As evidenced by previous Researcher Riddles, the Springer Nature Research Integrity Group (SNRIG) has a variety of resources available for researchers looking to expand their knowledge of research integrity topics. In the coming years, we aim to prioritize researchers and significantly expand the materials available to support you with research integrity issues. To make these new resources as helpful as possible, we want to hear from you – read on to fill in a short 6-question survey on your research integrity needs.

Our existing resources for researchers provide a great introduction to research integrity, as well as touching on current topics such as paper mills and predatory publishers. They range from full-length courses to infographics, and our foundational research integrity course for researchers is also available in French! Expanding these resources is a primary focus for the SNRIG Training group for the next few years, and we are already planning resources on topics such as conflicts of interest, ethics approval and informed consent, data curation and deposition, and image manipulation. However, these resources are supposed to support you, as a researcher, and as such we want to ensure that we include and prioritize the research integrity topics that you are most interested in receiving additional support on. Take the survey below to help direct the development of our new materials: 

We look forward to receiving your answers! These will be anonymous, and we will not receive nor store any personal data.  

Existing research integrity resources for researchers 

Although we are focusing on expanding our offerings in the coming years, there are already some excellent resources researchers can use to sharpen their research integrity skills. These include the following courses available on the Springer Nature Author Tutorials page: 

• Avoiding paper mills as an author 

• Introduction to Research Integrity 

• Intégrité scientifique: une introduction pour les chercheurs 

• Predatory Publishers 

As we develop new courses tailored to your specific needs, these resources are at your service. If you have any other ideas or feedback, please contact us at training@springernature.com.