Evaluating ethics oversight during assessment of research integrity.
Andrew GreyMark BollandAlison AvenellPublished in: Research integrity and peer review (2019)
We provide additional information relevant to our previous publication on the quality of reports of investigations of research integrity by academic institutions. Despite concerns being raised about ethical oversight of research published by a group of researchers, each of the four institutional investigations failed to determine and/or report whether ethics committee approval was obtained for the majority of publications assessed.