The German Research Foundation’s “Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice” serve as a reference work on research integrity. The 19 guidelines listed therein establish a framework and standards for conducting research.

Research data management comes up as an important topic in several of the guidelines, for example, in the context of quality assurance or when it comes to documenting, publishing, or archiving research data. The guidelines also recommend that all of the materials and data used to establish research findings be stored for a certain period of time, usually ten years. They also note that good scientific practice involves documenting and publishing research software.

See:

• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. 2022. ‘Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice. Code of Conduct’. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6472827.
• Freie Universität Berlin. 2024. ‘Statute for Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice’ https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/gwp/informationen/dokumente/GWP_Satzung_FUB_2024_EN.pdf