Funder interference in addiction research: an international survey of authors Miller, Peter, Martino, Florentine, Gross, Samantha, Curtis, Ashlee, Mayshak, Richelle, Droste, Nicolas and Kypri, Kypros 2017, Funder interference in addiction research: an international survey of authors, Addictive behaviors, vol. 72, pp. 100-105, doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.03.026. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Funder interference in addiction research: an international survey of authors Author(s) Miller, Peter orcid.org/0000-0002-6896-5437 Martino, Florentine orcid.org/0000-0001-6718-5239 Gross, Samantha Curtis, Ashlee orcid.org/0000-0001-9182-2840 Mayshak, Richelle orcid.org/0000-0003-2075-9447 Droste, Nicolas Kypri, Kypros Journal name Addictive behaviors Volume number 72 Start page 100 End page 105 Total pages 6 Publisher Elsevier Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 2017-09 ISSN 0306-4603 1873-6327 Keyword(s) censorship ethics funder influence research integrity vested interests Summary OBJECTIVE: Scientific research is essential to the development of effective addiction treatment and drug policy. Actions that compromise the integrity of addiction science need to be understood. The aim of this study is to investigate funder (e.g. industry, government or charity) interference in addiction science internationally. METHOD: Corresponding authors of all 941 papers published in an international specialist journal July 2004 to June 2009 were invited to complete a web questionnaire. A sensitivity analysis with extreme assumptions about non-respondents was undertaken. RESULTS: The questionnaire was completed by 322 authors (response fraction 34%), 36% (n=117) of whom had encountered at least one episode (median=3, Interquartile range=4) of funder interference in their research: 56% in Australasia, 33% in Europe, and 30% in North America. Censorship of research outputs was the most common form of interference. The wording or writing of reports and articles, as well as where, when and how findings were released were the areas in which influence was most often reported. CONCLUSIONS: Funder interference in addiction science appears to be common internationally. Strategies to increase transparency in the addiction science literature, including mandatory author declarations concerning the role of the funder, are necessary. Language eng DOI 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.03.026 Field of Research 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified 1701 Psychology Socio Economic Objective 929999 Health not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2017, Elsevier Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30094113 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 12 Apr 2017, 10:01:55 EST Wed, 12 Apr 2017, 12:25:37 EST Fri, 14 Apr 2017, 06:09:39 EST Sat, 29 Apr 2017, 02:34:27 EST Tue, 13 Jun 2017, 12:38:11 EST Tue, 13 Jun 2017, 12:40:37 EST Tue, 13 Jun 2017, 12:41:14 EST Sat, 15 Jul 2017, 02:32:46 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 9 times in TR Web of Science Cited 10 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 697 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 12 Apr 2017, 10:01:55 EST