Guides and policies.

Every guide, policy, declaration and checklist of GCRI Systems Evidence, published by The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), grouped by who needs it. Risk science and evidence: coupled systems by country and sector, methods, models and Labs evidence.

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01GCRI Systems Evidence

What GCRI Systems Evidence asks of you.

Evidence, methods and models on coupled systems: water, energy, food, health and biodiversity, by country, region and sector, and the Labs evidence behind them. Read the guides below with this remit in mind; The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) decides what it takes.

GCRI Systems Evidence takes:

  • A dataset or source that bears on a coupled-systems finding, with its release and licence
  • A method, model or code that an edition could use or test
  • A correction to a value, a finding or a reference in a Systems Evidence edition
  • A documented case of a cascade across systems

Its reading role is publisher of record. Contributions reach it through the form reports.contribution.gcri, and its records are deposited in the Zenodo community nexusreports-gcri.

02Authors and contributors

Prepare and send your work.

Authors and contributors9 pages
  1. Author guidelineswhat the desk takes, what to declare, the review model and timelines
  2. Submit to the journalthe staged-review submission, with a reference
  3. Contributethe routing table and the short contribution form
  4. Check a submissionfollow a reference to its current step
  5. Templatesthe structures of an edition, chapter, brief, dataset and profile
  6. Contributor onboarding checklistwhat to have ready before you send
  7. Authorship and credit declarationwho did what, in CRediT roles
  8. Contributor agreementthe terms a contribution is made under
  9. Contribution termsthe legal terms of a contribution
03Reviewers

Review for the desk.

Reviewers7 pages
  1. Reviewer guidelinesconflicts, confidentiality, the six-criterion rubric and timing
  2. Become a reviewerjoin the reviewer pool
  3. Peer review policythe review models and how decisions use reviews
  4. Reviewer charterwhat the desk asks of a reviewer, and what it owes one
  5. Reviewer onboarding checklistthe steps before a first review
  6. Conflict of interest declarationwhat to declare and when
  7. Open peer review logpublished reviews, with the reviewers’ consent
04Editors, stewards and the board

Run the desk.

Editors, stewards and the board7 pages
  1. Editor handbookscreening, reviewer invitations, decisions and production
  2. Editor charterthe editor’s duties and limits
  3. Editorial board charterhow the board decides, in public
  4. Editorial independence statementwho can and cannot influence a decision
  5. Quarterly release checklistthe checks before an edition is released
  6. Incident response for publication errorswhat happens when a published page is wrong
  7. Editorial boardwho decides on this desk
05Data and open science

Deposit, licence and reuse.

Data and open science6 pages
  1. Open sciencethe Zenodo steps and the deposit builder
  2. Data sharing and reuse guidehow data enters an edition and how to reuse it
  3. Open access and licensing policytext under CC BY 4.0, data under CC0
  4. Licensing FAQcommon licence questions, answered
  5. Research and data termsthe legal terms for research use of the data
  6. Preservation and continuity planhow records outlive a site
06Ethics, integrity and corrections

Raise a concern.

Ethics, integrity and corrections6 pages
  1. Ethics and COPE policyconflicts, complaints, misconduct, appeals and retractions
  2. Research integrity declarationwhat an author declares about the work
  3. Ethics and misconduct procedurehow an allegation is handled
  4. Corrections, retractions and appeals policythe rules behind every notice
  5. Complaints and integritywhere a complaint goes
  6. Takedown and dispute procedurerights claims and disputes
07AI use

Declare any use of AI.

AI use2 pages
  1. AI use policywhat AI may and may not do in a contribution or a review
  2. AI use declarationthe declaration an author makes
08Accessibility and conduct

Read, take part and tell us what fails.

Accessibility and conduct4 pages
  1. Accessibility statementwhat the pages support, and the known limits
  2. Accessibility feedbackreport a barrier
  3. Code of conducthow people treat each other on the desk
  4. Editorial policythe editorial rules of the publication
Your role here

What you can do from this page.

  • ReaderNew to the reports? A short guide to reading an edition.Start here
  • ContributorSend evidence, data or a correction to this desk.Contribute
  • ReviewerReview for this desk; verified reviews are credited.Become a reviewer
  • Editor, steward or boardQueues, decisions and production are in the workspace.My workspace

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