As stated in the "Guidelines for Responding to Misconduct in Research" decided by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, research misconduct violates the essence of research and the publication of the results, betraying science itself. For this reason, Niigata University focuses on preventing research misconduct by thoroughly complying with the law, regulations established by our university and "Code of Conduct for Scientists and Guidelines for Scientist Conduct at Niigata University".
We created a video about research integrityThis video is to foster awareness of research ethics among our faculty and students.
To our faculty
研究活動における研究倫理
-公正な研究活動の推進のために-
※ Japanese version only
To our students
研究活動における不正行為をご存じですか？
※ Japanese version only
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Research misconduct means the fabrication, falsification, plagiarism and duplicate posting of research and survey data and other research results during the process of presenting or compiling research results, also including destroying and interfering with the established proof of such wrong doings. These include concealing and destroying materials such as experimental records that are essential for replication research and recreation.
However, cases where data or experimental records are handled as honest errors, disagreements or common practices in the research field are not included.
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※ Among the fraudulent acts, the three cases of fabrication, falsification and plagiarism are considered specific fraudulent and particularly malicious acts.
※ Reference: Judgment criteria and handling regarding double submission and publication (Japan Pediatric Society)
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Niigata University has established the following policies:
In order to prevent research misconduct, Niigata University provides research ethics education to help researchers learn ethical standards.
※ Click here for details on research ethics education.
※ Click here for information on the research ethics education course and contact information. (On-campus only)
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Niigata University introduced plagiarism checkers to prevent research misconduct. ● Click here for the video of the seminar day (held on October 23). (On-campus only) ● Click here for the materials of the seminar day (held on October 23). (On-campus only) ● Click here for a video explaining the operation of the private repository. |
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Utilization of the article pre-submission checklistIn order to prevent research misconduct, Niigata University created an article pre-submission checklist and uses it for confirmation when submitting articles.(Japanese)(English)(Chinese)
※ The checklist is referenced from To All Researchers - Conduct for Responsible Research - of the Japan Science and Technology Agency.
※ The checklist was revised on October 12, 2023.
Niigata University focuses on fostering awareness of research ethics among faculty and students.
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Students have the opportunity to write papers in a variety of situations at Niigata University. We are focusing on fostering research ethics education by creating flyers about things to remember when writing papers and articles. |
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Click here for information on Niigata University's initiatives to prevent fraud with research funds.
Click here for past research misconduct cases that occurred at other institutions. (Website of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
For more information on the contact and reporting, click the Contact for Research Misconduct.
Phone: 025-262-5422, 5419
General Research Affairs Section, Research Promotion Division