UK Research Integrity Office

AI in research - UK Research Integrity Office LLM 'AI' chatbots are new, but existing good research practice principles can help navigate the ethical and integrity challenges they pose.

CAN RESEARCHERS USE AI FOR PEER REVIEW?
AI tools such as large-language models (LLMs) shouldn't be used by peer reviewers because:
* This may breach confidentiality
* They are not validated to appraise scholarly content and may give inaccurate, cursory, and biased reviews

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Signals is a new tool (in beta) by Elliott Lumb of PeerRef, designed to help spot publication fraud by assessing the legitimacy of research articles using article and author metadata: research-signals.com

I have made some additions to my preprint "When and How to Deviate from a Preregistration" osf.io/preprints/ps... and submitted it to Collabra: Psychology. If you are reporting a preregistered study, and you find yourself in need to report a deviation, I hope it offers some guidance.

Our free webinars for 2024:
- Social Media and Ethics
- Decolonised research culture and practice
- Subscriber Day 2024
- Science communication and research integrity

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Remember best practice in a power analysis is to plan not for the effect you expect, but for the smallest effect size of interest. The type 2 error is a conditional inference: If there is an effect I care about, I would have X probability to detect it. lakens.github.io/statistical_...

"Have you, or someone you know, achieved or contributed something special to improve research or promote open research practices? UKRN are seeking nominations for the Dorothy Bishop Prize, which recognises and rewards the achievements of Early Career Researchers."

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12 BEST PRACTICES FOR RESEARCH DATA SHARING https://www.crossref.org/pdfs/stm-research-data-infographic-FINAL-4.pdf Use trustworthy data repositories when publishing results Deposit research data in repositories that assign. persistent identifiers-ideally DOIs Enable FAIR practices for data sharing and citations Foster sharing of research outputs with high- quality, complete metadata Set instructions for data citations Offer guidance for authors to include data citations with persistent identifiers in the references Integrate data availability statements in published articles Include both human and machine-readable data availability statements in published articles where appropriate Incentivize data sharing through guidance and tracking Offer guidance on open practices, track policy compliance and incentivize researchers to share, cite and link research data Collectively develop tools, processes and incentives Build systems and products that work together... etc.

Best practice in research data sharing - infographic by Crossref, DataCite, and the STM Association.
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Community Manager (Open Reach) at University of Bristol Don't miss your chance to apply for professional services job openings, including the Community Manager (Open Reach) role, listed on jobs.ac.uk. Start your search now!

Bristol Uni hiring an open research manager

£37-42k, fixed with possible extension

"the role holder will be responsible for the University’s identification, analysis, understanding and monitoring of Open Research indicators"

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DEQ796/c...

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Let's get ethical! 💪
To help promote a culture of research integrity within PGRs & ECRs, we have a special blog from our wonderful Ethics team 🤩 Read on for tips, tricks, insights and reflections on the process. #Ethics #ResearchIntegrity #HiSS

Read about it here 👉 blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow...

So I currently work in research integrity, a job which would make Pollyanna grumpy & cynical. This morning I found evidence an author didn't commit the misconduct they were accused of & it is such a rare & wonderful moment that it will sustain me better than a 2nd cup of coffee

Dr Jemeen Sreedharan, talks about his personal experiences of openness (and the opposite!) and how it has led to his research flourishing. This is a series o... How openness facilitates collaboration

Dr Jemeen Sreedharan's talk, 'How openness facilitates collaboration', from our latest webinar is now on our YouTube channel.

Learn the importance of knowing when to share your data and with whom, and that sharing leads to greater opportunities to collaborate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB-O...

Is AI leading to a reproducibility crisis in science? Scientists worry that ill-informed use of artificial intelligence is driving a deluge of unreliable or useless research. Scientists worry that ill-informed use of artificial intelligence is driving a ...

"Machine learning and other types of AI are powerful statistical tools ... [however] some researchers worry that ill-informed use of AI software is driving a deluge of papers with claims that cannot be replicated, or that are wrong or useless in practical terms."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Is AI leading to a reproducibility crisis in science? Scientists worry that ill-informed use of artificial intelligence is driving a deluge of unreliable or useless research. Scientists worry that ill-informed use of artificial intelligence is driving a ...

