The Ministry of Higher Education and Science seeks to maintain the high quality of Danish research by focusing on strengthening and further developing the integrity and credibility of the research conducted in Denmark.
The Danish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity, which was updated in 2025, provides the research community with a framework for promoting shared principles and standards and supports a common understanding and culture of research integrity in Denmark.
The Danish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity is based on four fundamental principles of research integrity:
The Code presents a set of generally accepted standards for responsible research practice, organised into seven thematic areas, a set of guidelines for teaching, training, and supervision, as well as a set of guidelines on how to handle questionable research practices. Taken together, these elements are intended to guide researchers in their daily work.
In addition, the Code provides a common foundation that institutions can use to further develop policies and procedures that promote research integrity across all fields of research.
The Danish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity – updated edition, December 2025. Expected to be published in week 50
Research-performing institutions that wish to endorse the Code must write to the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science via email: kodeks@ufm.dk. The Agency will subsequently publish a list of the institutions that have endorsed the Code on this page.
A broadly composed committee with representatives from the research landscape has updated the original Danish Code of Conduct for Research Integrity from 2014. The update was carried out in response to developments in national and international research collaboration, Open Science, academic freedom, and artificial intelligence (AI).
About the committee for the update of the Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (in Danish)
