Difference between revisions of "Research ethics"

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Research ethics is good scientific practice. All employees at NCMM shall have a high degree of awareness of the ethical aspects of their research. At NCMM, the group leaders are responsible for ensuring good scientific practice in their group, in line with the UiO policy.

UiO research ethics.

UiO's 10 commandments for ethical practices.

Open access

UiOs Open Access policy is in accordance with the Norwegian government's guidelines: NCMM staff shall undertake to do their best to ensure that scientific articles deposited into the institutional repository can be made openly available as soon as possible.

Researchers at NCMM/UiO shall ensure that a full text version of all scientific articles is submitted to the institutional repository. All researchers submit their articles in Cristin, with transfer to DUO research archive. More on Open access from the University Library

Documentation of research

• Lab books → NCMM uses numbered laboratory journals to document experiments. The books must be signed out and returned to Carlos Rodríguez.
• Guidelines for use of lab books → NCMM is part of the Medical faculty at UiO and adheres to the faculties guidelines for use of lab journals.
• Project tracking → It is important to store raw data, document procedures used and handling of data and material in agreement with your group leader.

Data policy

• Storing and handling of research data.

• Storing and handling medical health research data.
• Routines for processing personal data in research projects.
• Template for material transfer agreements (MTA).
• Form for subject identity list and list of trial subjects (at the end of the page, under appendices).

Forskpro

Forskpro is a UiO registry used to obtain an dynamic overview of all ongoing research projects. All medical and health research projects carried out at UiO should be registered there.

For help with Forskpro contact Medical faculty research administration.

Authorship

NCMM aims to follow the ICMJE recommendations, more commonly known as the Vancouver convention, on authorship as closely as possible.

NCMM strongly encourages authors to use the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) in scientific publications to outline the contributions of all authors.

Ethical guidelines

We expect all members of NCMM to be honest in their scientific research and communications, and to work within the scope of the UiO research ethics framework.

• Ethical guidelines.
• UiOs procedures and guidelines for medical and health research.
• The Medical Faculty’s local procedures for UiO’s quality system for medical and health Research.

Approvals and authorizations

Certain types of research needs approvals and authorization from governmental entities and here are links to those most relevant at NCMM.

Overview of approvals needed in medical research.

• Regional Committees for Medical Research Ethics South East Norway (REC/REK).
• Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet).
• Norwegian Food Safety Authority (FOTS) for approval for using research animals (in Norwegian).
• Norwegian Directorate of Health for work with GMO.