On this page you will find TENK's guidelines and other publications in PDF format. Text-only versions of central publications are available on separate pages. All material published after 1.1.2021 is licensed with a CC BY 4.0 license unless otherwise stated.
If there are any discrepancies or inconsistencies between the Finnish versions and the English translations, the Finnish versions shall prevail.
GUIDELINES
Research integrity and research misconduct
- The Finnish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity and Procedures for Handling Alleged Violations of Research Integrity in Finland 2023 (PDF)
- The RI notification: Notification form for an alleged RI violation 2023 (PDF) - Please note that the notification of alleged research misconduct is to be sent directly to the rector/head of the organisation concerned, not TENK.
Ethical review in human sciences
- The ethical principles of research with human participants and ethical review in the human sciences in Finland. Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK guidelines 2019 (PDF)
- Template for organisations to provide a description of the ethical review system for research in Finland (DOCX) - the template is to be used only by human science ethics committees in the organisations committed to TENK guidelines
International editions of TENK's RCR guidelines
- A Practical Model of the Self-Regulation of Academic Integrity: A Chinese-English Edition of the Code of Conduct for Research Integrity in Finland (PDF) - in Chinese and English
- A Practical Model of the Self-Regulation of Academic Integrity: A Russian-English Edition of the Code of Conduct for Research Integrity in Finland (PDF) - in Russian and English
- Un modelo práctico de autorregulación en la deontología académica: edición en español del código finlandés de buenas prácticas en la investigación (PDF) - in Spanish
Old guidelines and other materials
- Responsible conduct of research and procedures for handling allegations of misconduct in Finland. Guidelines of the Finnish Advisory Board on Research Integrity 2012 (PDF) - "the RCR guidelines" - in Finnish, Swedish & English
- Template for reporting allegations of violation of the responsible conduct of research 2012 (DOCX) - Please note, that the notification of alleged scientific misconduct is to be sent directly to the rector/head of the organisation concerned.
- Good scientific practise and procedures for handling misconduct and fraud in science (PDF) (National Advisory Board on Research Ethics 2002) - used for handling of missconduct cases before March 1, 2013
- Guidelines for the Prevention, Handling and Investigation of Misconduct and Fraud in Scientific Research (PDF) (National Research Ethics Council 1998) - used for handling of missconduct cases before 2002
RECOMMENDATIONS
Curriculum Vitae
- Researcher’s Curriculum Vitae Template. Recommendation of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK 2020 (PDF)
- Update 9 December 2025: The term “data” was added to section 9. Research output, p. 5, to harmonise translations.
- the CV template in DOCX format
Authorship
- Agreeing on authorship. Recommendation for research publications (PDF) (2nd edition) - in Finnish, Swedish & English
- *Reparation on the PDF above, on page 11, on chapter 3.3. International guidelines: "1. Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work AND...".
