Institutional Research Misconduct Reports Need More Credibility

Gunsalus, Marcus, and Oransky discuss the need for institutional research misconduct reports to have more credibility. They highlight the central role of institutions to protect the integrity of their research and to investigate the allegations of research misconduct and then report the outcomes to federal oversight agencies and other entities, including journals. They explore steps on how institutions improve their credibility including the development of a proposed checklist for research integrity investigation and the formation of consortia to provide external peer review of internal investigative reports.