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The collection of resources below provide tools, guidance, and related materials in various subject matter areas related to research integrity and the responsible conduct of research.  (Use the drop-down menus below to select particular areas with available resources and to filter those resources by type, such as funding/regulatory agency guidance.)

Please note that this collection is not intended to present an exhaustive list of such resources or to indicate institutional endorsement of the content or recommendations from external sources. However, these sources of information may be helpful in identifying best practices, general principles, or tools that can be modified for application within a specific scholarly discipline or area of research.

This page will be continuously updated. Suggestions for additional resources can be sent to rcr@umd.edu.

Special announcement: UMD is now an institutional partner of the Open Science Framework (OSF), an online research management and collaboration platform from the Center for Open Science that enables researchers to easily manage a project throughout its lifecycle and collaborate with others across institutions. Use of the OSF system also makes research outputs and data more transparent, discoverable, and reusable. UMD researchers can log into the new OSF portal with their university credentials at https://osf.umd.edu.

Authorship and Publication

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EPA - Scientific Integrity: Best Practices for Designating Authorship Funder / Regulatory Agency Resources and Guidance
NIH - General Guidelines for Authorship Contributions Funder / Regulatory Agency Resources and Guidance
NIH- Processes for Authorship Dispute Resolution Funder / Regulatory Agency Resources and Guidance
Office of Research Integrity (ORI) Resources (authorship and publication) Funder / Regulatory Agency Resources and Guidance
ORI Guidance (Image Processing) Funder / Regulatory Agency Resources and Guidance
Division of Research Guidance Institutional Resources and Guidance
Graduate School Co-Authorship Guidance Institutional Resources and Guidance
Integrated Research Resources on Campus (IRRoC) Institutional Resources and Guidance
American Psychological Association Guidance Other Resources and Guidance
APA Authorship Determination Checklist / Scorecard Other Resources and Guidance
APA Template Authorship Agreement Other Resources and Guidance
APA Template publication / presentation Agreement Other Resources and Guidance
Authorship Standards, Practices and Policies, by Journal Other Resources and Guidance
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidance Other Resources and Guidance
COPE Discussion Document: Predatory Publishing Other Resources and Guidance
COPE How to handle authorship disputes: a guide for new researchers Other Resources and Guidance
ICMJE Recommendations for the Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals Other Resources and Guidance
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Guidance Other Resources and Guidance
Understanding Text Recycling: A Guide for Researchers Other Resources and Guidance

Collaborative Research

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NCI Collaboration and Team Science: A Field Guide Funder / Regulatory Agency Resources and Guidance
Division of Research Guidance Institutional Resources and Guidance

Conflict of Interest

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Office of Research Integrity (ORI) Resources Funder / Regulatory Agency Resources and Guidance
Division of Research Guidance Institutional Resources and Guidance
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidance Other Resources and Guidance

Data Acquisition, Management, Sharing, and Ownership

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Office of Research Integrity (ORI) Funder / Regulatory Agency Resources and Guidance
Division of Research Guidance Institutional Resources and Guidance
Integrated Research Resources on Campus (IRRoC) Institutional Resources and Guidance
University Libraries Resources Institutional Resources and Guidance
DMPTool (data management plan tool) Other Resources and Guidance
Open Science Framework Other Resources and Guidance

Intellectual Property

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Integrated Research Resources on Campus (IRRoC) Institutional Resources and Guidance
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidance Other Resources and Guidance

Mentor/Mentee Responsibilities and Relationships

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NIH Office of Intramural Research: Guidelines for Mentees Funder / Regulatory Agency Resources and Guidance
NIH Office of Intramural Research: Guidelines for Mentors Funder / Regulatory Agency Resources and Guidance
Office of Research Integrity (ORI) resources Funder / Regulatory Agency Resources and Guidance
ORI: "Mentoring International Postdocs" Funder / Regulatory Agency Resources and Guidance

Peer Review

Research Misconduct

Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency