Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 25 ISSUE 2
Written by Valentina Constanta TUDOR, Alina Gabriela MARCUTA, Andreea Cosmina SMEDESCU, Mihaela GRECU, Madalinaa Maria BREZULEANU

Using a bibliometric methodology, the current study examined the development and worldwide trends in the areas of ethics, academic integrity, and scientific integrity as well as the responsible conduct of researchers, faculty, students, and doctoral students. Analyzing the theoretical and applied contributions from the specialist literature was the goal of the study in order to pinpoint the primary research themes and any gaps that still existed. The discovery of networks of collaboration between authors and institutions demonstrated how responsible behavior supports academic integrity and ethical standards and how interest in addressing these issues is growing. It was also noticed an increase in international collaboration, especially between Asian and European institutions. What stands out, however, is the rather small number of applied studies. The databases that were the basis of the research were Scopus and WOS, the articles published in the period 1992-2024 being analyzed. The bibliometric analysis was carried out with the help of the VOSviewer software, which allowed mapping the links established between authors, institutions, terms or publications, starting from the frequency of keywords, authors, citations and thematic clusters. The research led us to the conclusion that responsible conduct is an important element in ensuring ethics and academic integrity, this being proven by the interest that researchers have shown through its approach in various scientific researches, but we would find that there is still a need of a global and systematic approach to this concept, which could thus contribute to the creation of an ethical and transparent academic and scientific environment.

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