，以确定对伪造、篡改和剽窃（FFP）的态度和流行程度，并将其与对更有问题的研究实践（QRPs）的态度和流行程度进行对比。我们的结果显示，自我报告的 FFP 相对较低（0.2-0.3%），而在过去三年中报告曾从事过一种 QRPs 的研究人员数量达到了令人不安的 40%。本文还列出了挪威研究人员对 FFP 和 QRPs 的感知严重程度的排名。总体而言，存在广泛的规范共识，其中 FFP 被认为比 QRPs 更麻烦。
