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Start the                 that change research practices
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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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Before you use a solution

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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Browse Solutions

Think. Check. Attend. Conference Checker

Knowledge E

Evaluates the legitimacy and transparency of academic conferences.

Entry updated Aug 2026

Think. Check. Submit. Journals Checklist

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

Helps researchers identify reliable journals for manuscript submission.

Entry updated Aug 2026

Tri-Agency Framework: Responsible Conduct of Research

CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research), NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada), SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada)

Sets out responsibilities for Canadian researchers and institutions, and the process for addressing breaches of agency policy.

Entry updated Aug 2026

VeriXiv

F1000

Hosts preprints of Gates Foundation-funded research, published after more than twenty ethics and integrity checks.

Entry updated Aug 2026

WebPlotDigitizer

Automeris

Extracts numerical data from images of charts and plots, for XY, bar, polar, ternary and map formats.

Entry updated Sep 2026

Think. Check. Submit. Books & Chapters Checklist

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

Helps researchers select trustworthy book publishers and avoid predatory ones.

Entry updated Aug 2026

Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines

COS (Center for Open Science)

Advances transparency through standards on research practices and reproducibility.

Entry updated Aug 2026

UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science

UNESCO

Defines open science and sets seven areas of action for member states, from policy and infrastructure to incentives.

Entry updated Aug 2026

WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform

WHO (World Health Organization)

Brings together clinical trial records from national and regional registries worldwide.

Entry updated Aug 2026

Zenodo

CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Shares and preserves research outputs across all disciplines.

Entry updated Aug 2026

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