Institutions should:
have a research integrity officer (or office) and publish their contact details prominently;
inform journals about cases of proven misconduct that affect the reliability or attribution of work that they have published;
respond to journals if they request information about issues, such as disputed authorship, misleading reporting, competing interests, or other factors, including honest errors, that could affect the reliability of published work;
initiate inquiries into allegations of research misconduct or unacceptable publication practice raised by journals;
have policies supporting responsible research conduct and systems in place for investigating suspected research misconduct.
Journals should:
publish the contact details of their editor-in-chief who should act as the point of contact for questions relating to research and publication integrity;
inform institutions if they suspect misconduct by their researchers, and provide evidence to support these concerns;
cooperate with investigations and respond to institutions鈥?questions about misconduct allegations;
be prepared to issue retractions or corrections (according to the COPE guidelines on retractions) when provided with findings of misconduct arising from investigations;
have policies for responding to institutions and other organizations that investigate cases of research misconduct.