Published Article Details Research Misconduct Practices in the Middle East

A research study entitled “A Cross-Sectional Survey Study to Assess Prevalence and Attitudes Regarding Research Misconduct among Investigators in the Middle East” was recently published online in the Journal of Academic Ethics.  Readers can access the article via the following link:  http://rdcu.be/wKm4

The lead authors include MERETI scholars Marwan Felafel, Mohamed Salem, and Rola Jaafar.  Other MERETI authors include Reham Yousri, Nahed Ali, and Henry Silverman.

The survey study collected data from 278 participants and the results showed a high prevalencof misconduct, as 59.4% of our respondents self-reported to committing at least one misbehaviors and 74.5% reported having knowledge of any misbehaviors among any of theicolleagues. The most common type of self-report misconduct was circumventing research ethics regulations (50.5%) followed by fabrication and falsification (28.6%). A significant predictor of misconduct included a lack of prior ethics training.  The authors conclude that scientific misconduct represents a significant issue in several universities in the Middle East. The demonstratiothat a lack of prior ethics training was a significant predictor of misconduct should lead to educational initiatives in research integrity. Further studies are needed to confirm whether our results can be generalized to other universities in the Middle East.

 

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