{"id":6663,"date":"2025-10-06T08:39:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.alfaisal.edu\/?p=6663"},"modified":"2025-10-06T08:39:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:39:05","slug":"alfaisal-university-achieves-high-research-integrity-rating-under-the-new-ri%c2%b2-metric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.alfaisal.edu\/en\/alfaisal-university-achieves-high-research-integrity-rating-under-the-new-ri%c2%b2-metric\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfaisal University Achieves High Research Integrity Rating under the New RI\u00b2 Metric"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Riyadh, Saudi Arabia \u2014<\/strong>Alfaisal University has received strong recognition for its research integrity, earning a rating that meets international standards under the newly developed <strong>Research Integrity Risk Index (RI\u00b2)<\/strong> \u2014 the world\u2019s first empirically grounded, composite metric designed to identify and profile institutional-level risks to research integrity.<\/p>\n<p>Developed by <strong>Professor Lokman Meho (<\/strong><strong>\u0644\u0642\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u062d\u0651\u0648)<\/strong> at the <strong>American University of Beirut<\/strong>, the RI\u00b2 framework was created in response to mounting global concerns over how university ranking systems incentivize publication volume and citation counts at the expense of scholarly rigor and ethical research practices.<\/p>\n<p>According to the assessment, <strong>Alfaisal University<\/strong> demonstrated strong institutional safeguards, governance structures, and research culture aligned with international best practices in integrity and ethics. The University\u2019s RI\u00b2 rating reflects its ongoing commitment to fostering credible, responsible, and high-quality research that contributes meaningfully to scientific advancement and societal impact.<\/p>\n<p>Alfaisal University\u2019s recognition under the RI\u00b2 framework reinforces its position as a leading institution advancing research excellence with integrity \u2014 in alignment with Saudi Vision 2030\u2019s emphasis on quality, innovation, and ethical governance in higher education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riyadh, Saudi Arabia \u2014Alfaisal University has received strong recognition for its research integrity, earning a rating that meets international standards&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[134,19],"tags":[],"college-department":[],"class_list":["post-6663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","category-students"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alfaisal University Achieves High Research Integrity Rating under the New RI\u00b2 Metric - Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.alfaisal.edu\/en\/alfaisal-university-achieves-high-research-integrity-rating-under-the-new-ri%c2%b2-metric\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alfaisal University Achieves High Research Integrity Rating under the New RI\u00b2 Metric - Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Riyadh, Saudi Arabia \u2014Alfaisal University has received strong recognition for its research integrity, earning a rating that meets international standards...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/news.alfaisal.edu\/en\/alfaisal-university-achieves-high-research-integrity-rating-under-the-new-ri%c2%b2-metric\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-06T08:39:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news.alfaisal.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/432432-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"534\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Harshin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Harshin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.alfaisal.edu\\\/en\\\/alfaisal-university-achieves-high-research-integrity-rating-under-the-new-ri%c2%b2-metric\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.alfaisal.edu\\\/en\\\/alfaisal-university-achieves-high-research-integrity-rating-under-the-new-ri%c2%b2-metric\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Harshin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.alfaisal.edu\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/287caa76f4b08af044c781f938204bd0\"},\"headline\":\"Alfaisal University Achieves High Research Integrity Rating under the New RI\u00b2 Metric\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-06T08:39:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.alfaisal.edu\\\/en\\\/alfaisal-university-achieves-high-research-integrity-rating-under-the-new-ri%c2%b2-metric\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":187,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.alfaisal.edu\\\/en\\\/alfaisal-university-achieves-high-research-integrity-rating-under-the-new-ri%c2%b2-metric\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.alfaisal.edu\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/432432-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Office of Research &amp; 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