Purpose
GARC seeks to maintain a clear, traceable, and credible institutional publication system.
Publication Categories
GARC publications may include:
- Research Reports;
- Evidence Briefs;
- Policy Briefs;
- Working Papers;
- Technical Reports;
- Toolkits;
- Frameworks;
- Guidelines;
- Research Directories;
- Data Resources;
- Knowledge Resources.
Publication Identification
Formal institutional publications should, where appropriate, include:
- publication title;
- institutional publication number;
- publication date;
- author and contributor information;
- version;
- references;
- review status;
- suggested citation;
- DOI or repository identifier where applicable.
Authorship
Authorship should reflect meaningful intellectual or research contribution.
Honorary, guest, or misleading authorship should not be used.
Other significant contributors who do not meet the relevant authorship criteria may be acknowledged appropriately.
Review
The level of review should be proportionate to the publication.
Depending on the output, review may include:
- editorial review;
- technical review;
- methodological review;
- internal expert review;
- independent external review.
GARC will not describe a publication as externally peer reviewed unless that process actually occurred.
Independence
Research findings should not be changed solely to satisfy a funder, sponsor, partner, or stakeholder where doing so would compromise accuracy or integrity.
Corrections and Updates
GARC may issue:
- corrected versions;
- updated editions;
- notices;
- withdrawals;
- replacement publications.
Material changes should be identifiable where practicable.
Intellectual Property
Copyright, licensing, reuse rights, and third-party material should be handled according to applicable rights and agreements.
GARC seeks to encourage responsible dissemination of knowledge while respecting intellectual property and attribution requirements.