Lukaševičienė, Vilma https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8277-7603
Aliukonis, Vygintas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-6161
Gefenas, Eugenijus https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5004-3322
Lekstutienė, Jūratė https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2605-2389
Ladikas, Miltos https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7958-8975
Shaw, David https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8180-6927
Proske, Daniela https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3950-5907
Funding for this research was provided by:
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (101058587)
Article History
Received: 28 May 2025
Accepted: 15 December 2025
First Online: 21 January 2026
Declarations
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: The web-based anonymous survey of research ethics experts on research ethics governance did not fall within the scope of human research that requires REC approval by Lithuanian law. Therefore, approval from REC was not obtained. Only anonymized data were collected, and informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their completion of the questionnaire.
: The paper was written as part of the EU-funded project IRECS (Improving Research Ethics Committee Support) . The authors have no competing interests to declare beyond the academic funding of the study that are relevant to the content of this article.