noun phrase · academic

research integrity

UK/rɪˈsɜːtʃ ɪnˈtɛɡrɪti/US/rɪˈsɜːrtʃ ɪnˈtɛɡrɪti/re·SEARCH IN·TEG·ri·ty

Band 7+task2speaking

honesty and responsibility in conducting and reporting research, including avoiding fabrication, falsification and plagiarism

Examples

Universities provide training to promote research integrity among postgraduate students.

Allegations of misconduct can damage a researcher's reputation and harm institutional research integrity.

Journals have policies to protect research integrity during peer review.

Band 8 sentence

Maintaining research integrity requires transparent methods, accurate data recording and prompt correction if errors are discovered.

Collocations

  • promote research integrity
  • undermine research integrity
  • breach research integrity

Word family

integrity nounintegrate verbintegral adjective

Common mistakes

ethical researchresearch integrity

integrity of researchresearch integrity

Say it for a higher band

5ethical research6integrity of research7+research integrity

Synonyms

scientific integrity

Easily confused

research ethics

The ethics committee reviewed the consent form to ensure compliance with research ethics.

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