Supervision of Scientific Integrity by Postgraduate Academics

Ana Hirsch Adler; Douglas A. Izarra Vielma

doi:10.24320/redie.2024.26.e11.5937

Authors

Ana Hirsch Adler Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4290-4270
Douglas A. Izarra Vielma Universidad Pedagógica Experimental Libertador https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7629-2244

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24320/redie.2024.26.e11.5937

Keywords:

scientific researchers, ethics of science, research, postgraduate education, university professors

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to develop a better comprehension of the actions that posgraduate academics from a Mexican university use to supervise the integrity of their research work. A qualitative inquiry was carried out with 291 professors and researchers of that level, who answered the question: In your academic work, how is integrity in research supervised? The analysis was developed by the procedures of the Grounded Theory. The results were organized in two categories: “Supervision of research integrity based in collective work”, that involves the participation of diverse subjects, and “Epistemological vigilance in the supervision of research integrity”, associated with an attitude of caution throughout the development of the projects. The conclusion highlights the relevance that they gave to basic aspects of ethics in the generation of knowledge and in training processes.

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