Publications
Annual Report
Every year, NPOF issues an Annual Report at the behest of the Government.
The purpose of the Report is to help spread knowledge about:
- NPOF’s research misconduct investigations
- breaches of good research practice examined by entities responsible for research
- steps taken by these entities in response to these breaches.
Through our Annual Report, we seek to raise awareness of good research practice and its implications in the world at large. Our ultimate aim is to induce entities responsible for research to treat like cases alike.
The Report’s target readers are research clients and entities responsible for research, the research community and the interested public in general.
2024 – Annual Report
The Board received 32 cases.
The Board made decisions in 42 cases.
The board found researchers guilty of misconduct in 11 cases.
8 decisions have been appealed to the Administrative Court in 2024. A total of 39 decisions have been appealed since 2020.
Sweden’s higher education institutions (HEIs) state that they have examined 50 other deviations from good research practice, of which 10 were considered to be deviations.
2023 – Annual Report
The Board received 36 cases.
The Board reached decisions in 46 cases.
The Board found researchers guilty of misconduct in 9 cases.
12 decisions have been appealed to the Administrative Court in 2023. A total of 31 decisions have been appealed since 2020.
Sweden’s higher education institutions (HEIs) state that they have examined 24 other deviations from good research practice, of which 4 were considered to be deviations.
2022 – Annual Report
The Board received 47 cases.
The Board reached decisions in 40 cases.
The Board found researchers guilty of misconduct in 7 cases.
Sweden’s higher education institutions (HEIs) state that they have examined 22 other deviations from good research practice, of which 3 were considered to be deviations.
Other research principals (such as governmental agencies or independent higher education providers) have received 2 reports of suspected other deviations from good research practice, but both were rejected.
2021 – Annual Report
The Board received 40 cases.
The Board reached decisions in 25 cases.
The Board found researchers guilty of misconduct in two cases.
Sweden’s higher education institutions (HEIs) have improved their communication and routines as a result of the Board’s decisions.
Of the 31 HEIs, 14 state that they have investigated 22 other breaches of good research practice.
Five cases have concerned other breaches of good research practice.
2020 – Annual Report
The Board received 46 cases.
The Board reached decisions in 25 cases.
Cases of various kinds.
The Board found researchers guilty of misconduct in four cases.
Of the 31 state HEIs, 22 say they have not examined any breaches of good research practice.
