The College of Science and Engineering form for reporting research misconduct allegations. Introduction Before completing this form it is recommended that you read the University’s research misconduct policy Please also check your school/centre's webpages for information: School of Biological Sciences School of Chemistry School of Engineering EPCC School of GeoSciences School of Informatics School of Mathematics School of Physics & Astronomy Research Misconduct checklist - important, please read before completing the form The following is the University of Edinburgh’s definition of Research Misconduct. Research misconduct includes: fabrication: making up results or other outputs (e.g. artefacts) and presenting them as if they were real falsification: manipulating research processes or changing or omitting data without good cause plagiarism: using other people’s material without giving proper credit misrepresentation: for example, misrepresentation of data, of interests, of qualifications or experience, or of involvement, such as inappropriate claims to authorship or attribution of work breach of duty of care: breach of confidentiality such as disclosing the identity of individuals or groups involved in research without their consent; improper conduct in peer review such as failing to disclose conflicts of interest; or not observing legal and ethical requirements or obligations of care failure to meet ethical, legal and professional obligations: for example, failure to declare competing interests; misrepresentation of involvement or authorship; misrepresentation of interests; breach of confidentiality; lack of informed consent; misuse of personal data; and abuse of research subjects or materials improper dealing with allegations of misconduct: failing to address possible infringements such as attempts to cover up misconduct and reprisals against whistleblowers. Please note that allegations of misconduct in research can cover acts of omission as well as acts of commission, i.e. things an individual may have failed to do as well as things they may have done. Having read this definition, if you believe that research misconduct has occurred then please complete and submit the following details. Your submission will be treated in the strictest confidence. For details of the complete procedure, please see the link to the University of Edinburgh policy above Your details Surname First name Email We have pre-populated your university email address, for security this will be used for all future correspondence. School/centre - Select -Biological SciencesChemistryEngineeringEPCCGeoSciencesInformaticsMathematicsPhysics & Astronomy Please select your school/centre. Named Person Biological Sciences Your Named Person will be Eric Schirmer Named Person Chemistry Your Named Person will be Julien Michel Named Person Engineering Your Named Person will be Timm Krueger Named Person EPCC Your Named Person will be Neil Chue Hong Named Person Geosciences Your Named Person will be Sam Staddon Named Person Informatics Your Named Person will be Peggy Seriès Named Person Mathematics Your Named Person will be Arend Bayer Named Person Physics & Astronomy Your Named Person will be Graeme Ackland Is your Named Person conflicted? Yes No Your allegation will be sent to the person above for initial review. If you believe that this person is conflicted and cannot therefore impartially review your allegation, please select Yes from the box below and enter a reason into the box as to why this person is conflicted. If you select Yes then your allegation will instead be sent to the College Named Personfor review. If you believe that the College Named person is also in conflict, please consult the University's Whistleblower Policy. Whistleblowing Policy University Whistleblowing Policy Alternative Named Person Your Named Person will be Professor Andy Mount (College Named Person) Reason for conflict Respondent details Surname of respondent First name of respondent School/centre of respondent Biological Sciences Chemistry College of Science & Engineering Engineering EPCC GeoSciences Informatics Mathematics Physics & Astronomy Please select the school/centre of the respondent Role of respondent The respondent is the person you are making research misconduct allegations against. If you have multiple respondents, please give their details in the misconduct details section below. Misconduct details Research misconduct details Please enter details of your research misconduct allegation here. Please briefly detail, with date(s) if possible, the instance(s) which you consider constitute(s) research misconduct and the specific subtype of research misconduct you feel this represents. Declarations I declare that I have consulted the University of Edinburgh Research Misconduct Policy and relevant School/centre websites select to confirm I believe this allegation concerns an instance of research misconduct select to confirm I consent to the University of Edinburgh processing this information and retaining it as long as is necessary to investigate the allegation select to confirm This information will be kept in the strictest confidence consistent with the Research Misconduct Policy. Please confirm the following, these boxes must be ticked for the form to be submitted. This article was published on 2024-05-20
