Aineiston nimi

Research Integrity Barometer 2023

Aineistonumero

FSD4078

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD4078
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd4078

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK

Sisällön kuvaus

The Research Integrity Barometer 2023 examines the implementation of the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) in the Finnish scientific and research community during 2019-2022. The survey explores sources of research ethics information, familiarity with guidelines, and misconduct and related suspicions.

Respondents were asked how well they are familiar with key RCR guidelines (e.g. the RCR guidelines, authorship practices, researcher's curriculum vitae guidelines, and The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity) as well as the research ethics support person system within their organisations. In addition, respondents were asked about the various sources (e.g. organisation, funders, publications, the scientific community, media) from which they have obtained information on research ethics. The section on RCR competence examined the availability of research ethics training, participation in such training, and respondents' self-assessed level of competence. Respondents were also asked to evaluate the adequacy of their competence and their need for further training.

Respondents were asked how often they had suspected research misconduct (e.g. plagiarism, fabrication, falsification of observations or results) and disregard for the responsible conduct of research (e.g. neglect of research permits, deficiencies in data handling, authorship disputes, self-plagiarism, exaggeration of merits). This was followed by questions on respondents' knowledge of reporting processes, experiences of making allegations, and barriers to reporting, such as loyalty, fear of consequences, or distrust in the fairness of procedures. Finally, the survey examined the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on compliance with the responsible conduct of research.

Background variables include respondents' research experience (in years), highest degree obtained, field of education (by disciplinary classification), country where the highest degree was completed, employing organisation, main work tasks, and the field of science of the respondent's current position or research.

Asiasanat

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

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

• Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK

Ajallinen kattavuus

2019 – 2022

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2023-03-13 – 2023-04-28

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 conducted as an anonymously completed online survey. TENK distributed the survey by email to all Finnish universities, universities of applied sciences, and research organisations committed to the TENK guideline Responsible conduct of research and procedures for handling allegations of misconduct in Finland (RCR guideline). Responses were requested from individuals working in research and teaching, research administration, and other research support services. The survey could be completed in Finnish, Swedish, or English. It was disseminated via the organisations' communication channels or in accordance with instructions obtained through research permit procedures, with research integrity contact persons assisting with internal communications as appropriate.

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

FSD4077 Research Integrity Barometer 2018

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

The researcher has removed the responses to open-ended questions due to the risk of identification.

For confidentiality reasons, the open-ended variable K5muu (respondent's background organisation) has been removed at FSD.

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: Research Integrity Barometer 2023 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2026-05-25). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd4078; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD4078

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

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

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.

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