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Bibliometric and linguistic analysis of research integrity and research ethics concepts in articles: a cross sectional study of three bibliographical databases

Objective: The aim of the study is to quantitatively and qualitatively analyze the research output in the field of research integrity (RI) and research ethics (RE). Method: We conducted two separate searches for the terms “research integrity” and “research ethics” in the Web of Science, Scopus and PubMed. Only research articles will be included in the analysis: randomized and non-randomized trials, control before-and-after studies and observational studies (cross sectional, cohort and case control studies). We will use the Linguistic Inquiry Word Count (LIWC) software to analyze the text in the articles to compare differences in prevalence of moral expressions according to the Moral Foundations vocabulary between different types of publications and between different RI and RE. Results: The first search retrieved significantly more research articles for RE (10035 results for PubMed ; 8035 for Web of Science and 8426 for Scopus) than for RI (590 results for PubMed, 860 for Web of Science and 514 for Scopus). We will visualize the RI and RE research fields in terms of published research output as well as the collaboration structure. We will also compare the RI and RE research publication in terms of Moral Foundations vocabulary . Conclusion: This study will help us better understand the structural characteristics of the community in the RI and RE research fields, including collaboration and knowledge sharing. We will also provide insight into possible linguistic differences which may help differentiate between the terms RI and RE and to quantify the overlap between areas.

research integrity ; research ethics ; bibliography

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