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APPENDICES
Appendix 2: College Policy on Research
Misconduct
The College considers any allegation of research misconduct to be a matter of great concern and will
investigate any such allegation fully. Given its international reputation and status, the College has a
responsibility to the scientific community and to the public at large and therefore, where appropriate, will
make public the outcome of any such investigation.
Definitions
The College has adopted the Royal College of Physicians’ definitions of research misconduct as including
piracy, plagiarism and fraud. The following definitions give indicative descriptions of the types of activity
covered by this regulation. These descriptions are neither exclusive nor exhaustive:
aa piracy is the deliberate exploitation of ideas and concepts from others without acknowledgement;
bb plagiarism is the copying of ideas, data or text (or a combination of these) without permission or
acknowledgement;
cc fraud involves deception—usually, but not exclusively, the invention of data. This could also include
the omission from analysis and publication of inconvenient components of a data set.
Other types of research misconduct may be separately defined, but the College views them as combinations
or sub-types of those defined above. In addition to research misconduct, these procedures will also apply to
cases of scientific negligence.
Procedures for the Investigation of Allegations of Research Misconduct
See: www.imperial.ac.uk/secretariat/collegegovernance/provisions/ordinances/d17
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Appendix 2: College Policy on Research
Misconduct
The College considers any allegation of research misconduct to be a matter of great concern and will
investigate any such allegation fully. Given its international reputation and status, the College has a
responsibility to the scientific community and to the public at large and therefore, where appropriate, will
make public the outcome of any such investigation.
Definitions
The College has adopted the Royal College of Physicians’ definitions of research misconduct as including
piracy, plagiarism and fraud. The following definitions give indicative descriptions of the types of activity
covered by this regulation. These descriptions are neither exclusive nor exhaustive:
aa piracy is the deliberate exploitation of ideas and concepts from others without acknowledgement;
bb plagiarism is the copying of ideas, data or text (or a combination of these) without permission or
acknowledgement;
cc fraud involves deception—usually, but not exclusively, the invention of data. This could also include
the omission from analysis and publication of inconvenient components of a data set.
Other types of research misconduct may be separately defined, but the College views them as combinations
or sub-types of those defined above. In addition to research misconduct, these procedures will also apply to
cases of scientific negligence.
Procedures for the Investigation of Allegations of Research Misconduct
See: www.imperial.ac.uk/secretariat/collegegovernance/provisions/ordinances/d17
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