First meeting in Asia of the Asia Pacific Research Integrity network

ABSTRACT

In 2017, the University of Hong Kong and the University of California San Diego co-hosted the first Asian meeting of the recently formed Asia Pacific Research Integrity (APRI) network in Hong Kong. Aligned with planning meetings in 2015 and 2016 funded in part by the US Office of Research Integrity (ORI), the Hong Kong meeting was designed by a multi-national planning committee to address pressing challenges in research integrity: improving multi-national communication; exchanging information on managing misconduct investigations; and sharing best practices to promote research integrity. To create a sustainable, robust international partnership to promote research integrity in the region, the purpose of this 2017 meeting was to foster multi-national awareness, understanding, and opportunities for collaboration. The meeting was defined by four objectives that emerged from the previous meetings: (1) Articulate differences as well as areas of common ground; (2) Identify best or recommended practices; (3) Identify opportunities for research or collaboration; and (4) Set an APRI network agenda for coming years. The key anticipated outcome was to advance the conversation surrounding research integrity among academic institutions and regulators in Asian and Pacific Rim nations. This outcome was evidenced by meeting participation, participant satisfaction, and articulation of next steps for the APRI network.

KEYWORDS:

• Research integrity
• research misconduct
• responsible conduct of research
• Asia
• Pacific
• multi-national

Acknowledgments

All of the authors are indebted to our colleague and friend, Paul Taylor, whose energy and insight were essential to APRI’s success. Sadly, Paul passed away in November of 2018. To honor his memory and his contributions as a dedicated founding member of the APRI network, we have included Paul as an author of this manuscript. This project was supported in part by grants from the US Office of Research Integrity (# IR160025), NCATS/NIH UL1TR001442, and the Croucher Foundation from Hong Kong.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes

1. Chinese Taipei APRI meeting website is at: https://www.apri2018.org.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Croucher Foundation; National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences [UL1TR001442]; DHHS Office of Research Integrity [IR160025].