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Research integrity

The adherence to professional values and practices (honesty, rigour, transparency, accountability, fairness) such that research can be trusted by other researchers and by society. A practice exhibits research integrity if it could be openly described to peers without embarrassment or sanction.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board

· Last updated 21 May 2026

Examples

Worked examples

Is an instance
A laboratory that retains raw data for the institutionally-mandated period, documents protocol deviations contemporaneously, and lists all substantive contributors as authors.

Counter-examples

Looks similar, but isn't

Not an instance
A laboratory that destroys notebooks after publication, omits null-result experiments from the manuscript, and credits only the principal investigator.

Editorial commentary

Research integrity is the umbrella construct under which specific responsible-conduct expectations sit: accurate reporting, faithful representation of data, fair attribution, declaration of conflicts, humane treatment of human and animal subjects, and good stewardship of resources. It is distinct from research ethics (which centres on the rights and welfare of subjects) and from research compliance (which centres on regulatory rule-following), although the three overlap. Major statements such as the Singapore Statement (2010), the Hong Kong Principles (2020), and the ALLEA European Code of Conduct (2023) articulate its operational principles.

References

Singapore Statement on Research Integrity (2010)
ALLEA European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (2023 revision)
Hong Kong Principles (Moher et al. 2020)

Also known as

responsible conduct of research · RCR · scientific integrity

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