Perceptions of research integrity climate differ between academic ranks and disciplinary fields - Results from a survey among academic researchers in Amsterdam

--- For the preregistration of the results this preprint reports on, see here: https://osf.io/x6t2q/register/565fb3678c5e4a66b5582f67 --- Scientists and non-scientist are increasingly concerned about academic research and its lack of valid and reliable results due to research misbehavior. In this light, the role of the research integrity climate has gained increasing attention. In our manuscript, we assess whether researchers from different academic ranks and disciplinary field experience the research integrity climate differently using the Survey of Organizational Research Climate. Based on responses of over 1000 researchers, we found that junior researchers (PhD students, postdocs and assistant professors) have a markedly more negative view of the research integrity climate compared to senior researchers (associate and full professors). The disciplinary field also matters for how researchers perceive the research integrity climate: researchers in the natural sciences have a more positive view of the research integrity climate, especially when compared to smaller fields such as the humanities.