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Advancing Trust in Science: Institutional Obligations to Promote Research Integrity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2025

Holly Fernandez Lynch ,
Emily A. Largent ,
Matthew S. McCoy  and
Steven Joffe
Holly Fernandez Lynch*
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Emily A. Largent
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Matthew S. McCoy
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Steven Joffe
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
*
Corresponding author: Holly Fernandez Lynch; Email: lynchhf@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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Abstract

Preventing and addressing research misconduct demands more than imploring scientists to do better. It is also essential to address the structural issues that allow misconduct to flourish. With these structural factors in mind, this Special Issue explores the institutional obligations of journals and publishers, research institutions, funders, and the government to promote scientific integrity and advance trust in science. Articles from researchers affected by fraud, science “sleuths,” systematic reviewers, journal editors, academic officials, regulators, and leading experts on research integrity offer a range of ideas for responding to the research misconduct crisis, including increased transparency, stronger journal processes for review and retraction, improved scientific lab culture, and efforts to hold investigators prospectively accountable for scientific integrity, among several others.

Keywords

scientific integrityresearch misconductmisconduct investigationtrustworthy science

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 53 , Issue 1: Institutional Obligations to Promote Research Integrity , Spring 2025 , pp. 1 - 5
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics

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