Scientific integrity resource guide: Efforts by federal agencies, foundations, nonprofit organizations, professional societies, and academia in the United States

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 163-180

  Kretser, Alison ^a   Murphy, Delia ^a   Dwyer, Johanna ^b  

^a International Life Sciences Institute   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

misconduct; open data; reproducibility; Research integrity; scientific integrity principles; transparency

Indexed keywords

FOOD TECHNOLOGY; NUTRITION; TRANSPARENCY;

MISCONDUCT; OPEN DATUM; REPRODUCIBILITIES; RESEARCH INTEGRITIES; SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

MISCONDUCT; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ETHICS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; TRENDS; UNIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); FOUNDATIONS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (U.S.); NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; PEER REVIEW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES OFFICE OF RESEARCH INTEGRITY; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84991585261     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2016.1221794     Document Type: Article

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