Research Integrity and Peer Review looks ahead to the World Conference on Research Integrity

On June 2-5, 2019, the research community will have an exciting opportunity to gather in Hong Kong at a global forum and address the challenges of promoting research integrity and the responsible conduct of research. The 6th edition of the World Conference on Research Integrity (WCRI) will be back in Asia for the first time since its 2010 meeting produced the groundbreaking Singapore Statement on Research Integrity ). This time, the focus will be “New Challenges for Research Integrity”. What is the WCRI? The World Conferences on Research Integrity are run by an independent foundation drawn from academia, funders, publishers and others involved in the research enterprise. The conferences offer an opportunity to consider research integrity issues from a wide variety of professional, cultural and geographic perspectives. They are a collaborative effort of the WCRIF Governing Board, an international program committee, and local co-chairs, in this case from Hong Kong and Australia, the 2019 conference co-hosts.  A conference that matters The study of research integrity has led to a growing body of knowledge on how and why research practices diverge from responsible conduct of research. The primary goal of the 6th WCRI is to draw on this body of knowledge and apply the evidence to develop effective practices and solutions to the challenges facing researchers, funders, publishers and institutions. Key topics include: Transparency in research Replication, reproducibility and re...
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