Three years later, the "Rules for Investigation and Handling of Scientific Research Integrity Cases (Trial)" ushered in a revised version. Recently, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Central Propaganda Department and other 22 departments issued the "Rules for Investigation and Handling of Scientific Research Breach of Trust" (hereinafter referred to as the "Rules"), which further standardized the investigation procedures and unified the handling standards. The investigation and handling of scientific research Breach of Trust has been more operational.
"This revision focuses on the connection with legal systems such as the Science and Technology Progress Law, and focuses on problem-oriented approach, supplementing and improving the problems that have been reflected in the three-year trial, and promptly elevating the successful experience accumulated in the investigation and handling practice to relevant institutional regulations." Dai Guoqing, director of the Science and Technology Supervision and Integrity Construction Department of the Ministry of Science and Technology, said that the overall framework, basic investigation procedures and processing scale of the document remain unchanged, and maintained stability. During the revision of the "Rules", the Ministry of Science and Technology successively solicited revision suggestions from the member units of the Joint Conference on Scientific Research Integrity Construction and local science and technology administrative departments, held 19 seminars, and listened in depth to the opinions and suggestions of investigators and relevant experts.
"We have carefully studied and absorbed more than 100 opinions and suggestions from all parties. The "Rules" formed on this basis have condensed the consensus of all member units and the scientific and technological community of the joint conference on scientific research integrity construction." Dai Guoqing said that this provides a unified standard for various departments and localities to investigate and deal with scientific research breach of trust, and has formed more detailed and operational investigation and processing rules.
Strengthen punishment. 7 new scientific research breach of trust
In recent years, scientific research breach of trust has shown stronger concealment and complexity. In response to the new forms of expression, the "Rules" have added seven scientific research breach of trust behaviors, including buying and selling experimental research data, signing of no substantial academic contributions, and repeated publication. It also stipulates the investigation and punishment of third-party institutions engaged in paper trading, writing, and investment, and refines behaviors that violate scientific and technological ethics norms, and emphasizes that obtaining scientific and technological ethics review and approval by fraud, or forging or tampering with scientific and technological ethics review and approval documents are all scientific research breach of trust.
The Rules adjust the handling measures for violations in response to changes in the law, and list the "recorded in the database of serious breach of trust in scientific research integrity" as a handling measure.
The Rules also emphasize the application of investigation and processing results, and require that units that include "recorded into the database of serious breach of trust in scientific research integrity" should submit data information on serious breach of trust in scientific research integrity through the scientific research integrity management information system according to the procedures, and relevant departments and localities shall punish the serious breach of trust in accordance with the law and regulations.
Education and guidance Encourage scientific researchers to actively correct errors
It is worth noting that the "Rules" further refined the division of responsibilities for investigation and processing. For example, if the person under investigation does not have a unit, it is stipulated that the science and technology administrative department or the responsible unit for the construction of integrity in philosophy and social science research shall be responsible for organizing the investigation and handling. For those involved in cooperative papers, it is stipulated that the first signed unit of the first corresponding author shall take the lead in the investigation and processing; if there is no corresponding author, the first signed unit of the first author shall take the lead in the investigation and processing; if the signed unit is inconsistent with the unit, the unit shall take the lead in the investigation and processing...
"We always maintain a high-pressure situation of 'zero tolerance' for academic misconduct. While seriously investigating and punishing behaviors that seriously violate the requirements of scientific research integrity, scientific researchers are encouraged to take the initiative to correct mistakes." Feng Chujian, deputy director of the Department of Science and Technology Supervision and Integrity Construction of the Ministry of Science and Technology, admitted that the "Rules" also reflect the characteristics of combining leniency and severity. If the author of the paper voluntarily withdraws the manuscript before being reported and does not have a major negative impact, they can be given slight or exempted from processing, "which reflects that the processing is not the purpose, but focuses on education and guidance."
system + education Create a clean and upright scientific research environment
"The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core attaches great importance to scientific research integrity and scientific research style and academic style construction. General Secretary Xi Jinping has made important instructions and instructions on many occasions, and the central government has issued documents for systematic deployment."Dai Guoqing said that for this reason, the Ministry of Science and Technology, in conjunction with relevant departments, improves the working mechanism, improves the system norms, carries out publicity and education, guides scientific researchers to adhere to academic ethics, practice academic norms, and internalizes academic ethics and scientific spirit in the heart and externalizes them in action. The working mechanism mentioned by Dai Guoqing is the joint meeting mechanism for scientific research integrity construction led by the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2007. Now there are 22 member units. By holding joint meetings and formulating annual work points, we study major policies and measures for scientific research integrity construction, coordinate and solve major problems in scientific research integrity construction, and organize joint investigations.
In recent years, my country has continuously strengthened the institutional construction of scientific research integrity and work style and academic style, promoted the legislation of scientific research integrity, refined and improved institutional norms, and issued policy measures to "break the four only and establish new standards". The Ministry of Science and Technology also worked with relevant departments to vigorously promote the spirit of scientists, strengthen the publicity and education of good work style and academic style, and guide scientific researchers to adhere to the bottom line of scientific research morality.
"The attitude of the Ministry of Science and Technology has always been distinct and resolute in the face of behaviors such as academic fraud that seriously violates the requirements of scientific research integrity. If you find it, you will investigate and punish it. If you don't accept, do not shelter or indulge it. "Feng Chujian introduced that the Ministry of Science and Technology, together with the Ministry of Education, the Health Commission, the Natural Science Foundation of China and other joint meeting member units, established a normalized notification mechanism, and the investigation unit, competent departments, and the joint meeting reported the results of the investigation and handling of scientific research breach of trust. At present, 21 batches have been reported on the website of the Ministry of Science and Technology, involving 1,422 responsible persons.
Not only that, the Ministry of Science and Technology has also built and opened a nationwide scientific research integrity management information system, realizing online submission, online review and information sharing of serious breach of trust of scientific research; organizing forces to develop and build a multi-functional monitoring tool system such as dynamic acquisition of journal paper data, dynamic monitoring of high-risk journals, intelligent detection of fraud problems, and carry out active monitoring of academic misconduct problems.
Source: Science and Technology Daily
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