Necessity
- Research ethic: Evidential material to prove research honesty
- Management of record: Pass down the research know-how and maintain research sustainability
- Intellectual property right: Business secret protection by the prevention of unfair competition act.
Research notebook utilization
- Record of research planning, process and result
- Teach the knowledge and know-how
- Evidence of independent research activity
- Designate author and inventor
- Protect research result
Legal basis
- Research notebooks guidelines (State Science & Technology Commission instruction 19th amendment)
- Regulation on management of National research development project (Presidential decree 22328th)
- Instruction of Ministry of Education, Science and Technology 128th
Writing method of research notebook

Role of research notebook in terms of Knowledge management

Storage of Research notebook
- Storage
- – After finishing the research, return the completed research notebook
- – Access authority: Research
- Storage period: 30 years
- The person in charge of Storage management
- – In the research period: Principal Investigator
- – After the research period: Research management team
- – In the case of using the research notebook out of UNIST: Require research committee’s approval with