Annex 1 – Actions and measures relevant to research integrity matched to the UK Concordat

The present dataset is an Annex to the Discussion Document entitled “Indicators of Research Integrity: An initial exploration of the landscape, opportunities and challenges”. 

It consists in a longlist of actions and measures that organisations may put in place to support research integrity, building on a set of documents that we considered to represent the perspectives of the stakeholder groups mentioned in the UK Concordat to Support Research Integrity, including: 

researchers;  

employers of researchers (i.e. bodies that conduct or host research; employ, support or host researchers; teach research students; or allow research to be carried out under their auspices);  

research funders; and  

other organisations (e.g. professional, statutory and regulatory bodies; academies and learned societies; professional and subject-specific representative bodies; journals and publishers; and organisations offering advice, guidance and support). 

The table below provides an overview of the documents covered in the dataset. It should be noted that our selection of documents is not meant to imply that other efforts are of lesser importance: it is only a starting point for discussion and seeks to represent a breadth of stakeholder views. 

Document 

Lead 

Main perspective(s) 

UKRIO Self-Assessment Tool for The Concordat to Support Research Integrity 

UK Research Integrity Office (UKRIO) 

Employers of researchers 

The Hong Kong Principles for assessing researchers: Fostering research integrity 

Moher et al. (academic article) 

Researchers, Employers of researchers, Research funders 

Research integrity: a landscape study 

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Vitae, UK Research Integrity Office (UKRIO), UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) 

All stakeholders 

What Researchers Think About the Culture They Work In 

Wellcome 

Researchers, Employers of researchers, Research funders 

The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity 

All European Academies (ALLEA) 

All stakeholders 

Handbook on Research Integrity  

European Network for Research Ethics and Integrity (ENERI) 

Researchers, Employers of researchers, Research funders 

Guideline for Promoting Research Integrity in Research Funding Organisations 

Standard Operating Procedures for Research Integrity (SOPs4RI) 

Research funders 

Guideline for Promoting Research Integrity in Research Performing Organisations 

Standard Operating Procedures for Research Integrity (SOPs4RI) 

Employers of researchers 

Cooperation between research institutions and journals on research integrity cases: guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics 

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) 

Publishers and Employers of researchers 

COPE Retraction Guidelines 

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) 

Publishers 

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