Rules and guidelines

This page contains The University of Copenhagen's rules for good scientific practice, the current Danish legislation in this area, the guidelines of the University, and the most important general and international guidelines for good scientific practice.

University of Copenhagen's guidelines

• The University of Copenhagen's code of conduct for responsible research
  The framework for research at the University of Copenhagen is described in the University's "Code of Conduct for Responsible Research".
  
  
• The University of Copenhagen's code for authorship
  Describes how attribution of authorship is managed at the University of Copenhagen (adopted febuary 2017).
  
  
• The University of Copenhagen's rules for handling cases of questionable research practice and research misconduct
  
  
• The University of Copenhagen's Policy for Research Data Management

Legislation

• Act on research misconduct etc. (unofficial English translation) (only the Danish document has legal validity)
  - Act no. 383 of 26 April 2017 on research misconduct etc.
  
  
• The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and act on supplementary provisions to the General Data Protection Regulation (only the Danish document has legal validity)
  - The GDPR rules apply to the Practice Committee's handling of cases. GDPR Article 6 Paragraphs 1c and 1e lays down general principles for the data controller's processing of personal data.

Other important guidelines

• Danish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
  - A national code of conduct for integrity in Danish research that is to help secure trustworthiness, integrity and thus quality in Danish research through commonly agreed principles and standards of good scientific practice.
  
  
• The Vancouver protocol
  Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals
  
  
• European Code of Conduct - European Science Foundation
  - European Science Foundation presented this Code of Conduct at på the Second World Conference on Research Integrity in 2010.
  
  
• The Singapore Statement on Research Integrity
  - A product of the Second World Conference on Research Integrity. This is not an official and legally binding document, but rather a common frame of reference for what researchers around the world understand as good research practices.