Susan Zimmerman's scientific contributions

Publications (3)

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This chapter explores the conceptual approaches to research integrity in Austria and Canada, and the governance structures that support those approaches. In Austria, research integrity is synonymous with good scientific practice. Universities and other research institutions publish their own definitions, which vary in content, clarity and binding f...
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This chapter explores the conceptual approaches to research integrity in Austria and Canada, and the governance structures that support those approaches. In Austria, research integrity is synonymous with good scientific practice. Universities and other research institutions publish their own definitions, which vary in content, clarity and binding f...
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This chapter explores the conceptual approaches to research integrity in Austria and Canada, and the governance structures that support those approaches. In Austria, research integrity is synonymous with good scientific practice. Universities and other research institutions publish their own definitions, which vary in content, clarity and binding f...

Citations

... Research misconduct is understood more broadly than FFP, especially in Europe. For example, Foeger and Zimmermann state that "[research misconduct] also covers, for example, destruction of primary data, unjustified authorship, and the sabotage of research activities or dishonest attempts to lower the scientific reputation of another researcher" [8]. A more specific list of possible acts of misconduct is presented by Faintuch and Faintuch [9] comprising the following issues: lack of protection of data, violation of confidentiality, clandestine data access; animal abuse; inadequate human consent regarding aims and benefits, risks and harms, coercion or exploitation of subjects; ghost authorship 1 , questionable personal credits, failure of registration and ethical approval, breach of good (clinical) practices, lack of transparency regarding the relationship with funders, undisclosed commercial or personal interests, noncompliance with publisher ethics, nonprofessional language, salami slicing 2 , lack of sharing data with co-investigators, study participants, other authorized parties, harassment, bullying, disrespectful behaviour, dishonest mentoring of students, fellows, junior staff, misuse of research funds, false or exaggerated academic titles, qualifications, professional experience, retaliation against whistle-blowers, deceit, scamps, pseudoscience, malicious misconduct allegations. ...
... Although transferring findings from elsewhere can be helpful to an extent, such applications are limited in many ways. Even in the widely referenced Handbook of Academic Integrity (Bretag, ed., 2016), a volume spanning more than 1000 pages, there was one chapter that included a focus on Canada, and even then it was done in comparison with another country (see Foeger & Zimmerman, 2016). Although there were other contributors to the handbook who were Canadian (see: Christensen Hughes & Bertram , there were no chapters exclusively about Canada. ...
... Although transferring findings from elsewhere can be helpful to an extent, such applications are limited in many ways. Even in the widely referenced Handbook of Academic Integrity (Bretag, ed., 2016), a volume spanning more than 1000 pages, there was one chapter that included a focus on Canada, and even then it was done in comparison with another country (see Foeger & Zimmerman, 2016). Although there were other contributors to the handbook who were Canadian (see: Christensen Hughes & Bertram , there were no chapters exclusively about Canada. ...