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The appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit.
What is plagiarism?
This implies doing research and communicating about results and their possible applications fully without deception.
What is HONESTY?
This is a primary record of research used by researchers to document their work.
What is a LAB NOTEBOOK?
This agency that oversees and directs activities related to the responsible conduct of research.
Who is the OFFICE OF RESEARCH INTEGRITY?
The manipulation of research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing/omitting data or results to inaccurately represent research.
What is falsification?
This means adhering to methods and demonstrating that use of alternative approaches produces equally trustworthy results.
This is about handling and protecting data against unintentional, unlawful, or unauthorized access, disclosure, or theft.
What is CONFIDENTIALITY?
The essential element in the effort to protect the integrity of research, a.k.a., the whistleblower.
Who is the COMPLAINANT?
The act of creating or making up data or results and recording or reporting them.
What is fabrication?
This entails looking beyond your own preconceptions and biases and focusing on what is observed as facts.
What is OBJECTIVITY?
The extent to which the same results are obtained using the same methods, equations or code, conditions and analysis of original data.
What is REPRODUCIBILITY?
The person against whom an allegation of research misconduct is directed.
Who is the RESPONDENT?
The practice of scientific investigation intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly committing falsification, fabrication, and/or plagiarism.
What is Research Misconduct?
This entails treating others equally with respect, without discrimination or without bias.
What is FAIRNESS?
The ability to obtain consistent results across studies aimed at answering the same scientific question using new data or other new computational methods.
What is REPLICABILITY?
The correction of errors of a published text.
What is an ERRATUM?
The willingness to accept responsibility for your research.
What is ACCOUNTABILITY?
This refers to both the possession of and responsibility for information as well as the right to assign these access privileges to others.
What is OWNERSHIP?
This is a formal withdrawal of an article from the publication in which it appeared after it was published.
What is a RETRACTION?