Research on the Current Status of Academic Misconduct Perceptions of Researchers in Affiliated Hospitals of Universities
Objective:To understand the cognition and attitudes of researchers in university affiliated hospitals to academic miscon-duct,to discuss the potential influencing factors of academic misconduct,and to put forward effective measures to prevent academic misconduct.Methods:An online questionnaire survey was used to investigate 531 researchers from 29 university affiliated hospitals na-tionwide.The questionnaire included the demographic characteristics,the awareness of research integrity system,and the cognition,at-titudes and influencing factors to academic misconduct.Results:The awareness rate of research integrity system of researchers in uni-versity affiliated hospitals was 66.10%~78.53%.32.96%~78.34%of respondents were opposed to academic misconduct.The main rea-sons of academic misconduct included the motivation of promotion and awards(87.57%),the stress of clinical work(83.80%),the envi-ronment of research in hospitals(83.24%),and some else.Conclusions:In order to prevent academic misconduct of researchers in uni-versity affiliated hospitals,it is urgent to strengthen the scientific research integrity education,improve the system of academic achieve-ment evaluation and the system of talent evaluation,reducing the working pressure of scientific research personnel,and improve the su-pervision system of academic misconduct.
Researchers in University Affiliated HospitalsAcademic MisconductResearch IntegrityCognitionAttitudesInflu-encing Factors