Abstract
The current system for assessing and publicly notifying concerns about publication integrity is slow, inefficient, inconsistent, inadequate, and opaque. Readers are, therefore, left unaware of potential issues about publications or are given inadequate information to assess publication integrity. We propose a new process for dealing with publication integrity involving the establishment of independent panel(s) that assess publication integrity and transparently report the outcomes of those assessments, independent of the assessment of any misconduct.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 265-279 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Accountability in Research |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 8 Dec 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 4 Jul 2021 |
Bibliographical note
FundingThe authors received no specific funding for this work. MB is the recipient of an HRC Clinical Practitioner Fellowship. The Health Services Research Unit is funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates. The authors are independent of the HRC. The HRC had no role in study design, the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, the writing of the article, or the decision to submit it for publication.
Keywords
- expression of concern
- Publication integrity
- retraction