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Start the                 that change research practices

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 no-cost solutions that start those ripples, 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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Data-PASS

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

Archives and preserves Social Sciences research data across partner institutions.

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)

DOAB Foundation

Indexes peer-reviewed, open-access books to improve their visibility.

Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR)

Jisc

Lists global repositories offering unrestricted access to research outputs.

EarthArXiv

Community-Led Initiative

Hosts Earth Sciences preprints with DOI assignment and versioning.

EdArXiv

Community-Led Initiative

Hosts preprints and working papers in education research.

Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)

American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

Improves research evaluation by discouraging reliance on journal-based metrics.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

DOAJ Foundation

Indexes open access journals that meet transparency and peer review standards.

ECSarXiv

Electrochemical Society (ECS)

Hosts preprints in Electrochemistry and Solid-State Science.

EconStor

Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (ZBW)

Hosts Economics and Business working papers, articles and conference papers.

Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Sets out ethical standards and responsibilities for reviewers across disciplines.

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