Objective：In recent years, many academic journals of medical societies require approval from the institutional review board when submitting a research paper. This study clarified whether the journals of academic societies in Japan that are registered in the fields of humanities and social sciences require the consideration of research ethics and approval by the institutional review board as submission conditions.
Methods：We extracted academic societies in the following fields from the registered academic societies in the “Academic Society Directory” prepared by the Science Council of Japan between April and September 2021. It is an academic society that registers the fields of humanities and social sciences excluding philosophy and history, and the
fields of environmental studies, informatics, and comprehensive engineering, which are also boundary areas. In total,1117 academic societies were extracted and 1076 academic societies that disclose information on journals were analyzed.
Results：As a result, 153 academic societies（ 14.2％） mentioned ethics regarding the protection of the rights of study subjects. When examined by field, 96 groups were in psycho-education and 36.1％ of the groups listed it, but in other fields, it was listed by less than 10％of the entire field. Thirty-nine academic societies（ 3.6％） cited “ethical guidelines for medical and health research involving human subjects” as research ethical guidelines and 111 academic societies（10.3％） cited their own ethical guidelines. The ethical guidelines set by the academic societies were mostly in the
psychological and educational fields, and 69 academic societies accounted for 25.9％ of the total fields. Forty-two academic societies（ 3.9％） required approval by the research ethics committee for submission. This was common in psychology and education. There were 20 organizations, which accounted for 7.5％ of the total fields. In other fields, those requiring approval accounted for only 2.0 to 4.3％ of the total in each field.
Conclusions：Interdisciplinary academic societies often respond based on medical research ethics guidelines.
However, there is a possibility that behavioral science societies other than medical sciences are strengthening research ethics in conjunction with international movements. The necessity of an institutional review board is increasing. It will also be necessary to develop a system in which examination is beneficial to research rather than a hindrance.
雑誌名
放送大学研究年報
巻
39
ページ
1 - 6
発行年
2022-03-25
出版者
放送大学
ISSN
0911-4505
書誌レコードID
AN10019636
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