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The Hong Kong Principles for assessing researchers: Fostering research integrity

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  • David Moher
  • Lex Bouter
  • Sabine Kleinert
  • Paul Glasziou
  • Mai Har Sham
  • Virginia Barbour
  • Anne-Marie Coriat
  • Nicole Foeger
  • Ulrich Dirnagl

Abstract

For knowledge to benefit research and society, it must be trustworthy. Trustworthy research is robust, rigorous, and transparent at all stages of design, execution, and reporting. Assessment of researchers still rarely includes considerations related to trustworthiness, rigor, and transparency. We have developed the Hong Kong Principles (HKPs) as part of the 6th World Conference on Research Integrity with a specific focus on the need to drive research improvement through ensuring that researchers are explicitly recognized and rewarded for behaviors that strengthen research integrity. We present five principles: responsible research practices; transparent reporting; open science (open research); valuing a diversity of types of research; and recognizing all contributions to research and scholarly activity. For each principle, we provide a rationale for its inclusion and provide examples where these principles are already being adopted.Assessment of researchers still rarely includes considerations related to trustworthiness, rigor, and transparency. This Essay presents the Hong Kong Principles (HKPs), developed as part of the 6th World Conference on Research Integrity, with a specific focus on the need to drive research improvement by ensuring that researchers are explicitly recognized and rewarded for behavior that leads to trustworthy research.

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  • David Moher & Lex Bouter & Sabine Kleinert & Paul Glasziou & Mai Har Sham & Virginia Barbour & Anne-Marie Coriat & Nicole Foeger & Ulrich Dirnagl, 2020. "The Hong Kong Principles for assessing researchers: Fostering research integrity," PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(7), pages 1-14, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pbio00:3000737
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000737
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