Editorial Policies
Springer journals will be guided by COPE guidelines, however the journals will continue to make independent decisions based on our existing policies and principles.
Communicate with Respect
Author Responsibilities and Ethics
Competing Interests
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Ethics and Biosecurity
- Informed Consent
- Sex and Gender in Research (SAGER Guidelines)
- Research Involving Human Participants, their Data or Biological Material
- Research Involving Human Embryos, Gametes, and Stem Cells
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Standards for Research
- Research Involving Animals, their Data or Biological Material
- Utilization of Plants, Algae, Fungi
- Research Involving Palaeontological and Geological Material
- Dual Use of Research Content