To all researchers
All researchers affiliated with Kyushu University are required to promote
proper research activities. Misconduct cannot be justified for any reason, as
it not only threatens the researcher’s livelihood, but could shake publicconfidence in the University and the government.
This guide explains the behavioral criteria required toensure ethical research activities. Please read the guidecarefully to prevent misconduct resulting frommisunderstandings, and to understand how to conduct
ethical research activities.
April 2021
Hisaeda Yoshio,
Executive Vice President in Charge of ResearchConsultation Window for Promoting
Proper Research Activities
Secretariat: Research Planning Division, Research and Industrial
Collaboration Promotion Department
TEL.092-802-2323 E-mail kenkyurinri@jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Department: Administration Oﬃce of each department※ Please refer to the following website for contact information for each department’s

administration office and the University’s initiatives to promote proper research activities.

[Promotion of proper research activities]

http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ja/research/ethics/propulsion/

Consultation Window for Research Fund Use
Secretariat: Finance and Planning Division, Finance Department
TEL.092-802-2337 E-mail zassyosa@jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Department: Administration Oﬃce of each department※ Please refer to the following website for contact information for each department’s

administration office and related information on using research funds.

[Related information on using research funds]

http://kenkyuhi-in.jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ (on-campus use only)

Reporting Window for Misconduct in Research Activities andInformation on Research Fund Misuse
On-campus：Legal Aﬀairs and Compliance Division
TEL.092-802-6648 E-mail tuho@jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Oﬀ-campus：Meinohama Law OﬃceTEL.092-894-1781 E-mail mei-lf＠kdt.biglobe.ne.jp

Consultation Window for Conf lict of Interest
Industrial Collaboration Promotion Division,
Research and Industrial Collaboration Promotion Department
TEL.092-802-5065 E-mail sosrenkei@jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp

False Compensation (Payment/Salary)This refers to a researcher submitting false documents (such as attendance sheets)to the University in order to have the University pay compensation(payment/salary), although the described work has not actually been done. Even incases where a payment is properly made based on actual work done, any
misappropriation where a part or all of the payment is reclaimed by a lab isconsidered to be misconduct.

Example:A researcher claims payments under the pretense of paying a student
under his/her instructions for data entry work that was actually doneby the researcher himself/herself.

Bogus Business Trips
and Padded Travel Expenses
This refers to a researcher submitting false documents (such as a business travelreport) for a trip that was never made, and ﬁling a claim for travel expenses basedon this falsehood. Padded travel expense charges are also considered misconduct,
if unnecessary travel expenses are claimed.

Example:Despite cancelling the business trip, a researcher fraudulently claims
and obtains travel expenses for it by submitting a false travel report.

Fictitious Orders, Tampering withDocuments and Deposited Money
This refers to a researcher submitting ﬁctitious documents (such as invoices) in orderto have the University pay for them, although no such goods were actuallydelivered. In addition to this, tampering with documents in ways such as changing
order items from the actual delivery items and having a supplier manage the money
brought in by ﬁctitious orders of goods also constitute misconduct.

Example:A researcher conspires with a supplier to place a fictitious order, andhas the University pay for a delivery that was never completed.

※ In addition to the above, the following behaviors constitute misuse of research funds:
use of research funds for a purpose other than that they were intended for, whether
by intention or due to gross negligence, or use in violation of the contents oraccompanying conditions of the decision to provide the research funds.

Caution regarding research paper submission

For Proper Use of Research Funds

In recent years, there has been a problem with the existence of malicious
journals that aim to earn APC of Open Access without conducting proper peer
review and quality control to be considered academic journals.

Kyushu University provides researchers with “Research Funding Handbook.”
This handbook describes the rules of research fund use and management foruniversity staff, and attempts to make such rules as easy as possible to understand.
The objective is to prevent misuse of research funds resulting from insufficientunderstanding of accounting procedures.

The method of publishing a paper should be determined by each researcher at
his/her own risk. However, since the selection of an easy-to-publish journal
may cause doubts about the research results of the researcher, carefulconsideration is required in how to release research results, for example, by
checking the journal’s registration in a treatise database (Scopus etc.)

http://kenkyuhi-in.jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp/handbook/handbook_en.pdf（on-campus use only）