Research Integrity and Misconduct

Start with an overview

Begin with the Social and Behavioral Research mind map for an overview of research misconduct and related practices. It includes plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, noncompliance and data management. Use the map to identify terms you want to study more closely. You can return to it after working through the flashcards and see how those terms fit together.

For a closer look at integrity and ownership, the Research Integrity mind map covers intellectual property, copyright laws and academic plagiarism. It offers another way to organize the terms on the page.

Use flashcards to study key ideas

The Scientific Fraud flashcards cover plagiarism, fabrication and falsification, as well as incentives and examples associated with fraud. The flashcards on research methods also introduce material about research projects involving human participants. After looking at a map, use these cards to practice recalling the ideas rather than relying on the map alone.

Other flashcards explore flexibility in data collection and analysis, cognitive fallacies, and ethics and the replication crisis. The latter also covers issues addressed by research ethics guidelines. These decks offer more focused starting points if one of those areas is relevant to your study.

Combine the quiz and maps

After exploring a map and a flashcard deck, try the quiz as a way to check your understanding. Return to the maps or cards when you find a term you want to look at again. The Questionable Research Practices mind map provides a further perspective on data practices alongside the broader Social and Behavioral Research map.

Explore the unit

Research Integrity and Misconduct is one section of the Research Ethics unit in Research methods and academic skills. The resources here give university students and teachers different formats for working through this section of the unit. Choose a resource that matches what you want to study next.