EASE and UKRIO joined forces to host a panel discussion for Peer Review Week 2022.
Over the last few years there has been increasing attention on research integrity, and on the need to develop best practices and incentive structures that encourage and support integrity in research. Through its important role to evaluate and vet research works prior to their publication, peer review is one of the steps that can support awareness of research best practices and compliance with integrity requirements.
Peer review plays an important role in researcher education, for example by fostering use and compliance with reporting guidelines. Peer review can also identify ethical concerns about the design, completion or communication of research. But can we expect peer review to detect all possible deviations from rigorous research practices? Where does peer review fit within broader steps by different stakeholders to drive integrity in research?
In this session, speakers brought the perspective of journals, researchers and institutions and shared their experience handling integrity cases and discussed the role of peer review in driving integrity and trust in research.
Matt Hodgkinson, Research Integrity Manager at UKRIO and EASE Council, chaired the panel with contributions from:
Gowri Gopalakrishna, Amsterdam University Medical Center
John Carlisle, ‘Data Detective’ Anaesthetist NHS Hospital, Torquay, UK
Magdalena Morawska, Research Policy and Governance Officer, UCL
Caroline Porter, SAGE Publishing
This event was free and open to all.
Head of Editorial, DOAJUnited Kingdom
Matt joined Hindawi in London in 2016 as Head of Research Integrity, overseeing the publication ethics processes and policies and managing the Research Integrity Manager and a team of Research Integrity Specialists. He was Head of Editorial Policy and Ethics from 2020-22. From 2022-24, he worked at the charity UKRIO as a Research Integrity Manager, advising researchers and institutions and managing social media.
Chief Executive, UKRIOUnited Kingdom
Research Policy and Governance Officer , University College LondonUnited Kingdom
Magdalena Morawska is a Research Policy and Governance Officer at University College London, where she develops policies and procedures relating to research integrity matters and creates guidance and training for all staff and students who are involved in research.
Consultant Intensive Care, Perioperative Medicine and Anaesthesia, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation TrustUnited Kingdom
Assistant Professor, University of MaastrichtThe Netherlands
Associate VP for Research Publishing, SAGE PublishingUnited Kingdom