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Scientific societies and research integrity: What are they doing and how well are they doing it?

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Scientific societies can play an important role in promoting ethical research practices among their members, and over the past two decades several studies have addressed how societies perform this role. This survey continues this research by examining current efforts by scientific societies to promote research integrity among their members. The data indicate that although many of the societies are working to promote research integrity through ethics codes and activities, they lack rigorous assessment methods to determine the effectiveness of their efforts.

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  1. Program on Scientific Freedom, Responsibility & Law, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, 20005, Washington, DC, USA

    Margot Iverson, Mark S. Frankel (Director) & Sanyin Siang

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Iverson, M., Frankel, M.S. & Siang, S. Scientific societies and research integrity: What are they doing and how well are they doing it?. SCI ENG ETHICS 9, 141–158 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-003-0002-4

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