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Scientific integrity
Why do we need scientific integrity?
- Globalization of research has led to a loss of public confidence in its actors and results.
- To react and to support the Open Science movement, the scientific community has issued rules of good conduct.
What is scientific integrity?
- Scientific Integrity is about promoting and respecting good practice in the conduct of research.
How is scientific integrity achieved?
- The Singapore declaration of July 2010 has been taken up by the various countries which have developed it in the form of national charters.
- France created the OFIS (Office Français de l'Intégrité Scientifique) in March 2017 as a department of the HCERES (Haut Conseil de l'Evaluation de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement Supérieur).
- The UTC has signed the National Charter and has committed its staff to respect it.
- The UTC has appointed a ‘Référent Intégrité Scientifique’ (RIS), Jean-Paul Barthès (Prof. Emeritus at the UTC-GI), as requested by the Government.
- OFIS has created a network of RIS named RESINT to exchange information and harmonize positions.
Role of the scientific integrity referent
- Raise awareness among all those involved in research.
- Verify the compliance of behaviours with the European or national charter.
- Investigate problems of any deviations from the Charter.
- To present the results to the President-Director of UTC.
Particularly important points to be checked by each person
- Distinguish between intellectual property and industrial property.
- Beware of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism (respect copyright).
- Check that the criteria for appearing as an author of a publication are verified.
- Never "improve" on already published results.
- Pay particular attention to conflicts of interest in the evaluation of research.
Why is this important?
- Funding bodies and agencies (Europe, ANR, CNRS, etc.) have adopted a Charter and will now require that research proposals comply with their scientific integrity Charter and that the research funded is carried out in accordance with their charter.
For further information
- Site of OFIS
- The INSERM website
- Good practices concerning scientific publications
- Documents centralized by OFIS
Contacts de la recherche à l'UTC