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European Network for Academic Integrity (ENAI)

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Assessment tool that helps institutions evaluate and improve academic integrity policies and practices.

Academic Integrity Self-Evaluation Tool

University of Minnesota Department of Applied Economics and University Libraries

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Repository offering open access to scholarly research in Agricultural and Applied Economics.

AgEcon Search

Cornell University

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Repository for preprints in Physics, Mathematics, and related fields, supporting open dissemination.

ArXiv

Leiden University Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Crossref, SIRIS Foundation

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Commitment for organizations to make openness the default for research information, support open systems and sustainable infrastructures, and enable collective action toward transparency.

Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information

Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (Ibict)

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Platform aggregating Open Access scientific outputs from Brazil and Portugal (including articles, theses, books, preprints, and datasets) into a single interface, promoting visibility and interoperability.

Brazilian Open Access Publications and Scientific Data Portal (Oasisbr)

University of Oxford

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Catalogue that identifies and explains biases affecting the validity of health research.

Catalogue of Bias

U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)

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Registry providing public access to clinical study protocols, eligibility criteria, and results.

ClinicalTrials.gov

Community-Led Initiative

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Guideline library offering open-source tutorials for conducting post-publication peer review.

Collection of Open Science Integrity Guides (COSIG)

Tricky Goose Training

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Discussion primer for ethics reviewers to explore complex scenarios in participant consent evaluation.

Consent Primer for Ethics Reviewers

Deutsche Initiative für Netzwerkinformation (DINI)

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Recognition system establishing quality standards for Open Access publication services and repositories, addressing metadata, legal compliance, interoperability, accessibility, and sustainability.

DINI Certificate for Open Access Repositories and Publication Services

Data Preservation Alliance for the Social Sciences (Data-PASS)

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Repository that archives and preserves Social Sciences research data, with a shared catalog for access and replicated preservation across partner institutions.

Data-PASS

DOAB Foundation

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Catalogue indexing peer-reviewed open access books to improve visibility and discoverability.

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)

Jisc

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Catalogue listing global repositories offering unrestricted access to academic research outputs.

Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR)

Community-Led Initiative

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Repository for Earth Sciences preprints supporting open dissemination with DOI assignment and versioning.

EarthArXiv

Community-Led Initiative

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Repository enabling education researchers to share preprints and working papers openly.

EdArXiv

EMBL European Bioinformatics Institute

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Platform offering access to Life Sciences literature linked to data, protocols, and reviews.

Europe PMC

Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training (FORRT)

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Catalogue of crowdsourced findings from replication studies aimed at documenting replication attempts across scientific fields and supporting research on replicability.

FORRT Replication Database (FReD)

Open Science Learning GATE, Miller International Knowledge

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Platform for collection of insights on Open Science practices in educational content, supporting authors in reflection, adaptation, and increased visibility of their materials.

GATE Service

GitHub, Inc.

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Platform for collaborative development, version control, and sharing of open-source projects.

GitHub

Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training (FORRT)

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Glossary providing clear definitions to support understanding and communication around open scholarship, especially for newcomers, students, and educators.

Glossary of Open Scholarship Terms

Tricky Goose Training

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Discussion primer that supports institutions in designing efficient human ethics training.

Human Ethics Menu

Science Integrity Alliance (SIA)

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Platform transforming research integrity education through storytelling and visualization, continuously updated by community input to ensure relevance and quality.

LEARN

Bristol Medical School

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Catalogue of assessment tools for evaluating study quality in evidence syntheses.

Latitudes Network Library

Center for Open Science (COS)

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Transparent model of scholarly communication that places publishing and evaluation in the control of the scholarly community. As a Diamond Open Access journal fostering openness, rigor, credibility, and self-correction, Lifecycle Journal enables various research outputs to be shared and evaluated in all stages of the research lifecycle.

Lifecycle Journal

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL)

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Repository for preprints in health sciences, enabling early sharing and access to findings.

MedRxiv

ORCID, Inc.

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Platform providing unique, persistent identifiers for researchers, enabling transparent connections between individuals and their contributions and affiliations through an open, interoperable identifier system.

ORCID

Forum for Open Research in MENA (F.O.R.M.)

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Glossary standardizing Arabic terms for Open Science to support regional implementation.

