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The Paper, the Publishers, the Protagonist, and The Academic Setting Dr Jane Jacobs, Director Office Research Ethics and Integrity Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane The changing face and future of publication ethics - COPE 2017
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Page 1: The Paper, the Publishers, the Protagonist, and The Academic Setting · The Paper, the Publishers, the Protagonist, and The Academic Setting Dr Jane Jacobs, Director Office Research

The Paper, the Publishers, the Protagonist, and The Academic Setting

DrJaneJacobs,DirectorOfficeResearchEthicsandIntegrityQueenslandUniversityofTechnology,Brisbane

Thechangingfaceandfutureofpublicationethics- COPE2017

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The PublishersThe Paper The Protagonist The Academic Setting

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“Academicresearch,includingthetaskofpublishingitsfindings,takesplaceinahighlycomplexsocio-technicalsystem(CSS),whichinvolvesseveraldynamicallyinteractingagents(e.g.authors,publishers,reviewers,regulators,fundingagencies,subjectsoftheresearch,andUniversities,amongothers).”

Tarcisio Abreu Saurin,2016

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QueenslandUniversityofTechnology|Theprismoftoday’spresentation

Top300universitiesglobally2016AcademicRankingofWorldUniversities(ShanghaiJiaoTong)

7th inAustraliaforQSGraduateEmployability

Top50ofuniversitiesunder50yearsoldTimesHigherEducation150Under50

8 Rhodesscholarssince1998;5since2010

AveragePhDcompletiontimelessthan4years

InternationalHDRenrolmentsrisen5%between2011and2016

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• Biomedicalengineeringandhealthtechnologies• Biomolecularscience• Chronicdiseaseintervention• Creatingandcapturingvaluefromnewtechnology• Datascience,computationalmodellingandsimulationscience• Digitalmedia• Educationforbetteroutcomes• Healthsystems• Injurypreventionandmanagement• Materialsscienceandengineering• Plantbiotechnology• Roboticsandcomputervision• Technology,regulationandsociety

QUT:auniversitywithaspirations

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• Thesystemisgenerallyselfregulating

• Selfreportingessentialunderfundingagreementconditionswhenmisconductinresearchpractices(includingpublicationissues)areconfirmed

• ThetwomajornationalfundingagenciesissueguidanceandpolicyforRRP

• Institutionsanduniversitiesareresponsibleforinitiatingandconductinginvestigations

• Thefundingagenciestakenoroleintrainingandeducation.Thisislefttoorganisations

• Researchmisconductisnotreportedinthepublicdomain,butde-identifiedreportingisencouraged

ResponsibleresearchpracticeinAustralia

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Institutionsarerelianton:

• Selfreportingofpublicationerror/s

• Reportingbyothers,i.e.researchers,co-authors,otherinstitutionsandorcommunitymembers

• ReportingonBlogsitessuchasRetractionWatchorPubPeer

• Fundingagencieswhoreceiveacomplaintorinformationabouta‘questionablepaper’.

Thesourceineffectdictatesinstitutionalprocess

The Paper

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• Theliteraturegivesussomeusefulpointers- hintsaboutthecharacteristicsofthoseresearchersmorelikelytosubmita‘questionablepublication’• Weunderstandthepressurestopublish,althoughthisnotionismorelikelytobeconfoundedbysituationalandorculturalfactors• Weunderstandthedemandforgreatertransparencyandaccountabilitytoensurethatresearcherspracticetheircraftwithintegrity• Weknowthattheemergingemphasisontrans-disciplinaryresearchchallengesresearchersthatdon’thaveatraditionoftrans-disciplinarycollaboration• Weknowerrorscangenuinelyoccurforarangeofreasons,otherthendeliberate,negligentorrecklessintention.

The Protagonist

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• Diversityofpublishingpracticesacrossdisciplinesandjournals• Ahierarchyofcontactpointsthatcanbedifficulttonavigatewhichfromtimetofeelsdeliberatelyimpenetrable!• Thereareinternationalstandardsforeditorswhichlookandfeelgood!• Whenitcomestocorrectingthepublicrecordourrespectiveprocessesmayfromtimetotimerubinoppositedirections

The Publisher

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• Culturalnarrativeonpublicationethics,leadfromthefront• Guidelinescraftedaroundresponsibleresearchpractices• Onlineresourcestoaccommodatedifferentmediausage• Postpublicationresponsibilities– andwhyitmatters• Publicationandauthorshiptraining• Encouraginguseoforiginalitysoftwarepriortopublication• Bespoketrainingpost-integrityevents• Monitoringofresearchapprovedbyanethicscommittee• Dosometargeted“stuff”whenneeded

The Academic Setting

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• Post-investigation,correctionofthepublicrecordisanimperative.

• fromaninstitutionalperspective– reputation,integrityofreportedresearch,andtrustbyfunders• Needstooccurinthetimelymanner,toavoidongoingre-agitationofpublicationissues

• Managingtheprivacyandconfidentialityofrespondents– oftenatoddstothedemandsofcomplaintsandorinprovidingthedetailsofaninvestigationoutcometopublishers• Collateraldamagemanagementforco-authorswhichmightincludeearlycareerresearchers,HDRstudents,collaboratorsandfunders.

The Academic Setting – Priorities

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Howmightwecollectivelychangethefutureofpublicationethics?

Wewantthesamething:publicationintegrity

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ThenewCOPEandinstitutionalmembershiparrangementpresentsanopportunitytodevelopandroadtestacooperativeworkflowmodelwhichidentifieskeydecisionpointsandprocesses.

Thiscouldextendtoaninternationalcollaborationwithinstitutionalmembersandintegrityorganisations(nationalororganisationbased– i.e.ORI,ARIC,Tri-Agency,UKRIO).

Developajointstatementofstandardsformanagingpublication,retractionsandcorrections.

Howmightwecollectivelychangethefutureofpublicationethics?

Wewantthesamething:publicationintegrity