China News Agency, Beijing, September 14 (Reporter Sun Zifa) 22 departments including the Ministry of Science and Technology of China released the "Rules for the Investigation and Handling of Untrustworthy Behaviors in Scientific Research" on the 14th, establishing rules and regulations for the investigation and handling of untrustworthy conduct in scientific research, and further standardizing the investigation procedures. , the unified processing scale.
The newly released "Rules for Investigation and Handling of Untrustworthy Behaviors in Scientific Research" consists of 7 chapters and 53 articles, which were revised by the Ministry of Science and Technology in conjunction with member units of the Joint Conference on Scientific Research Integrity Construction to revise the 2019 version of the "Rules for Investigation and Handling of Scientific Research Integrity Cases (Trial)". simultaneously abolished.
The "Rules for Investigation and Handling of Untrustworthy Behaviors in Scientific Research" clarifies that untrustworthy scientific research behaviors refer to behaviors that violate the norms and norms of scientific research conduct in scientific research and related activities, including eight aspects:
One is plagiarism, misappropriation of other people's research results or project applications; the other is fabricating research processes, falsifying research results, buying and selling experimental research data, forging or tampering with experimental research data, charts, conclusions, test reports or user reports, etc.; Buying, selling, writing, investing papers or project declaration and acceptance materials, etc., fictitious peer review experts and review opinions; Fourth, by deliberately providing false information or other fraudulent methods, or by improper means such as entrustment, bribery, interest exchange, etc. to obtain scientific research activities approval , to obtain scientific and technological plans (special projects, funds, etc.) projects, scientific research funds, awards, honors, professional titles, etc.; Fifth, to obtain scientific and technological ethics review approval by falsifying, or to forge or tamper with scientific and technological ethics review approval documents, etc.; Behaviors that violate the norms of authorship such as contributions, awards, patents, etc.; 7. Repeated publication, citing documents unrelated to the content of the paper, and requiring authors to cite specific documents unnecessarily; 8. Other behaviors that violate academic publishing norms .
The "Rules for Investigation and Handling of Untrustworthy Behaviors in Scientific Research" stipulates that the types of treatment measures include "scientific research integrity admonishment talks", "termination or cancellation of scientific and technological projects (special projects, funds, etc.) projects obtained by using scientific research untrustworthy behaviors and other scientific and technological activities supported by financial funds. There are 14 items such as the balance of funds, the recovery of the allocated financial funds, the cancellation of the titles of high-level experts such as academicians that have been obtained and related qualifications, the non-granting or revocation of degrees, and the entry into the database of serious dishonesty in scientific research integrity.
If there are "forgery, tampering, concealment, or destruction of evidence", "obstructing others from providing evidence, or interfering with or obstructing investigation and verification", "strike against or retaliate against whistleblowers, witnesses, or investigators", "transfer or exchange of benefits", "organized implementation" One of the seven cases of dishonest conduct in scientific research", "multiple conduct of dishonest conduct in scientific research or multiple simultaneous untrustworthy conducts in scientific research", "conclusive evidence, clear facts and refusal to admit mistakes" shall be dealt with more seriously.
The "Rules for Investigation and Handling of Untrustworthy Behaviors in Scientific Research" emphasizes that the investigation and handling should strictly implement the avoidance system.
Personnel participating in the investigation and handling of untrustworthy conduct in scientific research shall sign a recusal statement.
Investigation and handling shall protect the legitimate rights and interests of whistleblowers, whistleblowers, witnesses, etc., and shall not disclose relevant information, and shall not transfer whistleblower materials to stakeholders such as whistleblowers or whistleblowers.
The Ministry of Science and Technology and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences are respectively responsible for coordinating the investigation and handling of untrustworthy scientific research in the fields of natural sciences and philosophy and social sciences.
The investigation and handling of untrustworthy conduct in scientific research shall be completed within 6 months from the date of acceptance of the decision, and the investigation period may be extended after approval for particularly major and complex situations, and the extension time generally does not exceed 6 months.
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