Defined:

Scientific Integrity refers to two related but separate ideas: 1. The personal honesty of individual scientists in the conduct and reporting of their research; and 2. Developing robust bodies of conclusions that are valid and unimpaired.  Obviously, dishonest or misleading practices can impair science.  Whereas personal dishonesty can explain problems such as data fraud, such instances are extremely rare. It is the second meaning of the term scientific integrity that is the primary focus of my research. Even when researchers suffer no lack of personal integrity, conventional practices common in their field may produce findings that are misleading or invalid. In this sense, scientific integrity closely corresponds to conventional understanding of the term “validity.”