Author(s)

Gang Chen and Shuping Wang

Corresponding Author

Gang Chen

Abstract

Objective. To explore whether electronic archives of academic integrity can help researchers improve their scientific research integrity. Methods (1) Collected personal basic information, scientific research output, original scientific and technological archives and academic evaluation information within the scope of our school. The system automatically calculates and publicizes academic dishonesty. Dissidents can submit applications for revision and re-examination. All the academic misconduct information passed through the audit and the original information collected together to establish academic integrity files. Users with different roles have different query privileges to query. (2) Academic misconduct can be classified into three categories: tampering, embezzlement and plagiarizing other people's academic achievements. The retention time of information is 10 years; forging or adapting data is two types of academic misconduct, the retention time of information is 7 years; citing irregularities is three types of academic misconduct, and the retention time of information is 5 years. Results The number of registered users was 615 in 2016, the number of registered users was 102, the number of registered users was 288 and the number of queries per year was 437. In 2017, the number of registered users was 923, the number of registered users was 155, the number of registered users was 455 and the number of queries per year was 559. The indexes in 2017 were higher than those in 2016. In 2016, the proportion of first-class academic misconduct was 2.0%, that of second-class academic misconduct was 17.0%, that of third-class academic misconduct was 38.0%, and the total incidence rate was 58.0%; in 2017, the proportion of first-class academic misconduct was 1.0%, that of second-class academic misconduct was 9.0%, that of third-class academic misconduct was 26.0%, and that of total academic misconduct was 36.0%; The incidence rate decreased. Conclusion Academic integrity electronic archives can effectively regulate scientific research behavior of scientific researchers and reduce the probability of academic misconduct.

Keywords

Academic integrity, Electronic archives, Scientific research management