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Better Research Practices Rarely Stay with One Team. A clearer protocol, a shared dataset, a checklist someone actually uses: each one ripples out to the next collaborator, the next lab, the next field.

The Research Integrity in Practice Library (RIPL) brings together solutions you can use at no cost, drawn from the SIA Partner Network and the wider research integrity community worldwide. Solutions come in four kinds, color-coded to match the cards below.

Repository

Catalog

Registry

Collections

Software

Assessment

Review Venue

Platform

Tools

Course

Glossary

Guideline

Learning Resource

Discussion Primer

Knowledge

Commitment

Recognition System

Pledges

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We list these to help you find options worth considering, not to endorse them. Some solutions are free outright, and others offer a free tier. A free tier may limit features or usage, so check that a solution suits your needs and confirm its current availability, terms, and any licensing requirements with the provider.​

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Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice (DFG Code of Conduct)

DFG (German Research Foundation)

Sets out 19 guidelines for good research practice, binding on institutions that receive DFG funding.

Entry updated Aug 2026

Health Icons

Resolve to Save Lives

Provides health and medical icons for figures, slides and apps.

Entry updated Aug 2026

How to Handle Authorship Disputes: A Guide for New Researchers

COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)

Offers practical advice for addressing authorship roles and resolving conflicts.

Entry updated Aug 2026

Human Ethics Menu

Tricky Training

Supports institutions in designing efficient human ethics training.

Entry updated Aug 2026

IRB Compliance Explorer

RD Research Services

Indexes policies, procedures, checklists and consent templates from 25+ US university Institutional Review Boards (IRBs).

Entry updated Aug 2026

Harvard Dataverse

Harvard University Institute for Quantitative Social Science

Deposits and shares research data and code across all subjects, with metadata, versioning and a citable DOI.

Entry updated Sep 2026

Hong Kong Principles

WCRIF (World Conferences on Research Integrity Foundation)

Sets five principles for assessing researchers on behaviors that strengthen research integrity.

Entry updated Aug 2026

How to Recognise Potential Authorship Problems

COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics)

Flags warning signs of ghost, guest and gift authorship for editors, with best practice for preventing authorship disputes.

Entry updated Aug 2026

ICMJE Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals

ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors)

Sets out standards for authorship, conflict of interest, peer review, and reporting in medical journals.

Entry updated Aug 2026

Infra Finder

Invest in Open Infrastructure

Indexes open infrastructure services for research and compares them by governance, policies, technical attributes and business model.

Entry updated Aug 2026

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