Urgency of knowledge generation during the covid-19 pandemic: a retrospective on health publication integrity

• Autor(a) principal: Penido, Carmen
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Lanzarini, Cíntia, Ribeiro, Mariana Dias, Esher, Ângela, Souza, Mariana Conceição
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: RECIIS (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/3303
• topic: Integridade em pesquisa; Ética em pesquisa; Retratação; Publicação; Covid-19; Research integrity; Ethics in research; Retraction; Publication; Covid-19; Integridad de la investigación; Ética de la investigación; Retracción; Publicación; Covid-19

During the covid-19 pandemic, a significant increase in the number of publications (articles and preprints) was observed, which led to the rapid sharing of information and encouraged the discussion about scientific integrity in the generation of knowledge during health emergencies. In this sense, the present work aims to analyze research integrity in health publications during the covid-19 pandemic. For this goal, we conducted documentary research on websites of organizations that promote the culture of research integrity. We verified how the urgency of generating knowledge positively accelerated the debate on ethics and integrity in research and open science. On the other hand, this context exposed critical points, such as questionable research practices, and/or research fraud. Educational actions in research institutions aimed at implementing and maintaining a culture of integrity can significantly contribute to positive changes in the research system.