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    • Guideline 15: Publication medium
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    • § 1: Scope of application
    • § 2: Scientific misconduct
    • § 3: Misrepresentation
    • § 4: Inadmissible appropriation
    • § 5: Interference
    • § 6: Co-authorship
    • § 7: Neglect of supervisory duties
    • § 8: Participation in the misconduct of others
    • § 9: Breach of confidentiality
    • § 10: Failure to disclose circumstances
    • § 11: Unfair preferential treatment
    • § 12: Statute of limitations
    • § 13: Procedural principles
    • § 14: Start and preliminary inquiry
    • § 15: Discontinuance of the preliminary inquiry
    • § 16: Referral for formal investigation
    • § 17: Investigations by other institutions
    • § 18: Formal investigation
    • § 19: Procedure of the Committee
    • § 20: Determination of misconduct and sanctions
    • § 21: Conclusion of the procedure
    • § 22: Time limits
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    Foreword
    Preamble
    Guideline 1: General principles
    Guideline 2: Professional ethics
    Guideline 3: Organisational responsibility
    Guideline 4: Heads of research work units
    Guideline 5: Assessment criteria
    Guideline 6: Ombudspersons
    Guideline 7: Quality assurance
    Guideline 8: Stakeholders
    Guideline 9: Research design
    Guideline 10: Law and ethics
    Guideline 11: Methods and standards
    Guideline 12: Documentation
    Guideline 13: Research results
    Guideline 14: Authorship
    Guideline 15: Publication medium
    Guideline 16: Review processes
    Guideline 17: Archiving
    Guideline 18: Complainants and respondents
    Guideline 19: Procedures in cases of alleged research misconduct
    Notes on implementation
  • See overview
    Preamble
    § 1: Scope of application
    § 2: Scientific misconduct
    § 3: Misrepresentation
    § 4: Inadmissible appropriation
    § 5: Interference
    § 6: Co-authorship
    § 7: Neglect of supervisory duties
    § 8: Participation in the misconduct of others
    § 9: Breach of confidentiality
    § 10: Failure to disclose circumstances
    § 11: Unfair preferential treatment
    § 12: Statute of limitations
    § 13: Procedural principles
    § 14: Start and preliminary inquiry
    § 15: Discontinuance of the preliminary inquiry
    § 16: Referral for formal investigation
    § 17: Investigations by other institutions
    § 18: Formal investigation
    § 19: Procedure of the Committee
    § 20: Determination of misconduct and sanctions
    § 21: Conclusion of the procedure
    § 22: Time limits
  • Safeguarding of research integrity by the DFG
  • See overview
    Press releases
    New Template for Cooperation Agreements on Implementing the DFG Code of Conduct
    New contribution February 2026
    New contribution October 2025
    Einstein Foundation Award 2026
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