noun phrase · academic
research integrity
UK/rɪˈsɜːtʃ ɪnˈtɛɡrɪti/US/rɪˈsɜːrtʃ ɪnˈtɛɡrɪti/re·SEARCH IN·TEG·ri·ty
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
Common mistakes
ethical research→research integrity
integrity of research→research integrity
Say it for a higher band
5ethical research→6integrity of research→7+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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