Annex: list of abbreviations
ALPSP Association of Learned and Professional
Society Publishers
BIS Department for Business, Innovation
and Skills
BMA British Medical Association
COPE Committee on Publication Ethics
F1000 Faculty of 1000 Ltd
GMC General Medical Council
HEFCE Higher Education Funding Council for England
HEIs Higher Education Institutions
IOP Institute of Physics
IT Information Technology
JISC Joint Information Systems Committee
MMR Measles, mumps and rubella
MRC Medical Research Council
PI Principal Investigator
PLoS Public Library of Science
QR Quality-related
RAE Research Assessment Exercise
RCUK Research Councils UK
REF Research Excellence Framework
RSC Royal Society of Chemistry
UKRIO UK Research Integrity Office (Ltd)
UUK Universities UK
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