Advisory opinions

This is a list of short summaries of advisory opinions. The list also includes decisions. In these cases, LOWI has declared the petition inadmissible. It has therefore not examined the substance of the petition and has not issued an advisory opinion.
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  • Advisory opinion 2020-22
    Pharmaceutical research. At its core, the Petition amounts to a scientific controversy. LOWI does not have the competence to judge scientific controversies.
  • Advisory opinion 2020-21
    In principle, a RIC is not obliged to share raw data with a complainant. All co-authors are responsible for a publication, but not equally. A member of the RIC supervised the PhD degree of the corresponding author and should therefore have excused himself. The identity of an expert is relevant in order to be able ...
  • Advisory opinion 2020-20
    In particular, the unjustified listing of a co-author is a serious violation, which according to the LOWI should be classified as a violation of research integrity. Scientists should not be judged on errors and carelessness in draft versions.
  • Advisory opinion 2020-19
    Sloppy referencing. In various publications the Petitioner has made insufficient references, e.g. to previous joint and own work. In the present case, the LOWI classifies this as careless (the least serious qualification). There is therefore no culpable carelessness or a violation of research integrity.
  • Advisory opinion 2020-18
    The Petitioner's complaint can only be traced back to the employment dispute between the Petitioner and the Board.
  • Advisory opinion 2020-17
    The Petitioner violated the duty of confidentiality. The LOWI prefers to issue an opinion on the substance and does not choose to leave the petition (further) out of consideration, which would also have been possible.
  • Advisory opinion 2020-16
    The authorship of the Interested Party should have been recognised. It would have been up to the Petitioner, i.e. the corresponding author, to ask the journal to allow more authors than the maximum number.
  • Decision 2020-15
    Request for revision. The Petitioner asked the LOWI to investigate in connection with a possible breach of confidentiality during the LOWI procedure. The LOWI has no competence to do so and for this reason alone, cannot comply with this request.
  • Advisory opinion 2020-14
    The Petitioner meets the first criterion for authorship of the ICMJE Recommendations. That is why he should have been offered authorship. Also in the light of the Petitioner's ultimate responsibility for the patients who are (partly) again involved in the repeated measurement, it was desirable to offer the Petitioner authorship.
  • Decision 2020-13
    Inadmissible because the deadline was exceeded. A Petitioner who does not send a petition by registered mail takes the risk that the shipping history cannot be checked and proved if a petition is received late or not at all by the LOWI. The petition was also sent by registered mail. Its shipping history shows that ...