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.
Guidelines
Research misconduct
- 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 - in force since 1 March 2013
- Template for reporting allegations of violation of the responsible conduct of research (DOCX) - Please note, that the notification of alleged scientific misconduct is to be sent directly to the rector/head of the organisation concerned.
- Recommendations of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK for Research Integrity Advisers (PDF)
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) (Publications of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK 3/2019) - in Finnish, Swedish & English - in force since 1 October 2019
- 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
Curriculum Vitae
- Researcher’s Curriculum Vitae Template. Recommendation of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK 2020 (PDF) - in use since 18 March 2020
- Researcher's Curriculum Vitae Template. Recommendation of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK (DOCX)
Authorship
- Agreeing on authorship. Recommendation for research publications (PDF) (2nd edition, Publications of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK 6/2019) - in Finnish, Swedish & English
Doctoral dissertations
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) (Publications of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK 2/2019) - 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) (Publications of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK 4/2019) - 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) (Publications of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity TENK 5/2019) - in Spanish
Old guidelines
- Template for researcher's curriculum vitae (2012), pdf-format / doc-format - used before 18.3.2020
- Ethical principles of research in the humanities and social and behavioural sciences and proposals for ethical review (PDF) (2009) - used for handling cases of ethical review before October 1, 2019
- 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