"Machine learning and other types of AI are powerful statistical tools ... some researchers worry that ill-informed use of AI software is driving a deluge of papers with claims that cannot be replicated, or that are wrong or useless in practical terms."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Introduction to research governance - online course by Bristol Medical School for researchers new to health research. 29-30 April 2024, £440.
www.bristol.ac.uk/medical-scho...

Full report downloadable at www.researchprofessional.com/0/rr/news/wo...

“We need to move away from saying, ‘We have our academics here and we as research officers are part of administration.’ It’s really crucial to form teams and work together.”
- Silke Blohm in Research Professional News researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...

There is a scientific fraud epidemic — and we are ignoring the cure Rooting out manipulation should not depend on dedicated amateurs who take personal legal risks for the greater good

www.ft.com/content/c886... 🧪

The persistence of eugenics in mainstream journals highlights major gaps in research integrity When published, bad data can have long lasting negative impacts on research and the wider world. In this post Rebecca Sear, traces the impact of the national IQ dataset and reflects how its continu…

"Academic freedom is the freedom to research any question of (social) scientific interest using appropriate standards of methodological rigour. Work which violates such standards should not be given a platform in academia." - @rebeccasear.bsky.social

blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

Confused about corrections?😕😖

See the FAQ on ‘Correcting the scholarly record, and dispelling myths around corrections’ by Lauren Flintoft of IOP Publishing and Gráinne McNamara of Karger Publishers, following their webinar in September.
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#PublicationEthics

Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Science and Research Integrity / Ethics - 4. Working at VU Location: AMSTERDAM FTE: 1 Job description The department of philosophy has a vacancy for an assistant professor in philosophy of science and research integrity or research ethics. Areas of specialisa...

My dept is hiring an Assistant Professor in Research Integrity and Philosophy of Science / Ethics. Please share widely with anyone who may be interested. Apply until Dec. 3, 2023. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions.
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Government adoption of metascience can make UK research work better and smarter | Wonkhe The science of science policy is a new priority for government. But, as James Wilsdon explains, it is a mature field and a lot of important work is already under way

As the UK’s new Department of Science, Innovation & Technology goes meta, here’s me @Wonkhe on why we should seize this metascientific moment to make UK research work better & smarter wonkhe.com/blogs/the-go...

Are there any nurses here on Blue Sky? If you're a #nurse clinician, #academic or #researcher, let's connect 💙

Here's a picture of Loki snoozing to wish you a nice and relaxing Sunday!

Is web search broken? Google results seem to be getting worse.

If you're a researcher or academic, what web search do you use and is the rise in SEO spam and AI-generated nonsense, etc., affecting your work?

* and a need to communicate better, including better explanations of processes and reasons."

As reported by Research Professional News. ARIC is run by the ARC and NHMRC.. #ResearchIntegrity [3/3]

"[ARIC's] “key lessons” for the year included:
* a need for institutions to give clear guidance on authorship;
* a need to be more timely in investigating integrity complaints;
* a warning to institutions to treat complainants fairly, even if they were seen as “difficult”;" [2/3]

Australian research integrity investigations ‘need to improve’ - Research Professional News Institutional investigations are a maze of poor communication and unclear guidance, national committee says

"#ResearchIntegrity investigations at Australian institutions are being affected by poor communication, delays & failure to follow internal policies, according to the most recent report of the Australian Research Integrity Committee." researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust... [1/3]

Egads.

Journal publishes a special issue on the most widely used therapy for autism.

CEO of a company that offers accreditation for it contributes an article.

The article was written by AI. 2/3rds of the references don't exist. It's retracted.

www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/a...

"We share a best practice Responsible Research(er) Recruitment Checklist for engaging with the principles of responsible #ResearchAssessment in the writing of recruitment materials such as job adverts for research and academic roles."

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#ResearchCulture #ResearchIntegrity

Archaeologists claimed old findings as their own, critic says Preston Sowell Around Christmas last year, Preston Sowell received an unpleasant delivery. An archaeologist who knew about Sowell’s work in southeastern Peru sent him a paper about new findings in �...

“Replication testing can never be done in #archaeology. Once excavations are done, that can never be duplicated, it cannot be replicated, it cannot be tested. It is a moral and ethical imperative for us to be very thorough.”
- Payson Sheets
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#ResearchIntegrity

@gemmaderrick.bsky.social Thanks for the invite!