Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
Research Methods & Evaluation (General)
The Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics (JERHRE) publishes empirical research and reviews of empirical literature on human research ethics. Empirical knowledge translates ethical principles into procedures appropriate to specific cultures, contexts, and research topics.
JERHRE is the only journal in the field of human research ethics dedicated exclusively to empirical research. Its distinguished editorial and advisory board brings a range of expertise and international perspective to provide high-quality double-blind peer-reviewed original articles. Topics of recent articles include the following:
- Communication Issues: Recruitment; Informed consent; Deception; Relationships as a source of data; Community consultation and outreach; Language and meaning across cultures and contexts
- Acquisition and Use of Data: Privacy; Confidentiality; Uses of data : Privacy; Confidentiality; Uses of data
- Risk and Benefit: Risk, wrong and harm; Benefit, incentive, promise of social value; Risk/benefit assessment : Risk, wrong and harm; Benefit, incentive, promise of social value; Risk/benefit assessment
- Theory, Method and Design: Validity; Modeling; Equitable treatment of participants; Technology, efficiency and sampling; Beliefs about knowledge : Validity; Modeling; Equitable treatment of participants; Technology, efficiency and sampling; Beliefs about knowledge
- Other Influences on Research: Research ethics committees; Other institutional-governance influences; Perceptions that influence research; Taboo, questionable and controversial topics of research; Scientific integrity and responsibility; Ethics and politics; Government and agency regulations and policies; Human-research literacy; Education in the responsible conduct of research (RCR)
Institutions and their researchers share concern about the responsible conduct of research (RCR), but can experience difficulty finding common ground around the interpretation of ethical principles and regulations. JERHRE seeks to create collaboration among these stakeholders by stimulating research and disseminating knowledge to foster the intelligent application of ethical principles in research contexts worldwide.
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The basic aim of JERHRE is to improve ethical problem solving in human research. Stakeholders in human research grapple with conflict among various standards. Without evidence-based problem solving, many conflicts are unsatisfactorily settled by applying one-size-fits-all interpretation of principles or regulations, or resorting to anecdote as evidence for one or another interpretation. JERHRE creates collaboration among stakeholders, stimulates research, and disseminates knowledge to foster intelligent application of ethical principles in research contexts worldwide.
| Douglas Wassenaar | University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Joseph Ali | Johns Hopkins University, USA |
| Nicola Barsdorf | Stellenbosch University, South Africa |
| Elizabeth Buchanan | University of Wisconsin, Stout, USA |
| Susan Bull | University of Oxford, UK |
| Amy Corneli | Duke University School of Medicine, USA |
| Bridget Haire | University of New South Wales, Australia |
| Laura Machin | Lancaster Medical School, UK |
| Lindsay McNair | WIRB-Copernicus Group, USA |
| Paul Ndebele | George Washington University, USA |
| Camille Nebeker | University of California, San Diego, USA |
| Stuart Nicholls | University of Ottawa, Canada |
| Lisa Parker | University of Pittsburgh, USA |
| Stuart Rennie | University of North Carolina, USA |
| Gabrielle Samuel | King’s College, London, UK |
| Silke Schicktanz | University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany |
| Joan E. Sieber | California State University, East Bay, USA |
| Emma Tumilty | Deakin University, Australia |
| David Wendler | National Institutes of Health, USA |
| Heidi Matisonn | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Leslie Alexander | Bryn Mawr College, USA |
| Melissa Anderson | University of Minnesota, USA |
| Elizabeth Bankert | Dartmouth College, USA |
| Laura Beskow | Duke University, USA |
| Elizabeth Buchanan | University of Wisconsin, Stout, USA |
| Raymond DeVries | University of Michigan, USA |
| James M. DuBois | Saint Louis University, USA |
| Susan S. Fish | Boston University Medical Center, USA |
| Mark S. Frankel | American Association for the Advancement of Science, USA |
| Lainie Friedman Ross | University of Chicago, USA |
| Christine Grady | National Institutes of Health, USA |
| Adrian Guta | University of Windsor, Canada |
| Elizabeth Heitman | Vanderbilt University, USA |
| Tamer Hifnawy | Taibah University, Saudi Arabia |
| Richard Ittenbach | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA |
| Timothy P. Johnson | University of Minnesota, USA |
| James Kelly | Indiana University, USA |
| Scott Kim | National Institutes of Health, USA |
| Robert J. Levine | Yale University, USA |
| Charles W. Lidz | University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA |
| Kathleen MacQueen | FHI 360 |
| Amy McGuire | Baylor College of Medicine, USA |
| Elana Newman | University of Tulsa, USA |
| Eric Racine | Institut de Recherché Cliniques de Montreal, Canada |
| Jeffery Rodamar | |
| Henry J. Silverman | University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA |
| Holly Taylor | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA |
| David Wendler | National Institutes of Health, USA |
| Leslie Wolf | Georgia State University, USA |
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