Open Science Arabic-English Glossary

Center for Open Science (COS)

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Open-source platform to manage, share, and publish research outputs—from documenting study designs and planning methods, through data collection and analysis, to final publication and dissemination.

Open Science Framework

WordPress Foundation

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Catalogue of openly licensed images and audio across multiple sources.

Openverse

UK EQUATOR Centre

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Guideline specifying key items for reporting systematic review and meta-analysis protocols.

PRISMA-P 2015

Community-Led Initiative

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Repository for Paleontology preprints and published papers, with options to link data and code.

PaleorXiv

Community-Led Initiative

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Assessment tool that checks scientific manuscripts for errors, inconsistencies, and compliance.

PaperCheck

Tricky Goose Training

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Discussion primer to guide meaningful conversations on peer review within research teams.

Peer Review Primer

Transnational Alliance for Regenerative Therapies In Cardiovascular Syndromes (TACTICS)

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Registry for preclinical animal studies offering options for embargoes and anonymous registration.

Preclinicaltrials.eu

Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS)

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Repository for preprints in Psychological Sciences, supporting open and early dissemination.

PsyArXiv

PubPeer Foundation

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Platform enabling post-publication peer review and open commentary on published research.

PubPeer

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Purdue University Libraries

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Registry of research data repositories across disciplines supporting open data practices.

Re3data.org

Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC)

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Platform for reproducible research, enabling secure collaboration with data and code.

Renku

Crossref, DataCite, California Digital Library (CDL)

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Platform that provides open, persistent identifiers for research organizations to support the disambiguation of institutional affiliations and seamless integration across scholarly infrastructure.

Research Organization Registry (ROR)

Tricky Goose Training

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Discussion primer examining how researchers are evaluated across outputs, teaching, and service.

Researcher Assessment Primer

Elsevier

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Repository for preprints and working papers across disciplines to support global dissemination.

SSRN

UK EQUATOR Centre

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Guideline providing standards for reporting observational studies in Epidemiology.

STROBE 2007

SciELO Network

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Platform supporting cooperative Open Access publishing for journals across sixteen countries, with integrated search portal for articles, preprints, books, and research data.

Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO)

University of Maryland

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Repository for Social Science preprints, supporting open access and linking data and code.

SocArXiv

Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), Association of University Presses (AUP), Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), ISSN International Centre, Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche – Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER), OAPEN Foundation, Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), International Association of STM Publishers (STM), UKSG

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Assessment tool guiding researchers in selecting trustworthy book publishers and avoiding predatory practices.

Think. Check. Submit. Books & Chapters Checklist

Center for Open Science (COS)

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Guideline advancing transparency through standards on research practices and reproducibility.

Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines

CERN

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Platform for sharing and preserving research outputs across all disciplines.

Zenodo

Access 2 Perspectives, UbuntuNet Alliance

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Repository for African research outputs, including manuscripts, datasets, code, and multimedia content.

AfricArXiv

CABI

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Repository for Agricultural Science preprints, providing open access and long-term preservation.

AgriRxiv

University of Pennsylvania Wharton Credibility Lab

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Registry where researchers preregister studies by answering a standardized set of nine questions.

AsPredicted

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL)

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Repository for preprints in the Life Sciences, allowing immediate sharing and community feedback.

BioRxiv

UK EQUATOR Centre

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Guideline improving the reporting of randomized trials through a standardized item checklist.

CONSORT 2025

Creative Commons

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Guideline tool that helps researchers select appropriate Creative Commons licenses for their work.

Choose a License for Your Work

European Science Foundation (ESF)

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Commitment to reforming research assessment by promoting qualitative evaluation and responsible use of metrics.

Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA)

Free our Knowledge

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Commitment to adopting diamond open access publishing in Cognitive Science through collective researcher action.

Collective Action In Science Diamond

Community-Led Initiative

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Software for building and analyzing causal diagrams to support study design and interpretation.

DAGitty

California Digital Library (CDL)

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Software that guides researchers in preparing data management plans aligned with funder requirements.

DMP Tool

American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

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Commitment to improving research evaluation by discouraging reliance on journal-based metrics.

Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)

DOAJ Foundation

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Catalogue of high-quality open access journals that meet transparency and peer review standards.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Electrochemical Society (ECS)

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Repository for preprints in Electrochemistry and Solid-State Science to accelerate knowledge exchange.

ECSarXiv

Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (ZBW)

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Repository for Economics and Business research offering open access to working papers, journal articles, and conference papers.

