https://publications.coventry.ac.uk/index.php/jorma/issue/feed 2026-01-18T15:37:11+00:00 Simon Kerridge s.r.kerridge@kent.ac.uk Open Journal Systems <p>The <em><strong>Journal of Research Management and Administration</strong></em> is an international peer reviewed aimed at those interested in the management of research in any sector or organization. We publish articles, essays, and papers covering all aspects of research management and administration. <em>JoRMA </em>is an open access journal published by Coventry University.</p> <p>JoRMA welcomes submissions on topics relevant to RMA - the management and administration of research and innovation, namely: s<span style="font-size: 0.875rem;">trategy and policy; g</span><span style="font-size: 0.875rem;">overnance, management and leadership; i</span><span style="font-size: 0.875rem;">nformation systems, processes, procedures and administrative systems; f</span><span style="font-size: 0.875rem;">inance and compliance; r</span><span style="font-size: 0.875rem;">esearcher development; c</span><span style="font-size: 0.875rem;">ommunication, impact, and enterprise; r</span><span style="font-size: 0.875rem;">esponsible research and innovation, and research integrity; c</span><span style="font-size: 0.875rem;">areer progression for researchers and research-related professionals; e</span><span style="font-size: 0.875rem;">quality, diversity, inclusion, and research culture; o</span><span style="font-size: 0.875rem;">pen research, open science, open access, open innovation; a</span><span style="font-size: 0.875rem;">ssessment &amp; evaluation; and p</span><span style="font-size: 0.875rem;">artnerships and collaborations.</span></p> https://publications.coventry.ac.uk/index.php/jorma/article/view/1285 2025-09-01T16:34:14+00:00 Malcolm Townes malcolm.townes@att.net

<table width="605"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="180"> <p>What is new?</p> </td> <td width="425"> <p>Trends in university technology transfer practices in the United States of America and proposed modifications to U.S. public policy underscore the need for validated instruments to assess the maturity of technologies. The NASA TRL scale appears to be the most widely adopted instrument for measuring technology maturity but anecdotal testimony from university technology transfer practitioners and evidence in the literature indicate that the NASA TRL scale poses challenges in its use, is likely subject to idiosyncratic variation, and has not been thoroughly validated.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="180"> <p>What was the approach?</p> </td> <td width="425"> <p>Content analysis was used to develop a generalized TRL (GTRL) scale to demonstrate that the NASA TRL scale can be modified and generalized in a way that increases its practicality and minimizes idiosyncratic variation both within and across contexts. A pilot study to assess its content validity, intra-rater reliability, and inter-rater reliability was performed to determine whether standard approaches for validating measurement instruments can be applied to validate the GTRL scale.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="180"> <p>What is the academic impact?</p> </td> <td width="425"> <p>The findings of the study suggest that the GTRL scale has promise as a potentially more useful measurement instrument for technology transfer practitioners than the traditional NASA TRL scale, demonstrate the viability of a methodology for evaluating its validity and reliability, highlight areas where the GTRL scale can be improved, and reveal potential methodological issues that researchers may encounter when conducting validity and reliability studies of the GTRL scale as well as strategies for coping with those challenges.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="180"> <p>What is the wider impact?</p> </td> <td width="425"> <p>The modifications and generalizations of the NASA TRL scale, as represented in the GTRL scale, have the potential to improve university technology transfer practices. With a valid and reliable measurement instrument, university technology transfer practitioners will be able to better determine how much a given technology needs to be matured and provide better guidance to university researchers. This will also enable practitioners to better allocate scarce resources.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

2026-01-18T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Malcolm Townes https://publications.coventry.ac.uk/index.php/jorma/article/view/1371 2025-12-10T11:35:06+00:00 Amber van den Akker avda21@bath.ac.uk Elizabeth McGill Elizabeth.McGill@lshtm.ac.uk Nason Maani Nason.maani@ed.ac.uk Nancy Karreman nak34@cam.ac.uk Alice Fabbri af987@bath.ac.uk Jeff Collin jeff.collin@ed.ac.uk Anna Gilmore abcg20@bath.ac.uk

<table width="605"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="180"> <p>What is new?</p> </td> <td width="425"> <p>Conflicts of interest in public health research are often addressed through disclosure alone, which is insufficient to protect research integrity. This paper reflects on the process of developing and implementing a conflict of interest policy for a complex, multi-institutional and multi-sector research consortium.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="180"> <p>What was the approach?</p> </td> <td width="425"> <p>The research uses a reflective case study approach, drawing on documents and reflexive notes to document the development and implementation of a COI policy in a research consortium on the commercial determinants of health.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="180"> <p>What is the academic impact?</p> </td> <td width="425"> <p>The paper identifies practical steps and considerations for managing conflicts of interest in complex collaborative research settings, reflecting on key questions and challenges encountered during this process. It details an empirically grounded framework for governing conflicts of interest in research and advances understanding of how such policies can be operationalised in practice.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="180"> <p>What is the wider impact?</p> </td> <td width="425"> <p>The paper offers actionable guidance on designing and embedding conflict of interest policies in complex collaborations, supporting more robust research governance and helping to safeguard the integrity of public health research.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

2026-03-02T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Amber van den Akker, Elizabeth McGill, Nason Maani, Nancy Karreman, Alice Fabbri, Jeff Collin, Anna Gilmore https://publications.coventry.ac.uk/index.php/jorma/article/view/1379 2025-12-23T02:06:46+00:00 Bor Luen Tang bchtbl@nus.edu.sg

<table width="605"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="180"> <p>What is new?</p> </td> <td width="425"> <p>Behavioral misconduct (BM), felonious or abusive acts within research settings, are often by definition segregated from research misconduct (RM); with the latter confined to instances of fabrication, falsification or plagiarism (FFP). Some have called for BM in research settings to be included under RM, and even papers coauthored by perpetrators of BM to be retracted. However, this notion is confounded by an apparent lack of a direct link between acts in BM with research integrity violation (i.e. the authenticity, veracity, and reproducibility of research data and publications).</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="180"> <p>What was the approach?</p> </td> <td width="425"> <p>Here, I posit that even if BM might not be considered RM, suspicions of the latter would arise from confirmation of the former for at least two reasons.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="180"> <p>What is the academic impact?</p> </td> <td width="425"> <p>Firstly, BM might be linked to personality and organizational deficiencies that are also important for RM. Secondly, abusive and exploitative behaviors by people in power tend to promote RM. As such, confirmation of cases of BM in research should prompt suspicions if not preliminary inquiries into possible RM.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="180"> <p>What is the wider impact?</p> </td> <td width="425"> <p>BM and RM erode discipline and trust in academia. Realising that these transgressions are plausibly connected or could co-occur with or around a perpetrator of either forms of misconduct is important. Investigations could then be conducted, with sanctions delivered, in a more thorough and effective manner.</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

2026-03-17T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Bor Luen Tang