Aineiston nimi

Research Integrity Barometer 2018

Aineistonumero

FSD4077

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD4077
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd4077

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK
• Salminen, Ari (University of Vaasa)
• Pitkänen, Lotta (University of Vaasa)

Sisällön kuvaus

The Research Integrity Barometer 2018 surveys the views of the Finnish research community on research ethics, adherence to the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) guidelines, and ethical challenges and problematic situations related to research work in 2016-2018. The dataset examines ethical guidelines, practices, violations, and the values and operating culture of research work.

Respondents were asked about their organisation's commitment to the RCR guidelines, their familiarity with various research ethics guidelines, the visibility of research ethics support persons, and their participation in research ethics training. Violations of the RCR were explored by assessing the prevalence of different forms of unethical conduct within respondents' research communities over the past three years. These included, for example, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, fabrication, falsification of results, and neglect related to authorship. In addition, respondents were asked about failures to obtain research permits or ethical review. They were also asked about their own experiences of being subjected to violations and how such cases had been handled within their organisations.

Ethical risks and threats to responsible conduct were examined through statements addressing issues such as lack of information on researchers' rights, ambiguities in the ownership of research data, consequences of suspected misconduct, career pressures, the influence of funding, and awareness of RCR processes. The values and ethical principles of research work were examined by asking respondents to identify the most important values, such as openness, honesty, reliability, independence, critical thinking, and societal impact. In addition, views on the ethical operating culture and leadership of the work community were surveyed.

Background variables in the dataset include the type of the respondent's organisation (university, university of applied sciences, or other research organisation), highest degree obtained, country where the degree was completed (classified), main work content (research, teaching, administration, or other), field of science, and years of research experience.

Asiasanat

ethics; ethics of science; research; research work; research workers; science; scientific research; values

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Natural sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Engineering and technology (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Medical and health sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Agriculture and forestry (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Humanities (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Science and technology (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Kerääjät

• Salminen, Ari (University of Vaasa)
• Pitkänen, Lotta (University of Vaasa)
• Sairio, Anni (Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK)

Ajallinen kattavuus

2016 – 2018

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2019-01-09 – 2019-01-30

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Researchers, teachers, and administrative staff at Finnish universities, universities of applied sciences, and research institutes that have committed to the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity (TENK) guidelines on the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) and procedures for handling allegations of misconduct in Finland.

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Non-probability

The barometer was distributed as an electronic survey to all universities, universities of applied sciences, and research institutes in Finland on 9 January 2019. The survey was intended particularly for those working in teaching and research positions. The questionnaire was disseminated through the organisations' own internal communication channels. It was possible to respond to the questionnaire in Finnish, Swedish, or English. The response period was one month, and a reminder message concerning the survey was sent in mid-January.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineistopaketti voi sisältää samoja tiedostoja eri kielisinä.

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: suomi.

Tietoarkisto kääntää kvantitatiivisia datatiedostoja englanniksi. Lisätietoja käännöspyynnön jättämisestä.

Datan versio

1.0

Katso myös

FSD4078 Research Integrity Barometer 2023

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

The researcher has removed the responses to open-ended questions K8, K10, K11muu, and K13 due to the risk of identification.

To prevent identification of respondents, information about where the respondent has completed their highest degree has been classified at the continent level at FSD. Finland has been retained as a separate category. For the same reason the variable tyonkuvamuu was removed.

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Malliviittaus

Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK & Salminen, Ari (University of Vaasa) & Pitkänen, Lotta (University of Vaasa): Research Integrity Barometer 2018 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2026-05-21). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd4077; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD4077

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Käytön ja kuvailun oheismateriaalit

TENK & Salminen, Ari & Pitkänen, Lotta (2019) Tutkimusyhteisöissä kaikki hyvin? Tutkimusetiikan barometri 2018. Tutkimuseettisen neuvottelukunnan julkaisuja 1/2019.

Julkaisut aineistosta

Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK (2024) Research integrity in the time of COVID-19: Finnish research integrity barometer 2023. Publications of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK 2/2024. Helsinki: Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK.

Forskningsetiska delegationen (TENK) (2024) Forskningsetik i coronatider: En sammanfattning av den forskningsetiska barometern 2023 i Finland. Forskningsetiska delegationens publikationer 3/2024. Helsingfors: Forskningsetiska delegationen.

TENK & Salminen, Ari & Pitkänen, Lotta (2019) Tutkimusyhteisöissä kaikki hyvin? Tutkimusetiikan barometri 2018. Tutkimuseettisen neuvottelukunnan julkaisuja 1/2019. https://www.tenk.fi/sites/tenk.fi/files/TENK_Tutkimusetiikan_barometri_2018.pdf

Tutkimuseettinen neuvottelukunta (TENK) (2024) Tutkimusetiikkaa koronan aikaan: Tutkimusetiikan barometri 2023. Tutkimuseettisen neuvottelukunnan julkaisuja 1/2024. Helsinki: Tutkimuseettinen neuvottelukunta.