Best practice
LARI understands “best practice” as the processes, procedures, and methods that are ethically and legally accepted as appropriate for promoting research integrity. Best practice includes codes and guidelines for the design, conduct, recording, monitoring, auditing, analysis, and reporting of research. Overall, best practice should be proactive–part of every researcher’s DNA. The aim should always be research that is credible, and protective of the rights, safety, and welfare of participants. Additionally, LARI supports “open science” (open access publishing/platforms and data sharing) as this aligns with the ethical principles of collegiality, beneficence, and stewardship.
Useful links:
- Video: Top 10 Tips for Robust & Ethical Research
- On Demand Webinar: Ethical and Robust Research during Pandemics: HOW?
- Video: The Ethical Path to Authorship
- Video: Preventing Plagiarism
- NOTE: If you are a student/staff at the Univ of Luxembourg you have free access to plagiarism checking software. For details please contact the UL Quality Officer jan.zutavern@uni.lu
- Video: Hot Tips for Recruiting Research Participants
- Video: GDPR Basics for Scientists
- European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (available in 13 languages);
- Guidelines for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences, Humanities, Law and Theology (2016)
- Declaration of Helsinki;
- The Belmont Report;
- US Food and Drug Administration Regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects 21 CFR part 50
- Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive 2001/20/EC Text with EEA relevance;
- Good Clinical Practice E6(R1), an international ethical and scientific quality standard for designing, conducting, recording, and reporting trials that involve the participation of human research subjects;
- Good Laboratory Practice (USA Code of Fed Regs, Title 21, Part 58), best practices for for conducting nonclinical laboratory studies that support or are intended to support applications for research or marketing permits for products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration;
- National human research legislation (by country, EU);
- Luxembourg 8th March 2018 LAW ON HOSPITALS, Article 27 [French];
- Luxembourg 13th March 2013 MEDICAL DEONTOLOGY CODE, Chapter 5, Articles 69-72 (Human Experimentation) [French];
- Luxembourg REGLEMENT GRAND-DUCAL DU 30 MAI 2005 RELATIF A L’APPLICATION DE BONNES PRATIQUES CLINIQUES DANS LA CONDUITE D’ESSAIS CLINIQUES DE MEDICAMENTS A USAGE HUMAIN [French];
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, EU);
- Luxembourg 1 Aug 2018, national privacy regulation [French]
- Informed Consent for Data Sharing (GDPR Compliant)
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA Privacy Law USA);
- Defining the Role of Authors and Contributors (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors);
- Guidance for editing images (Office of Research Integrity, USA).
- Animal Welfare Act (USA);
- [Luxembourg] Loi sur la protection des animaux (06.06.2018), Chapter 8, Article 13
- DIRECTIVE 2010/63/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 22 September 2010 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes
- Data Management Plan template (see pages 9-10, DMP from Science Europe)
- Guide for performing social media and Internet research
- How to Research: Ultimate Guide [+Online Tools] – IVY Panda Blog
- The Future Is Here: How Artificial Intelligence Can Improve Your Studies – IVY Panda Blog
European Network of Research Integrity Offices (ENRIO)
Office of Research Integrity (USA)
Comité National d’Ethique de Recherche Luxembourg (CNER)
http://www.cner.lu/
FNR Research Integrity Guidelines
University of Luxembourg Ethics Review Panel (ERP): note that these links/pages are currently under review; misconduct allegations and investigations are the remit of LARI.
UNIVofLuxResearch GuidelinesERP2018
University of Luxembourg Code of Conduct (this includes conflict of interest)
Commission nationale pour la protection des données (CNPD)
https://cnpd.public.lu/en.html
Commission Consultative Nationale d’Ethique pour les sciences de la Vie et de la Santé (CNE)
https://cne.public.lu/fr/commission.html
European Network of Research Ethics Committees (EUREC)
http://www.eurecnet.org/index.html
Committee on Publication Ethics
https://publicationethics.org/authorship
IRB Forum
Bioethics.net
Journals
Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
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