Bolland Mark J, Avenell Alison, Grey Andrew
Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Scotland.
J R Soc N Z. 2024 Mar 13;55(2):267-286. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2024.2325004. eCollection 2025.
Trustworthy literature is an essential part of knowledge, evidence-based information, and science. However, publications can contain mistakes or have results from unreliable research, which may compromise their integrity. In this review, we discuss publication integrity, with a focus on our field of biomedicine, and how it could be improved. In our experience, compromised publication integrity is frequently poorly handled, and we, and others, have reported that responses to publication integrity concerns can be inefficient, inconsistent, slow, opaque, and incomplete. Checklists and tools are now available to assist in the assessment of publication integrity, but systemic changes are needed. However, this requires many of the key parties involved (journals, publishers, institutions, academic societies, and regulators) to acknowledge and engage with the problem. There is little evidence of a willingness to do this. We conclude that it has been recognised for many years that the system for dealing with publication integrity is broken, but currently, there appears little interest in trying to improve it.
可信的文献是知识、循证信息和科学的重要组成部分。然而，出版物可能包含错误或有不可靠研究的结果，这可能会损害其完整性。在本综述中，我们讨论出版诚信问题，重点关注我们的生物医学领域，以及如何加以改进。根据我们的经验，受损的出版诚信问题常常处理不当，而且我们以及其他人都报告说，对出版诚信问题的回应可能效率低下、不一致、缓慢、不透明且不完整。现在有清单和工具可协助评估出版诚信，但需要进行系统性变革。然而，这需要许多相关关键方（期刊、出版商、机构、学术团体和监管机构）认识到并应对这一问题。几乎没有证据表明他们愿意这样做。我们的结论是，多年来人们已经认识到处理出版诚信的体系存在问题，但目前，似乎几乎没有人有兴趣试图改进它。
