Research Development in Indonesia: Ethics Committee in Open Science and Collaboration Era

Abstract

This study aimed to find out the understanding of lecturers or researchers in Indonesia about the research ethics and distribution of research ethics committees in Indonesia. The study used survey method based on the online questionnaire. The sample of the study were 160 lecturer and researcher in Indonesia. Data collection was conducted in March 2018 then analyzed descriptively, and classification of information based on related themes such as research ethics and research ethics committee. The majority of lecturers or researchers at various universities in Indonesia have understood and considered about the importance of research ethics committees, even though there were still misconceptions about duties and functions of it. The number of research ethics committees in Indonesia was still small, and the majority only exists in the western part of Indonesia. Furthermore, the disruptive innovation and industrial revolution 4.0 era expose a new tendency for the research world, namely open science and collaboration, which requires the ethical research guidance and as well as the necessity of its governance by 21st-century developments.