EconStor

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

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Guideline outlining ethical standards and responsibilities for reviewers across disciplines.

Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers

University of Oxford

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Catalogue of standards, databases and policies organized by domain, project, or organization to facilitate discovery of related data management resources.

FAIRsharing Collections

Digital Science

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Platform for sharing, preserving, and managing diverse research outputs with DOIs.

Figshare.com

Quantfish

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Course introducing fundamental concepts in R programming for statistical analysis and visualization.

Gentle Introduction to R

European Network for Academic Integrity (ENAI)

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Glossary defining academic integrity terms across multiple languages to support education and policy.

Glossary for Academic Integrity

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

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Guideline offering practical advice for addressing authorship roles and resolving conflicts.

How to Handle Authorship Disputes: A Guide for New Researchers

Quantfish

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Course introducing basic concepts and steps for mixture modeling using the Mplus software.

Introduction to Mixture Modeling with Mplus

RedCLARA

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Platform enabling Open Access to research outputs across Latin America and Spain.

Latin American Network for Open Science (LA Referencia)

Quantfish

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Course offering an introduction to latent variable modeling using the lavaan R package.

Lavaan for Beginners

Science Integrity Alliance (SIA)

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Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-Research and Open Science (AIMOS), Research on Research Institute (RoRI)

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Platform for open peer review and rapid dissemination of meta-research.

MetaROR

Jisc

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Platform offering clear summaries of Open Access policies for journals, books, and funders, with tools for compliance checking and transitional agreement look-up.

Open Policy Finder

Center for Open Science (COS)

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Recognition system incentivizing transparency by awarding badges to publications that share data, materials, or preregistrations, visibly signaling openness to readers.

Open Science Badges

Road 2 Openness

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Assessment tool enabling institutions to evaluate and advance Open Science practices.

Open Science Self Assessment - DE/EN

UK EQUATOR Centre

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Guideline enhancing transparency in systematic reviews of health and other interventions.

PRISMA 2020

UMC Utrecht Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care

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Assessment tool for evaluating prediction models, including those using regression, AI, or other methods.

PROBAST+AI

Tricky Goose Training

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Discussion primer for interactive workshops addressing fraudulent publishing by paper mills.

Paper Mills Primer

Community-Led Initiative

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Platform for post-publication peer review that allows researchers to rate and review scientific papers.

Paperstars

Free our Knowledge

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Commitment to making accepted manuscripts freely accessible to promote open access in Linguistics.

Postprint Pledge for Linguistics

Community-Led Initiative

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Assessment tool for detecting suspicious articles using automated content analysis.

Problematic Paper Screener

U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)

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Catalogue offering searchable access to millions of biomedical and life sciences citations.

PubMed

Free our Knowledge

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Commitment to publicly sharing peer reviews alongside preprints to increase transparency and accountability in research.

Publish Your Reviews

University of Southampton School of Electronics and Computer Science

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Catalogue indexing a wide range of open access repositories, including research, data, publication, and institutional platforms, to track the global development of open access.

Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR)

Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)

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Software supporting customizable and machine-actionable data management plans for researchers.

Research Data Management Organiser (RDMO)

Community-Led Initiative

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Platform for disseminating Economics research via a global network of contributors.

Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)

UK EQUATOR Centre

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Guideline outlining essential items for reporting protocols of randomized clinical trials.

SPIRIT 2025

UK EQUATOR Centre

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Guideline for improving the reporting quality of diagnostic accuracy studies.

STARD 2015

Quantfish

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Course introducing simulation-based approaches to design studies using Mplus software.

Sample Size Planning with Mplus

eLife

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Platform curating peer-reviewed preprints from scientific communities and groups.

Sciety

Knowledge E

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Assessment tool to evaluate the legitimacy and transparency of academic conferences.

Think. Check. Attend. Conference Checker

Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), Association of University Presses (AUP), Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), ISSN International Centre, Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche – Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER), OAPEN Foundation, Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), International Association of STM Publishers (STM), UKSG

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Assessment tool helping researchers identify reliable academic journals for manuscript submission.

Think. Check. Submit. Journals Checklist

World Health Organization (WHO)

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Registry providing centralized access to global clinical trial data via partner registries.

WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform

Corporation for Digital Scholarship

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Software for managing references, organizing research materials, and generating citations.

Zotero

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