Research Ethics, Policies and Guidelines

Global Guidance

Think Check Submit helps researchers with checklists to identify trusted publishers. The onus is on researchers to avoid journals with possible predatory practices.

South African Guidance

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2014 Joint Statement on Ethical Research and Scholarly Publishing Practices from Assaf, CHE, DHET, DST, NRF and Usaf

2018 ASSAF Code of Best Practice in Scholarly Journal Publishing, Editing and Peer Review

2023 ASSAF POPIA Code of Conduct for Research

2015 DHET Research Output Policy

2017 revised 2021 DHET Creative Outputs Policy

University of Johannesburg Guidance

2021 UJ UJ Policy on Authorship

2021 UJ Intellectual Property Policy

2021 UJ Plagiarism Policy

UJ Code for Academic and Research Ethics – Submitted to Senate