Recent changes of research climate may distort the original motivation of the researchers, leading to increased research misconduct.
Our goal is to promote research integrity in the field of lif science through prevalance of the guidlines that remind the researchers of the philosophy and norm of scientificresearch.
Objective
- Developing guidelines that summarize the issues that need to be considered in creating a sound research environment that fully motivates researchers.
- Developing variations of the guidelines for different settings, such as research program design, research grant review, institutioznal performance review, and laboratory practices.
- Developing workshop programs to share the point of view of the guidelines.
- Sharing the point of view of the guidelines through the top-down policy in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), in the planning of research programs and research evaluation.
- Spreading the point of view of the guidelines in the research community as a bottom-up movement through active workshops, collaboration with academic societies, and social networking services.
- To contribute academically to the field of research integrity through the publication of the studies with the questionnaires.
- Establishment of a government-academia network where the members understand the motivation of researchers and the characteristics of high-quality research.
Correspondence: Satoshi Tanaka, PhD,
tanaka-s@mb.kyoto-phu.ac.jp
Department of Pharmacology, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University